Party Jukebox¶
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I tried iTunes 4.5's new Party Jukebox feature at Claus' party last Saturday and my verdict is a simple No Sir, I didn't like it
.
It's just too unsophisicated. Letting it shuffle the whole Library is out of question anyway – who'd want Sigur Rós or Bach for dancing? So I need to make a special playlist. But even within within a dedicated party playlist there are bound to be songs that just don't go together. You'd expect the German music to be played as a group and similarly you wouldn't want to mix electronic and pop music (and even hip hop, if you're so inclined) randomly. Thus, an effort has to be made to separate these different styles – which in turn requires both preparation and interaction with iTunes during the party. Both things I hoped iTunes tries to avoid with this feature.
So my bottom line for this is Thanks, but no thanks
. If I have to put in this much preparation, I'll rather make a proper playlist with much better results.
No, I don't like shuffle mode on the CD player either.
Says the guy whose CD player has both a shuffle and a random mode.
