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I’ve been busily rating all of my iTunes tracks, and consider that I’ve done a very good job. My Unrated playlist (Rating is 0; Played Count is 0; Genre does not contain Classical; Podcast is false) has only 224 tracks. My total library is 7741 tracks, so it’s about 97% done. Not counting Classical tracks and Podcasts, obviously.

Actually, if I take this into account, my Music Library is only 5962 tracks, and I’ve rated about 96%.

Anyway, you get the picture. An overwhelming number of my tracks are rated. So now, I just sit back, and count the money as it rolls in let iTunes choose my music.

I’ve got a Smart Playlist called Party Shuffler, which I set my Party Shuffle to use as the source, and turn on Play higher rated songs more often. The Party Shuffler playlist has the following Logic:

• Genre is not Classical
• Last Played is not in the last 3 days
• Genre is not Holiday
• Comment does not contain re-import
• Genre is not Books & Spoken
• Genre is not Interview
• Match only checked songs
• Live Updating

I might be able to get rid of some of the Genre stuff, by having the Skip when shuffling item checked on various tracks, but then I’d need to remember to do this to new music I import.

Oh, and I keep my rating window open, and every now and then re-rate the track that’s playing - especially if I’ve decided I don’t like the track quite so much anymore.

Wipe Out • The Beach Boys • Still Cruisin' ★★