Genius and iTunes
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Ran right out and upgraded iTunes recently, getting the new version 8. Usually this is a mistake, as things often go terribly wrong for me in this regard, but it wasn’t eventful this time. Guess I was lucky I had XP instead of Vista. I setup Genius first thing. Well, almost first thing cause it took over an hour.
At first I wasn’t impressed. Giving me links to the store with similar music. Big deal, easily done once you gather everyones listening habits. But then I found the Genius button at the bottom that creates a playlist of your music that will go nicely together with the currently selected song. It’s pretty good stuff, and fast! Here’s the first playlist it put together for me.
| Name | Artist |
| I Will Follow You Into The Dark | Death Cab for Cutie |
| The Sound Of Settling | Death Cab For Cutie |
| Ocean Breathes Salty | Modest Mouse |
| I’m Shakin’ | Rooney |
| Gold Lion | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| Hands Down | Dashboard Confessional |
| The Underdog | Spoon |
| Swing Life Away | Rise Against |
| Oh It Is Love | Hellogoodbye |
| Flathead | The Fratellis |
| You Only Live Once | The Strokes |
| Best Of Me | The Starting Line |
| My Doorbell | The White Stripes |
| Marching Bands Of Manhattan | Death Cab for Cutie |
| Flake | Jack Johnson |
| A Lack Of Color | Death Cab For Cutie |
| Say It Ain’t So | Weezer |
| Dashboard | Modest Mouse |
| Australia | The Shins |
| Chocolate | Snow Patrol |
| Girl | Beck |
| Time Won’t Let Me Go | The Bravery |
| work | Jimmy Eat World |
| Lazy Eye | Silversun Pickups |
| The Adventure | Angels & Airwaves |