Hosted Song Books

DJWS planning guide

A Hosted Song Book is a personal DJWS page for a specific purpose. It can organize music for an event, a karaoke round, a research project, an article, or any occasion that benefits from a focused, shareable collection.

Create a Hosted Song Book

What a Hosted Song Book can contain

  • A title and welcome message that explain the purpose of the page
  • Event details for guests or participants
  • Selected themes and genres
  • Suggested songs, artists, albums, and related themes
  • Visual choices that help the page feel connected to the event or creator

What visitors can do

A saved song book receives a public page with a stable address. Guests can explore the music through separate song, artist, album, and theme views. That makes the page useful for more than announcing an event. It becomes an invitation to participate in the musical idea.

Useful ways to create one

For an eventGive guests a preview, explain the musical direction, and preserve the list afterward.
For karaokeResearch a round, give singers ideas, and let a host work from a focused collection.
For an articleCollect the artists, albums, songs, and themes involved in a research trail.
For a personBuild around someone’s taste, history, favorite genres, or role in a music community.

How to begin

  1. Sign in so the song book can belong to your account.
  2. Give the page a clear title and explain what it is for.
  3. Select one or more themes and genres.
  4. Review the suggestions and choose what belongs.
  5. Save the page and share its address.

The builder is growing. Direct selection tools, guest participation, export options, and additional owner controls are areas of continued development. The DJWS Goals and Roadmap page explains the direction without pretending unfinished work is already available.

Three uses in one project: Alison’s hosted page can support her party, its karaoke host, and her work as a music journalist. Read the story behind the expanding Metal catalog.