Think Apple's Genius Feature is Just OK? Here's a REAL Genius Moment

Published by on September 12, 2008

So you think the latest Apple release is pretty neat, eh? But you probably don’t like the fact that it only includes music from your current library, and unless we’re pilfering millions of songs, it probably limits the ability for the Geniuses to do their work.

All the Music You Could Ever Want

Online music sites have the solution: they have pretty much every song out there, and most sites give you the listening experience for free, or very little cost.

Grooveshark, in particular is amazing if you haven’t yet been exposed. The library is built from user generated content from across the globe, giving it a catalog that is essentially, limitless. Searching, navigating and playing is music is as easy as navigating an iPod.

Autoplay is Genius!

The true genius in Grooveshark lies in the Autoplay feature, which was Genius before it was an Apple-feature.

You put the songs into your playlist (queue) of your choosing, hit Autoplay, and you will receive new music inserted into your queue, based on the similarities of the songs currently residing in your queue.

You can + (smile) – (frown) and <3 (heart) songs based on how good the recommendations are. The more you contribute to the system, the better it gets, and the better the Autoplay session is.

iTunes + Grooveshark = Heaven?

Okay, so if we can figure out how to mashup Grooveshark into iTunes it would be the ultimate slice of heaven, perhaps via a plugin that lets you insert songs into your playlists for any tracks you’re missing?

Ideas are a plenty, so let us know your thoughts on the perfect music mashup.