Streamzy Introduces Live Music Streaming Service

Streamzy is a newly launched service, founded by 21-year olds Jesse Chemtob and Brian Krantz, which is best described as a streaming media search engine. It gives users the ability to search for music (video will be added soon) which can be streamed live on the web and, for registered users, saved among a playlist to be accessed from any computer via the internet.

Streamzy is powered by the Seeqpod media search engine and, therefore, all of its features are also available through Seeqpod. Seeqpod even already has support for video content to be included in search results, as well as other web content. Streamzy has so far only proclaimed that video support will be added in the near future. Admittedly though, I did find the simple Streamzy interface much more user-friendly and easier to comprehend than the Seeqpod GUI.

To test the service out I performed several searches for artists and songs, all of which returned multiple results… and quickly. From current chart-toppers such as Leona Lewis, Madonna and Mariah Carey to the old-school hits of Al Green and the Beatles, a variety of music can be found and saved for later enjoyment. Even the load times for streaming the music were remarkably fast. Users can modify the number of results returned (from 1 to 100) and Streamzy does a fairly good job at removing any bad results (primarily from inactive URLs) from each and every search query, though I did find that some files would not play for whatever reason.

All in all, Streamzy offers a great music experience, though not quite as mobile as an iPod + iTunes, but ultimately much cheaper (it's free). Upcoming plans for Streamzy involve the introduction of many new features, including the addition of video, playlist sharing, and the ability to purchase music and ringtones.