Thursday, May 12, 2005

iTunes

Having ripped most (but not yet all) of my CDs to my iBook's hard drive, rated most (but not yet all) of the tracks, and set up a series of overlapping smart playlists to get a random mix that favors good music being played more frequently, I am now really enjoying listening to music a lot more often than I used to. I have an automatically-updated playlist of 25 shuffled songs at any given time: five random 5-star songs not played in the last three days, ten random 4-star songs not played in the last week, and ten random 3-star songs not played in the last two weeks. It works remarkably well.

Radiohead's "Morning Bell" is a really great song, both the Kid A and Amnesiac versions. Just though I'd let you know. Carry on.

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5 comments:

  1. :-) I experienced the same thing when I first got an mp3 player and ripped my whole CD collection. It wore off after a few months though, when I began to realize there was a reason I hadn't listened to Use Your Illusion I & II since high school...

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  2. Precisely why I use the time-consuming-up-front but worth-it-in-the-end rated playlist method. If I never want to hear a song, or an album, I just give it less than 3 stars and it's gone . . . and as I'm listening, I can always adjust the ratings on the fly and banish or promote songs as my moods change.

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  3. What's the name of the music application you're using? I'm sure it's apple proprietary, but I'd like to check out its features. thanks

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  4. uhm, nevermind... I just noticed the title of your post...

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  5. I used iTunes for Windows before I got the Mac, incidentally. I think it's a great jukebox program, even if you don't use the "iTunes Music Store" that is most often associated with the name.

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