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Seldom Salad
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When I'm not listening to new music, I often want to hear songs that I haven't heard in a while. But if I just sort my Library by "Last Played," I hear those songs in the same order that I heard them last time... which gets a bit repetitive. I want to hear the tracks I haven't listened to in a while, but in a semi-randomized fashion. I came up with the following Smart Playlist:
limit to 34 songs selected by "least recently played"
live updating
I then sort this playlist by Song Name, and put it on repeat. 34 is the number of songs that will show in my iTunes window with no scroll bar. As soon as a song is played, it disappears and another one shows up.
Ironically, this results in a more "random" experience than if I turned on Shuffle. Why? Because Shuffle only randomizes the existing playlist once. Any new songs added to that playlist after that come in at the bottom, and stay in that order until you re-randomize the playlist. As each "least recently played" song is added, they'll come in at the bottom and eventually I'll be listening to the songs in the same order I heard them previously.
Instead, I keep the list alphabetized. When a new song is added, it comes in somewhere in the alphabet -- either before or after the currently playing song. In effect, this gathers the 34 "least recently played" songs and scatters or tosses them around the playlist. That's why I call the playlist "Seldom Salad."
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Faith
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Try a spiritual playlist:
Song name contains -> Faith
Try: faithful, energy, god, love, pray, prayer, angel, Jesus, Buddha, joy, Christ, whole,church, sanctury, centered, worship, etc.
This is really great if you have a lot of Bluegrass - you'd be amazed how many Bluegrass songs contain these words in the title. Also, there are lots of songs that contain these words n the title that aren't spiritual specifically, kinda cool.
My list was very interesting to say the least!
Good Luck!
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by spears on Sep 08 | 8:00 am
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