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The Itunes genius IS a genius

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Ben.
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I was listening to the cut copy song from tbc and i look over and it has the fischerspooner song from tbc. the legowelt song. and the adult song from tbc as suggestions. mebbe it does know
Sep 16 2008 12:21AM
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WILLFRO07
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it DOES know, genius is awesome.
it builds such good playlists. i put together one based on Newera by DL incognitio and all the songs it suggested were in biking or skiing movies.
Sep 16 2008 12:24AM
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jack_weisman
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what is this, do elaborate.
Sep 16 2008 1:18AM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
itunes 8. you can make it create playlists for you from a single song that are all similar. and it will recommend you other songs to download.
Sep 16 2008 1:39AM
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.KYLE.
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its in the new itunes.... it uploads info about your music to teh interwebz then it automaticly creates playlists with music you like.
Sep 16 2008 1:41AM
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Pippin
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I JUST TYPED OUT 300 WORDS BUT CRASHED SO FUCK IT

The new Genius feature in iTunes 8 creates the perfect playlist. Just select a song, click the Genius button, and iTunes generates a playlist of songs from your library that go great with it. You decide how many songs appear in your Genius playlist — 25, 50, or 100. Refresh your Genius playlist to get new results. Or save your Genius playlist so you always have it.
Sep 16 2008 1:54AM
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jack_weisman
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yo thanks anyways, i rejected that download, i guess ill have to get it tomorrow.
Sep 16 2008 2:14AM
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jack_weisman
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i don't know if my computer is fucked up and i already quoted this response or its just 2:16 in the morning, but thanks, i rejected that download today, i guess ill get it tomorrow
Sep 16 2008 2:16AM
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lydiaiskwllol
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I love it
Sep 16 2008 8:01AM
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J.Strain
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does it work if a lot of you music is not from the i tunes store???
Sep 16 2008 8:59AM
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1080ski
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if your music is in the itunes store, but you got it from elsewhere, it will work. if the itunes store doesnt have the song, it wont be able to use it
Sep 16 2008 11:47AM
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.hazen.
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haha I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A THREAD ABOUT THIS. I've found so much good new music in the last 10 minutes thanks to the Genius. Props Apple.
Sep 16 2008 12:47PM
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hellomynameisjef
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have you ever heard of Pandora? its the same thing, but i think that itunes one is so much sicker
pandora.com
its pretty decent
Sep 16 2008 5:28PM
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.jr
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Im pretty dissapointed, I thought genius was going to find music for me that I didnt already own.. I didnt know it was just going to make playlists from your current music..
Sep 16 2008 6:20PM
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Perma
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hahaha i got all sketched out with the other thread saying that it could be a possible way for itunes to find out if you've been downloading music illegally. but now that i see its legit ill try it out. thanks
Sep 16 2008 7:07PM
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Ben.
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1) its anonymous so it doesnt register your account to your music from what i understand.
2) for all itunes knows it could be ripped from a cd theres no way for it to know where you got that music from
Sep 16 2008 9:10PM
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Karcher
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genius is my best friend
Sep 17 2008 8:14PM
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[MEGAMO]
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you would think that with all the effort they put into programming this, they could have thrown in a little code to make itunes skinnable. god i hate apple.
Sep 17 2008 8:23PM
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KAS
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When I try to use it it just tells me to get the genius update in the store menu, but I can't find the update. Anyone know where it is? (or I am just blind...)
Sep 17 2008 8:31PM
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KAS
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Ok, wow. Never mind, I found it.
Sep 17 2008 8:32PM
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freezed
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they want it to have their design/branding. no 3rd party stuff. just like their hardware.
Sep 17 2008 8:34PM
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dr_phil
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I fear the updates, everytime I upgrade iTunes, I fall into a world of shit, everything fucks up
Sep 17 2008 9:22PM
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wntrwill
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I agree...genius is amazing. I didn't think it would do such a good job at finding similar music. It must take into account so many different things like pandora to come up with the playlists. I heard from a friend that pandora might be going down the drain though, so at least we'll still have this.
Sep 17 2008 10:37PM
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whattheshit
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i don't like it i went back to itunes 7.  i missed having the mini store.  i found that having top songs helped me get the ones i was missing and also thought the 'other users bought' helped me find different artists as well.   genius playlist was neat, but i don't need it.  im not lazy so i can make playlists on my own.  the songs they suggested that i would like sucked though, so no thanks.

the new visualizer was cool as well.  i thought about keeping it then i remembered i wasn't a stoner and don't space out to my itunes visualizer.
Sep 18 2008 5:04AM
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dwalk
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its dope....works sooo well
Sep 18 2008 1:31PM
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R.GISH
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pandora.com type in any band name or song title and it uses genre, rhythmic qualities, and instrument use to make a personal radio station. you can multiple too, like say hendrix and kanye. very very sick i use it at work all day
Sep 18 2008 7:27PM
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jack_weisman
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my genius is not being so genius, its just giving me error messages
Sep 21 2008 2:34PM
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doublexl
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wait it doesnt tell you what other shit people bought in the store?

lame.

but dude, your visualizer statement had me pounding on the desk.
Sep 21 2008 3:00PM
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assface
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also try

pandora.com

or

last.fm

Sep 21 2008 5:38PM
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[~_~]
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Whenever I try to use it, it just recommends songs to buy. How do I make it make a playlist of similar music that I ALREADY OWN?
Sep 21 2008 7:07PM
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Ben.
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pick the song you wanna base it off of. then go down to the bottom right and click the little atom looking thing.
Sep 21 2008 7:56PM
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JGP.
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Yep just do that.  Genius has made some sick playlists for me in the last few days...
Sep 21 2008 8:54PM
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[~_~]
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dude, fuck this. It doesn't work for most of my music.

Just use that freebie program that makes playlists based on BPM instead of one that has to check into the iTunes store to see if they have the song...
Sep 21 2008 9:10PM
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Avifarer
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I cant even use it because i dont have a credit card/cant make an itunes account........
gay
Sep 22 2008 1:04AM
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Klick_2_klaim
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I dont use it because I am sure there is some information storing, so all the shit you have stolen goes from genius, right to the fbi, and they come put you in jail.
Sep 22 2008 5:22PM
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Ben.
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A) when you read the agreement it says its anonymous
B) How would it tell the difference between music ripped from a cd and music downloaded illegally.
Sep 22 2008 5:47PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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hey go ahead and believe everything THEY tell you, I dont.
And every torrent and dl comes with a tracker... if you rip a cd its fine, as long as you dont copy or send it to a friend.

anonymous is also a vague blanket term, ip addresses attached to your computer dont need a name, once they have the info... they have your whole life.
Sep 22 2008 11:22PM
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Ben.
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im pretty sure it just goes off song name anyways, cuz it cant find alotta stuff
Sep 22 2008 11:34PM
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skierdudeguy
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holy FUCK.
I wrote a song and put it on itunes... then i did the genius thing knowing it would not work at all. fucking thing gave me 25 songs that fit PERFECT. what. the. fuck.
Oct 29 2008 11:13PM
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LC.
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It's kind of nice but the problem I have with it is it only gives you the "popular" tracks, since a lot of it is based on other iTunes users' habits. I feel like it's dumbing down what I listen to. Not that it's bad to listen to popular tracks but most of my songs aren't getting selected at all by Genius - just the one or two from each album tha everyone knows. I've been using it on my iPod at work though and it's nice for that because everyone knows all the songs and kept asking me how I was amking up such good playlists so quickly.
Oct 29 2008 11:35PM
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photowill
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i love genius, but ive gotten some weird stuff that didn't fit at all
im more of a Pandora fan, but i cant put Pandora playlists on my ipod
so genius is a great idea and its already gotten much better than it was at the beginning, so i feel that very soon it will be as good or better than Pandora
Oct 31 2008 1:57PM
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namaste
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its a win win. apple gets all the consumer information they could dream of by getting your library and you get dope new music
Oct 31 2008 2:32PM
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Skibumsmith
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geezus this is not an essay contest
Oct 31 2008 7:23PM
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Smcelligott
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its soo sick it helps me find new music an dont have to post threads on "new music" and people just hate all the time.
Nov 6 2008 9:57PM
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PatVigorito
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i think apple bought some rights to the human g nome project (ie. pandora)
but pandora is alot better for finding new music
Nov 8 2008 8:24PM
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BEARS.
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i now love itunes.
Nov 9 2008 1:39AM
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Caveman.
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What program does this?
Nov 9 2008 4:22PM
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KarmaInitiative
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Not a fan
Nov 9 2008 9:44PM
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