If you’re anything like me, you have no memory when it comes to songs, artists and their lyrics. Those synapses just aren’t firing anymore. I ask myself about 3 times a day this question, “What’s was that tune, by those guys…”. Now I estimate those moments of self-inquiry will be reduced to a measly 2 or 3 times a week.

On November 8, a new site, a new service and a new best web buddy was launched. Songza, is billing itself as the ‘the music search engine and internet jukebox. It allows you to find songs, share them and create your own playlists. It has already climbed my personal charts of top 5 websites,

Beyond the service being really stupid cool, its interface is so basic that I was able to get my mom to search for her fav Vietnamese pop songs. Guess who just become favourite son number 1? Designed by Humanized, who have carved out a little nook for themselves in the User-Interface Design game. The UI is beyond friendly, is almost downright family.

After passing it around the office, a smart cookie deduced that it is stripping audio content from other online entities like Youtube. This would maneuver around those pesky legal hurdles nicely, and also explain why only a handful of songs show up as results for any specific search. If it ain’t already online, it won’t be on Songza. Makes sense don’t it? This will undoubtedly replace the  exercise of people searching for Google results with their own name. Happy searching everybody!