#Beatunes play count sync how to#
#Beatunes play count sync update#

Now lets add another attribute to this playlist. To edit a smart playlist, right click or ctrl click on the playlist you want to edit and choose “Edit”. Here is how you can edit a smart playlist and add attributes to it. You might notice in the Smart Playlist we just created, the artist’s originals are in the smart playlist but their remixes are not. You’ll Notice I Tunes has just moved all of the Artists tracks into a playlist for you automatically.įor a lot of dance music some artists do originals and remixes. In the first drop down menu, select “ARTIST.” In the second dropdown menu select “IS”, then type your favorite artist’s name, then click “OK”. Now lets create an artist smart playlist. To create a smart playlist in I tunes click on “File” then select “New Smart Playlist…”

#Beatunes play count sync how to#

Let me first show you how to make a smart playlist and give you some tips on some smart playlist ideas. Rather than having to spend hours making playlists, and remembering what you’ve “playlisted,” Smart Playlists do all the work for you.

Smart Playlists are playlists that will automatically organize and filter your music for you based on “tags” you write into your tracks such as Artist, Genre, Year, Album, Play Count, Import Date, and Comment. I found a solution that saved my DJ Life… SMART PLAYLISTS! I found myself spending most of my time organizing and hardly anytime playing, let alone living my life!

#Beatunes play count sync update#

I was a prime example of someone who got lost in my own music, and it got to the point where I didn’t know where any of my good tracks were anymore, and I would show up at gigs feeling unorganized, ears worn out from organizing my playlists for days, and DJing felt like such a chore because I had multiple music “collections”, and thousands of playlists that I was always having to update and I could never keep up on. While it’s great to have so much amazing music, it is very easy to get buried in your own music collection and get overwhelmed.

In the digital world, it’s way too easy to “acquire” too much music and with tracks only costing $1-2 a track, you might find yourself buying a lot more music than when you had to spend $12 a record in the vinyl era.

One of the main issues plaguing DJs in the world today is the overwhelming amount of music out there.