Songza
I am convinced that I am 80% more effective at my job when I have Channel Live sparking Mad Izms in my ear. That percentage goes down a bit if Kanye accidentally slips a verse in somewhere. The point is that I listen to music for about 60% of my day. I’ve exhausted my iTunes library, been a Slacker, and done the Pandora thing. Those and countless other options are tentative fixes. However, my recent discovery of Songza has further proved the existence of a higher being.
http://songza.com/ is beautiful and genius. Simply search for any song or any artist. You will be given a list of results that vary between videos (shaded in white) and songs (shaded in yellow). Select a song, click play, and enjoy. That’s it! If you sign up for an account (free of charge or gimmick), you can save your play list! I have yet to be unable to find a song, and I have certainly tested the database.
How is it legal you ask? Here is what Songza has to say:
Songza pays the major performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI,
SESAC), who then pay the publishers and songwriters in proportion to the number of plays they get on Songza. YouTube.com
and imeem, the sources of the music played by Songza, pay the sound recording owners.
It seems that everyone wins. Now they just need an iPhone app…
