You may have seen Lala in the news recently since they were just purchased by Apple, but they are a free music/social network site. Here's how it works:
1. You sign up (click here)
2. Download the music analyzer. This will comb your computer for music then compare that list to Lala's catalog and make all matches available for you on their site. That means you can listen to your music anywhere, from any computer (with a high-speed connection). This of course might not work for all your chamber music or Nigerian Hip-Hop, but there is a huge library.
3. Add friends. With Lala you can find people you know or people with similar tastes and 'follow' them. That means you see what they are listening to and you can discover new stuff. They can also follow you and see that you listen to an inordinate amount of Kenny G.
4. Listen and discover. Listening to music is, of course, the main point. You can listen to any 'web' song for free (once) and buy it for 10c. You can download songs for 89c (unless Apple changes that).
There are a lot of cool features. For example you can be listening to a song and start building your queue on-the-fly. There is also a 'Mix it Up' option on artist pages where Lala builds a playlist for you. Check it out, friend me, and tell me what you think.
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