Blog 8: Songza

"Good Music Makes Good Times"

What is Songza?

Songza is a free music streaming and recommendation service that is used by many people. It has playlists for things such as waking up, working out, commuting, concentrating, unwinding, entertaining and even sleeping. These playlists are made by music experts. It has music based on your mood too. You can also navigate using themes, interests  and eras  such as "90's One-Hit Wonders" and "Music of Fashion Week". Songza is located in Long Island City and was created by Aza Raskin and Scott Robbin.

The start-up screen for Songza

Where Can I Find Songza?

You get download Songza easily on your iPod, iPad or iPhone via the Apple Store. You could also get Songza for Windows PC or Android Phones through Google Play. It is free of cost and easy to use. All you have to do is install this app into your device. You have to create an account.

Songza on iPad and iPod touch

How to Use Songza?

Here are a list of steps that will help you when using Songza for the first time:

1. Download this app for free from which ever online store is convenient to you.
2. Once it has successfully downloaded, you can open the app.
3. You can sign up and create an account. Then log in.
4. You will see 6 boxes after the start up screen is gone, they will help you explore playlists.
5. On the bottom tab you will see more options to explore playlists. On the concierge tab there is an   option to change the date and the time of the day (evening, morning, etc).
6. Under the my playlist sector, you will see your recently played playlists and your favourite playlists.
7. Under popular, you will see the featured playlists, the ones that are trending, and the all-time best playlists.
8. Under search you will see genres, activities  moods, decades, culture, record-store clerk to the playlists that apply.You can also search names of artists in the search bar to see related playlists to them.
9. Under the settings sector, you will see that you can manage alarm, sleep timer, clock view (these are pretty self explanatory when you press on them).
10. You can also Send Feedback to the makers, rate the app, tell a friends about it, see the app version or sign out.

The options/sectors given in Songza

Farther options in Songza

Comments and Opinions on Songza

"Songza is a great app that allows you to find the music you are in the mood for, and it won't only find you one but it'll find you a whole playlist full of them" is the reaction of a fellow Songza user. Overall the app isn't slow and can be repetitive at times. It stays up with the latest music (after 1-2 weeks).

Following is a video that shows Songza Employees and their tasks: