SoundCloud is a unique website that has diverged from main-stream platforms and now caters to a very selective audience. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.
With its user-base limited, you can throw worries about irrelevance far away. However, a smaller user-base also means that your quality has to be incredible to get noticed.
If you throw your tracks helter-skelter and cross your fingers, nothing will happen. Even if you get free plays by some means, or buy SoundCloud plays, it will not be enough if you are not doing the promotion part right.
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