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# New Music Messaging Apps From Soundwave and La-La Take Divergent Routes
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/new-music-messaging-apps-from-soundwave-and-la-la-take-divergent-routes/
- Published: 2014-07-17T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-07-17T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: Music messaging is kind of a weird space since people rarely send music as a message. Two mobile startups are taking what I think are the two main routes for. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/07/new-music-messaging-apps-from-soundwave-and-la-la-take-divergent-routes.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Tech, Startups & Funding, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![Soundwave-logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fd33e4cc970b-150wi "Soundwave-logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fd33e4cc970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Music messaging is kind of a weird space since people rarely send music as a message. Two mobile startups are taking what I think are the two main routes for music messaging, sharing music while chatting about it in the same feed and picking out snippets of music that can function as messages. Soundwave has added a form of group music messaging to its mobile app that takes the former route while La-La recently debuted an iOS app that sends music snippets as messages.

**Soundwave: Group Music Sharing and Chatting**

[![Soundwave](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fd33e4a4970b-150wi "Soundwave")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fd33e4a4970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

[](http://soundwave.com/?ref=hypebot.com)[Soundwave](http://soundwave.com/?ref=hypebot.com) has [released their Soundwave 2.0 app](http://blog.soundwave.com/soundwave-2-0-launches-on-iphone-and-android/?ref=hypebot.com) for Android and iOS. It adds Music Messenger, a group messaging feature, that allows users to share music and chat while creating group playlists.

The app as a whole has been [described](http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/17/soundwave-just-got-watercooler/?ref=hypebot.com) as "practically a new app" but is still built on Soundwave's ability to share links from one music service which recipients can use to listen to on other services. They're said to now support over 20 music services.

This combination of music sharing and text chat with the addition of playlist generation seems like a potentially powerful way to bring music and messaging together while building on things people already do.

**La-La: Messaging With Song Snippets**

[![Lala](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73deee167970d-150wi "Lala")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73deee167970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

[](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/la-la/id893398046?ls=1&mt=8&ref=hypebot.com)[La-La Messenger](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/la-la/id893398046?ls=1&mt=8&ref=hypebot.com) is a new iOS music messaging app. It's an interesting concept though the app seems a bit buggy at the moment.

The [basic idea](http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/16/music-messaging-app-la-la-lets-users-chat-with-songs-snippets/?ref=hypebot.com) is that you can only send music, no text chat happens in the app, and you have a choice of snipping a section or sending a whole song which you purchase.

The recipient doesn't know what song the snippet is from until they hear it.

The snippet is [apparently](http://blog.la-la.com/post/91261069170/the-la-la-app-is-out-today?ref=hypebot.com) auto-generated (I couldn't get it to work) and starts at the vocals so that would fit sending a message.

As one commenter noted, it's a "cool idea" they just ned to "make it work."

**More:**

- [PingTune Raises $1.6M For Music Messaging App](https://www.hypebot.com/pingtune-raises-16m-for-music-messaging-app/)
- [MavenSay Launches Rithm Music Messaging App](https://www.hypebot.com/mavensay-launches-rithm-music-messaging-app/)

*Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith ([@fluxresearch](https://twitter.com/fluxresearch?ref=hypebot.com)) also blogs at [DanceLand](http://dance.land/?ref=hypebot.com). Send news about music tech startups and services, DIY music biz and music marketing to:*

clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com

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