Forget about any music you currently download for free before you read. This more about a legit music site that I think has moved in the right direction.
Lala.com is one of my favorite new websites out there today. It blows away any music provider on the web. The founder believes that almost everything lives in the browser and I agree. Just think all the times you listen to music at home or at work. Instead of paying for those songs through iTunes for .99 a song or a monthly fee subscription based site like Napster. For Lala.com, the first listen is free, then all you need is 10 cents a song and you can listen any time you want in your browser. For the songs you want to download and listen on your mp3 player for your travels to the job or when your working out, you can buy a DRM-Free download for .89. You can also upload any mp3 you currently own to your Lala account for free and again since this lives in the browser, you can access it at any computer. It also has all the social aspects of the site if you want it, you can be given recommendations to artists and follow other members to see what they're listening to and all that jazz. There is no software, no advertisements, and you can access your music if you have an internet connection. I think giving the option to buy a web album or the mp3 and being able to upload anything you already own was a fantastic idea for music fans.
This is not a public service announcement for anyone who downloads pirated music. It's just an FYI for those who don't choose that route. This seems to be the best option out there. Below are some quotes from the press.
"This unique, inexpensive model enables Lala to do something nobody else can: offer an encyclopedic, licensed, on-demand music service that doesn't include a single advertisement."
"Lala May Have Just Built The Next Revolution In Digital Music. The company has the best streaming music product on the Internet today, and a business model that doesn't burn cash... It's the joy of using products like Lala that keeps me excited about startups."
Lala.com
"This unique, inexpensive model enables Lala to do something nobody else can: offer an encyclopedic, licensed, on-demand music service that doesn't include a single advertisement."
"Lala May Have Just Built The Next Revolution In Digital Music. The company has the best streaming music product on the Internet today, and a business model that doesn't burn cash... It's the joy of using products like Lala that keeps me excited about startups."
To Lala music:
ReplyDeleteNobody told me about giving my credit card information at the beginning... I read: sign up for free music listening and nothing about the misserable 30 seconds of stream either if I signed up.. so if I knew about giving delicate and personal information just to listen to music, I wouldn't sign in. I will give feedback about this site to the competence, because of site like this, is why we go to Youtube and convert the songs. I got really angry and It was very disapointing to fall in your game, just like every scam site, easy first and then the hard and ugly bad experience... wow...
Francisco Crispin,
Boston MA, USA