Partnering With The Calm App, Soundcloud Supports The Mental Health Of Artists

Soundcloud partnered with Calm (photo: Soundcloud)

JAKARTA - SoundCloud announced its new partnership with Calm, an application for sleep, meditation, and relaxation in introducing new mental health and fitness benefits that are exclusive to artists.

The addition of calm marks the expansion and first partner in the field of mental health and fitness for Soundcloud. This is very important, given the Record Union 2019 report hiding that 73 percent of independent musicians are struggling with mental illness.

"The mental health and fitness issue for artists is a personal problem for me. This partnership and step into the world of health is about meeting artists wherever they are," said Eliah Seton, SoundCloud Chief Executive Officer in an official announcement on its website.

For your information, Calm is a subscription-based application that provides industry-leading mental health content such as meditation, Sleep Stories, mindfulness exercise, soundscapes, and more.

The app also features hundreds of hours of original audio content available in seven languages and supports users in more than 190 countries.

Starting today, SoundCloud Next and Next Pro artists now have access to exclusive offers for Calm through the existing SoundCloud member benefit program, including:

This offer is an addition of a number of other benefits available exclusively to Next and Next Pro subscribers, who provide artists with access to a suite of tools and complete resources so that they can build a career according to their wishes.