Last night I had an “ah-ha” moment with digital music. In a span of a few minutes, I purchased from Lala The Killers new album(which I highly recommend), watched it automatically download to my computer, inject itself into my iTunes, and then with a touch of a button sync into my iphone. With just two button clicks my purchased music existed in three different locations: my Lala account (which I can access anywhere I get internet), my computer, and my iphone. Ah, what a great time we live in.
To be fair, other online music services(and I have used many) have such automated functions – Emusic and Amazon to name two popular sites – but last night I had LaLa, iTunes, and my music folder open and stretched between two screens while watching all the action happen in real time and I literally let out a “Wow”. Plus, the fact that Lala keeps the music in the cloud simply makes the process seem more productive.
We really have come a long way since the “back-of-alley” Napster days.
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