Genius Mixes

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Genius Mixes

All,
Is anyone aware of how additional genius mixes can be added to iTunes? These are the "canned" mixes that iTunes automatically generates, and I appear to have maxed out at 12 (Indie Pop Mix, Alt. Singer/Songwriter Mix, Classic R&B Mix, Brit-Pop & Rock Mix, etc.). As I understand it, there are many more mixes that my library would support and that are available for other users.

Cheers.

iMac 3.06 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 19, 2011 8:33 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 20, 2011 10:23 AM in response to Prof. Bill McGuffrey

The canned mixes max at 12. To create more, select a song in your music library, then click the little genius icon in the bottom right corner of itunes. The new mix will now appear under the genius heading in your itunes sidebar (right above the canned mixes). From here you can save it as a playlist if you want, then select another song and do the same thing.

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Answer 2

Apr 5, 2011 10:11 AM in response to Prof. Bill McGuffrey

I recently used "genius"(i use this appellation w/ reluctance) to make up a list based on a song from Prince's Purple Rain album. The results were racist, from my white middle class point of view. All, w/out exception, of the artists chosen, were black R&B. No guitarists, not a one. No rock...and i have hundreds of them in my library...

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