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Old 12-07-2010, 09:18 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Shuffle is pointless with such a large collection. If I'm in the mood for trip hop, I don't want Built to Spill popping up in the middle. I do shuffle within genres (I use a two-level genre system) which alleviates that problem, but it's still not a good way to "get in touch" with my collection.

I am going to commit to listening to and rating at least two albums each day, chosen from the genre of music I am in the mood to hear at that moment, with strong preference for stuff I'm not already familiar with. It's a start

In the meantime, I've already grabbed 4 new albums today, and I'm still at work!
Sometimes I just use shuffle as a jumping off point when I'm not sure what I'm in the mood for. If it lands on something I don't feel like listening to I just skip, skip, skip until something strikes me. A lot of times this leads to me just listening to the whole album of the songs I skipped to.
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