TuneDNA

Have you ever had that feeling that you were always listening to the same stuff although you've got tons of music? Never sure what to put on when friends are around? Thinking; "I've got plenty of great stuff, but I can't remember what?

It's time to care for your Musical DNA then, and change the way you listen to music for ever. Here are a couple of rules that can alleviate your misery:

Use iTunes*
Use Comments
Use Ratings (and halve ratings for that matter)
Use Smart Playlists
Use TuneDNA to share and expand your Musical taste

Pieces of music you think go together usually mean they suit one of your particular mood. So you've created all these Playlists in which you've dropped all these songs that you think go together. It's a good start, but you can do much better by using Smart Playlists, and a good way to take full advantage of smart Playlists is to use Comments. Here's a basic exercise to grasp the basics of smart Playlists:

1. Open iTunes and make sure the "Comment" column is visible.Pick a song without any comment and slowly double click on it to edit it. Then add "Cool" as show in the screen grabs.

2. Next choose "New Smart Playlist" from the File Menu in iTunes. You will then have access to the preferences of the Smart Playlist you're about to create. Choose "Comment" from the first drop down menu, then "contains" from the second and type in "Cool". Careful, Comments ARE CASE SENSITIVE! Click on "Ok". You've created your first Smart Playlist!. Now pick another song and add "Cool" to it's Comments, you'll notice it will be automatically added to the Smart Playlist.

3. Once you've become acquainted with smart Playlists you'll find unlimited combinations of criteria to fine tune your library. Here are a couple of them that can be useful :

* Yes yes there's this and that player, but hey, let's stick to one, so far it's known to be the best)