

I used to use iTunes on PC and synced things easily with Rocket Player, but at some point that method failed and I could never figure out why. Surely everyone has playlists of some kind, yeah? Do people just use Spotify these days? What is your System? Partially because I’m curious, and partially so I can determine what improvements (if any) can be assimilated into my own.Īddendum: Program-wise, I am using MusicBee as the player on PC, and Rocket Player on my phone. But I haven’t really heard how other people tackle this sort of thing. To be honest, I have no idea if this is convoluted or not. Plus, some songs fit into multiple moods, which I can handle by giving them multiple Grouping labels (“Green, Blue”). This has worked out much better for me than traditional playlists, as sometimes I forgot to add new songs to old playlists. If I want to chill and do some work? Open the Green playlist and hit Random. Once this last piece of metadata is complete, songs that have survived the gauntlet are automatically sorted into dynamic playlists. Red – songs that make you drive faster on the freeway.I base these off of colors that correspond to mood: It is here that I assign it a “Grouping” category. Once everything has a Star rating, it goes into my Group Work dynamic playlist. To give an idea about distribution, I have 3270 songs in the 3-Star category (80%), 721 in 4-Star (18%), and just 100 in 5-Star (2%).


Once I do hear something I like, I immediately try to locate the entire discography of the group “just in case” there are other songs I may enjoy. Therefore, I pretty much only hear snippets of songs from random Youtube clips, memes, or Indie-Rock playlists. My ability to discover new music is very limited, as I did not have much of a commute even pre-pandemic for radio, and I typically listen to NPR besides.
