Favorite artists list

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Favorite artists list

Is there a way in itunes to create a favorite artists list? Not all the songs, but it'd be pretty cool to look at a quick list of some of my favorite artists to remind me, b/c I tend to listen to my newer music and forget about all the other stuff I like. I do ratings and playlists, but it's just filled with tons of songs.

macbook pro 17", Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 20, 2010 2:43 PM

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varjak paw

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Apr 20, 2010 2:56 PM in response to chuckp27

Have you turned on the Browser? iTunes -> View menu -> Column Browser -> Show Column Browser

That allows you to browse all your artists, and all your albums and genres if you select to show the browser on top.

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chuckp27 Author

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Apr 20, 2010 3:04 PM in response to varjak paw

Yeah, that's cool. But what I'm trying to do is flag some of the artists as my favorites; almost make a playlist that is just filled with the artist names only, in a sense, like a quick list of artists that I play most or like the most or something.

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varjak paw

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Apr 21, 2010 6:19 AM in response to chuckp27

Sorry, but that's not a feature of iTunes. You can drag an artist from the Browser into a playlist, but that will of course get you all that artist's tracks, not just the artist's name. If you want to keep a list of just your favorite artists, you'll have to do that external to iTunes.

Regards.

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chuckp27 Author

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Apr 21, 2010 7:52 AM in response to varjak paw

That's what I figured, but I thought I'd ask.

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Apr 23, 2010 3:38 PM in response to chuckp27

You just have to get creative with the Smart playlists. The modifiers in there can help you really get specific (play count etc.). Put some thought into it. You'll figure it out.

Try out - http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php - good stuff.

Peace

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varjak paw

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Apr 26, 2010 6:31 AM in response to Capo Supremo

Smart Playlists will not help Chuck get a list only of the artists. A Smart Playlist will show tracks, which is not what Chuck wants; he wants a list only of the artist names. As I said, there's no way within iTunes to do that; he'd have to keep a list externally.

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chuckp27 Author

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Apr 27, 2010 10:13 PM in response to varjak paw

Exactly. Well, it's ok, I just thought that'd be something cool that I would personally use. I guess it's not really possible right now. I can make a list outside of itunes or do all something else. Thanks.

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Apr 28, 2010 12:28 AM in response to chuckp27

What about adding a playlist folder in iTunes called Favorites and then create a smart playlist for each favorite artist inside the playlist folder? The folder not contains a list of your favorite artists as individual playlists.

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