Chris J Mears » itunes http://chrisjmears.com Web Developer in Ruby on Rails and CakePHP Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:22:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 iTunes Rating System for Album People http://chrisjmears.com/2008/09/itunes-rating-system-for-album-people/ http://chrisjmears.com/2008/09/itunes-rating-system-for-album-people/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:56:51 +0000 Chris http://chrisjmears.com/?p=45 After I started to get very weird songs pop up in my “4-stars and up” Party Shuffle playlist, I decided to embark on a more stream-lined iTunes song rating system.

Here is my proposal:

No stars
This song is unrated and needs to be put in a smart playlist to be rated, even if they’re all 3 star ratings. This is a fire sale people. Everything. Must. Go! (out of that unrated smart playlist!)
1 star
Denotes a supreme dislike for the song that immediate deletion would not be totally uncalled for.
2 stars
This song is a’ight. Not the most inspirational piece of music, but not worth deleting either, if it flows with the rest of the album.
3 stars
This is a good song. Not the best, but you would be indifferent about it showing up once in a while during a shuffle. And hey, you wouldn’t be totally against bumping it up to 4 stars if it revealed a glimmer of potential to get stuck in your head.
4 stars
This song is great! Not only wouldn’t you mind hearing it in a shuffle of all songs in your library, but you’d be happy when it came on! Not only that, it warrants a place in your “Best of Artist” and “Best of Album” smart playlists.
5 stars
OMG! O-M-G! You love what’s happening to your ears right now! It’s, like, amazing and you can’t get enough. In fact, this is a song you want to share with everyone when you get the chance!

Add any additional thoughts or suggestions in the comments.

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