Organise your music song by song or let iTunes do it for you. iTunes playlists give you flexible options for playing DJ at a party, sorting music for your iPod and sharing your taste by posting an iMix on the iTunes Music Store.

Try Some Selective Listening

Of course your party deserves a great soundtrack, and iTunes helps you jumpstart your set list. The Party Shuffle feature creates a dynamic playlist, similar to shuffle play, from either your entire library or a specific playlist. You can review upcoming songs to reorder or remove on the fly, taking charge like the DJ you always wanted to be. You or a guest can add songs to the mix at any time. If you like the random picks, you can always save them in a personal playlist. And of course, you can use Party Shuffle when listening to music alone, too. So your playlist is always full, and always full of good tunes.

Be an iTunes Celebrity

Did they like the mix at your last party? Let your friends find the tracks on the iTunes Music Store easily. Publish your playlist as an iMix on the Music Store. Just as with a Celebrity Playlist, you can write liner notes about the picks, explaining your influences. iTunes saves your iMix for a whole year, so you can send your lists to new friends, too. For an iMix, iTunes creates a mosaic of cover art from your purchased albums, just like printing a cover for a mix CD. You’ll see your mix on the album page for songs in your mix, and other iTunes Music Store customers can rate your iMix.

Print Your Tunes

iTunes offers several slick ways to get a hard copy of your track listings. You can print your playlists by song or album, for black & white or colour printers. You can even print out a catalogue of your entire library to help you plan your next mix.

Automate Your Mix

Chances are your answer to the question “what’s your favourite music?” would depend on your mood, where you are, who you’re with and what you’re doing. iTunes lets you create playlists that match your musical whims and fancies. Either drag and drop songs into a playlist or have iTunes create a playlist automatically with Smart Playlists. Then group your playlists into folders to organise them as you please. Keep, say, a folder of mood music with playlists for every emotion. Or a folder of playlists perfect for any road trip.

Simply indicate your desired criteria — like all the rock songs you’ve added to your library in the past month, songs you’ve listened to more than 10 times and so on — and iTunes does the rest. iTunes automatically finds the songs that match your rules and creates a playlist. iTunes offers you a wide range of new song rules with which you can create Smart Playlists. In fact, iTunes may be more obsessive about your collection than you are.

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