One morning as I sat in Starbucks, my eyes drifted onto a business card that was sitting on my table. It read: "Play Music For," and then had a list of words such as "Cooking With Friends," "a Pick Me Up" and "Making Out". Music for making out? I had to take a look at this. Right away I searched for Songza on my laptop and low and behold, they had music for all these events and more. Called a "Music Concierge," Songza detects what time of day it is and then very nicely asks you what you want music for. If it's Monday morning your options will read: "Waking Up", "Easing the Tension", or "Office Crowd Pleasers". On Saturday evening, options change to "Drinking at a Bar", "Pre-gaming with Friends" or "Relaxing at Home". After you click on one of these activities, the Music Concierge asks you what genre of music you'd like and then gives you an option of three stations to listen to. I became addicted right away. With Spotify giving way too much freedom and Pandora not giving enough, Songza is exactly what the doctor ordered. With stations such as "Soft Pop", "Indie Sell Outs", and "1990's Prom", Songza has everyone covered. On the Songza website, they proudly proclaim that they do not use any alogorithms, rather, all songs are handpicked by Songza staff members. Though Songza is only number #40,799 on the Alexa list for top websites, I'm sure this number will soon sky rocket. Who doesn't want their own music concierge providing them with an hour by hour soundtrack? I know I do. I'm currently obsessing over the "Soft Pop" station and surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) can't stop listening to the "100 Worst Songs of All Time" station.
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