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| From | scotthomewood@cs.com |
| Subject | Re: Apple purchases Lala.com |
| Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:26:53 -0500 |
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Bill Holmes made most of those points - I was only referring to how slimy I felt Ng was. I don't necessarily care about someone being a capitalist either - but if you're a person like Ng, a money-hungry jerk who puts up a facade to seem otherwise, I am not giving you the time of day, let alone any of my cash. Now, if I hadn't talked to him, I would never have known as much, so maybe I would feel different.
I love Pandora - the surprise of what's coming next etc. If I want to play something I know I am going to like, I'll play my own stuff. To me, Pandora is like radio should be - a surprise around every bend by people who seem to acftually care about music. Interesting idea, I know.....
Homewood
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Myers <mmyers1446@yahoo.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 10:13 am
Subject: Re: Apple purchases Lala.com
Scott, regarding your thoughtful reply... I am also coming from the point of
different strokes" when I offer the following
- I'm not at all concerned that Lala's founder was a capitalist, not an
rtist... I rarely need to feel comfortable that a person involved with a
orporate enterprise has atruistic beliefs or ideals or even if they line up
ith mine
I use Lala situationally... I own thousands of "real" CDs and depending on
he artist, my choices for obtaining new material basically boil down to the
ollowing (legal) choices: buying the physical CD, getting digital copies of
ongs from eMusic (I think it's about $.40 per song) that I can store and burn,
etting "web copies" from Lala for $.10 each that I can listen to when I want
o, or going to someplace like myspace where I can sample things but are
estricted by the artist (and by myspace) as to what song are listed there.
So, as a consumer, it works for me. You mention "a cheap MP3 player (or these
ays an iPod) provides an encyclopedia of
ongs available anytime anywhere with no limitations to whether or not
ala had a license".... I'm pretty sure you're talking about a scenario where I
LREADY HAVE the CD , right? Because I have about 13,000 songs on mine, but when
want to ADD something to it......
So, if I read about a new CD that was just released and I'm somewhat interested
ut don't want to pay say $5-13 for some version of it and want to legally
btain a copy of it, where would I go to get a copy of the entire CD? I guess
'm missing something here but if you have other cheap methods of getting legal
opies of new music, I'm sincere in saying that I'd love to know...
thanks!
ike
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rom: "scotthomewood@cs.com" <scotthomewood@cs.com>
o: audities@smoe.org
ent: Thu, December 17, 2009 9:14:29 AM
ubject: Re: Apple purchases Lala.com
had a pre-interview-type conversation with Ng back when Lala was in beta for a
agazine which is now defunct and it was transparently obvious it was the cash,
ot any sort of supposed love for music that was driving him. From the Coke-font
riginal logo to the empty promises, Lala was a company made solely for a profit
ith Ng trying to ride on anyone else's back he could. Now that he has finally
otten the only thing he ever really wanted, maybe he'll leave the music
ndustry alone.
Scott Homewood
----Original Message-----
rom: Holmes Online <bholmes_fm@msn.com>
o: audities@smoe.org
ent: Wed, Dec 16, 2009 4:02 pm
ubject: Re: Apple purchases Lala.com
>I have been on the ride with Lala for a bunch of years, starting from the
>point when their main business model was acting as a sort of broker for
>people who wanted to trade their unwanted CDs (I think I had about 300
>trades). As you probably know, when that business model fell apart, Lala
>switched to basically an on-demand streaming model.
I bailed when they switched from their altrusitic model to other events (wanting
o showcase radio transmissions of bands they liked) and it became apparent that
heir plans to compensate musicians and/or fund an insurance collective was a
ag of hogwash.
>>I made the choice to pay $.10 per song to have a "web copy" of that song
>made available to me when and where I wanted it.
Different strokes, etc., but a cheap MP3 player (or these days an iPod) provides
n encyclopedia of songs available anytime anywhere with no limitations to
hether or not lala had a license. I found it typical that they wanted the user
ase to upload and create their online music library for them.
But it appears Bill Ng got what he wanted out of the deal - cash. Sounds like
verybody's happy!
b
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