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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Now available on iTunes, Amazon, Napster etc..

We are excited to announce that The new release from Things That Occur In Nature - titled "Snow Flower" is now available at iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody etc. The CD will be available at Amazon, June 15th.
If you like, Sigur Ros, The Album Leaf, Four Tet, My Bloody Valentine, etc..you will dig this post rock, ambient music.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sky

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Apple is Shutting Lala Down!

OK. for those of you that have not found the most awesome music purchasing/listening site on the 'net yet, let me tell you why Lala.com was epic.
1st- Lala let you preview the full single, album, etc. one full time at full rez with out dropping a penny before you bought it. I can't tell you how many times I would sit down in my studio while doing work (that did not require me to listen to audio) and using Lala to preview a new album while blogging, tweeting, facebooking, etc.. This is the only site that I know of that had that kind of variety and catalog that would let you do this. You search, press the play button and go. Which brings me to-
2nd- The interface was super easy to use. Good search features, clearly labeled with little mess.
They must have taken some lessons from Google.
3rd- If you wanted to buy a stream only version, you could for .10. This rocked for stuff that I did not need to download and/or knew that I was not going to take portable.
4th- If you were going to buy, they were the least expensive. As an indie music artist, I am all for us getting paid for our art. Competitive pricing can really sway the buyer one way or another.
5th-Playlists were easy to setup and you could upload your own music!

I'm sad to see Lala go. There are alot of differing views as to what Apple is up to.
If you used Lala and have an opinion or want to add to why you liked Lala, please leave a comment. Let's Shout out to Apple the features that we would like to have if they bring this back as part of iTunes.
Sky