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Add to SafariWhen comparing 8 Tracks vs Songza, the Slant community recommends 8 Tracks for most people. In the question“What are the best ways of finding new music?” 8 Tracks is ranked 10th while Songza is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose 8 Tracks is:
The site is human-curated not automated. This can give a more personal feel, as each playlist on the music streaming service has been curated by a user.
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Pros
Pro Individualistic and personalized user playlists
The site is human-curated not automated. This can give a more personal feel, as each playlist on the music streaming service has been curated by a user.
Pro Great for discovering new music
Due to how the service works, listening to user created playlists allows for pretty good discovery of new or undiscovered bands.
Pro Music based on mood or event
Songza will ask a series of questions to deduce what kind of playlist you should listen to.
Pro Playlists by music experts
What Songza calls “Concierge” is a service that will offer pre-made playlists created by music experts.
Pro Easy to use
The interface is super-simple and easy to understand.
Pro Free
Songza is free to use.
Pro No audio ads
There are no audio advertisements, only website banners.
Cons
Con Poor music streaming service outside of North America
8Tracks has changed its policy for how it supplies music to those outside of North America by not using any of their servers for those users. This change resulted in using Youtube for those users in order to still have a way to add songs to playlists. Sadly using Youtube results in many songs just disappearing and many playlists becoming defunct.
Con Advertisements in free version
Con No way to find certain songs
8 Tracks allows you to search for a playlist based on keywords, then requires you to listen to most of that playlist without skipping. As such, it's not so good for hunting down a specific song, but is great for discovering new music.
