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101.5 KPOD
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Instead of a playlist that delivers a completely arbitrary mix of tunes from anywhere and everywhere in my library, which I've grown tired of, with this one I set out to create an SPL that behaves much more like radio programming in three important ways:
1) It maintains a strong, but not exclusive, focus on new, recently added/recently rated music -- just like my favorite radio stations, which play 'what's hot' more often than 'all-time greats.' (I already have a bunch of rating-based playlists that do the latter.) But it still has the ability to deliver old favorites every so often, too.
2) It repeats songs a number of times, then discards them and puts new songs in those slots. I like this because it facilitates the memorization of songs and singalong-ability (again, especially but not only newly added music). More common playlists like those based on 'least recently played' don't do this, because after you hear a song -- new or old -- it could disappear for months.
3) There's a higher likelihood of hearing songs by the same artists, off the same album, near each other -- because in real life, artists release an album and, again, become 'hot' and their various new singles more frequently played.
Make all three SPLs, play the first:
101.5 KPOD: Match ANY
Playlist is SPL1
Playlist is SPL2
Limit to 1500MB by random
SPL1: Match ALL
My rating is greater than 3 stars
Play count is less than 5
Limit to 900MB by most recently added
SPL2: Match ALL
My rating is in the range 2-3 stars
Play count is less than 4
Limit to 600MB by most recently added
Notes:
This SPL starts out playing almost purely new music (newly rated, that is), but it evolves: as each song reaches the specified playcount and 'graduates,' as it were, other songs will accede and replace them. The SPL thus walks backward through your library, but always captures new music, too.
I started out with this SPL right after changing HDs and resetting play counts, so it might be desirable to reset all playcounts, or else change the numbers above on the 'Play count is less than' variable. In any case, set that variable to whatever you want, however long you want a certain song to stick.
Fix the ratings and proportions to whatever you want. If you don't wanna hear 2-star songs at all, for instance, don't specify that.
KPOD can be used as a template for customizable genre- or year-based 'stations': for instance, just add a line (to both SPL1 and 2) like 'Genre contains Punk' for KPOD Punk, or 'Year is in the range 1980-1989' for KPOD Eighties. In such cases, though, you might want to reduce the size of the SPLs.
I chose the number '101.5' because I like SPLs that start with the number 1 -- they appear near the top of my list -- and 1.5 = 1.5GB, the SPL total size that worked best for my library (approx. 5000 rated songs).
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by nyorker on Oct 05 | 8:00 am
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nyorker:
This is terrific - - first time I've tried a playlist that references other playlists.
Most of my playlists to-date have been focused on a single characterisic (i.e., Genre; BPM; My Rating). I end up jumping in and out of them after 20-30 minutes, just to get some variety.
I tried "KPOD" this morning, and really felt like I was listening to my own, "personal" radio station, which had a lot more variety than any of my previous playlists. . . .
Thanks again!