The platform, titled Takes Questions, is still in beta, but there are tons of artists on there accepting questions, including Imogen Heap; BBC Radio 1′s DJ Nihal; pop singer Diana Vickers; rock band The Blackout; pop punk band All Time Low; R&B act Encore; and electropop band Fenech-Soler. SoundCloud also asked me to put up a page, so if you have any burning questions about music, hipsters or bagels — I’m listening.
The platform is actually rather simple. Users set up their own, customizable webpage, where other users can record questions from their browser (thanks to the platform’s new “Record” feature). The person being queried can, in return, record an answer from the brow ser, iPhone or Android that will then be uploaded to his or her page. Once a question is answered, the questioning party will be alerted via Twitter. Other users can then surf over to the artist’s page, where they can listen to all questions posed by others as well as the answers.
While this isn’t a wholly new idea — Blazetrak does something very similar — this free, open tool seems a wonderful way for artists to more deeply engage with their fans.
As we said, the product is still in the experimental phases, but we have 50 invites for Mashable readers looking to connect with their followers.
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