"iTunes Mixes" is a new feature of iTunes 9 that was announced last Wednesday.

I downloaded iTunes 9 on Thursday.

But the feature only appeared on my sidebar today (after an iTunes genius update).

Just in time for this Sunday's luncheon guests!

I now have 16 "tailored" mixes based on my library of 8.980 tracks, each seems reasonable groupings of "seed artists", e.g.

1/ Classical Mix: André Previn, Murray Perahia, David Hobson, "& others"

2/ Pop Mix: Kirsty MacColl, Katie Melua, Tenacious D [what ?!?!?], "& others"

3/ Pop Mix 2: Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, John Denver, "& others"

4/ Easy Listening Mix: Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Nat King Cole, "& others"

5/ Rock Mix: Queen, The Who, Free, "& others"

6/ Pop Mix 3: Robbie Williams, Celine Dion, Pink, "& others"

7/ Pop Mix 4: Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Nina Simone, "& others"  <== now playing :-)

8/ Soundtrack Mix: Roger Woodward, Richard Robbins, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, "& others"

9/ Pop Mix 5: Carla Bruni, Edith Piaf, François Hardy, "& others"

10/ Rock Mix 2: The Kinks, The Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, "& others"

11/ Rock Mix 3: Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, The Lovin' Spoonful, "& others"

12/ Pop Mix 6: Sarah McLachlin, Maroon 5 [what ?!?!?], Nelly Furtado, "& others"

Each mix is an icon made up from cover art in my collection (so there are some "blank" grey notes for missing art work) 

Here is what mix #7 has selected thus far (as captured in Last.FM), at this stage I am very happy with this new feature ...

	Norah Jones – Nightingale			6 minutes ago
	The Dave Pike Set – Mathar (The Original Indian Vibes)			10 minutes ago
	Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You			13 minutes ago
	Diana Krall – Only The Lonely			17 minutes ago
	Louis Prima & Keely Smith With Sam Butera & The Witnesses – Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio)			21 minutes ago
	Duke Ellington – Mood Indigo			24 minutes ago
	Miles Davis – All Of You			31 minutes ago
	Sonny Stitt – The Good Life			34 minutes ago
	Norah Jones – Above Ground			37 minutes ago
	Tommy Emmanuel – When You Come Home			42 minutes ago
	Diana Krall – I'm Pulling Through			46 minutes ago
	Erin Bode – I Walk a Little Faster			50 minutes ago
	J.J. Johnson – Our Love Is Here To Stay			53 minutes ago

By the end of the day the mixes had played without sequences repeating and only a few songs duplicated

But there were what I would call anomalies ... some songs in the mix jarred e.g. this sequence:

	Erin Bode – You			13 Sep 2:24pm
	Morelenbaum? & Sakamoto – Coracao Vagabundo			13 Sep 2:20pm
	Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade			13 Sep 2:16pm
	Blood, Sweat & Tears – And When I Die#			13 Sep 2:12pm
	Marc Hunter – Night & Day			13 Sep 2:09pm
	Miles Davis – 'Round Midnight			13 Sep 2:03pm
	Norah Jones – Seven Years			13 Sep 2:00pm

( bumping my post because it got ended up requiring approval for some reason and so never made it on the day )

and my avatar has been updated to reflect a recent visit to a great museum in Seattle:

• "The Music Experience" --> I have a fantastic Jimi Hendrix shirt but need to lose weight so it will fit
• "The Science Fiction Museum" --> I tried on the alien UFO sunglasses ;-)

I will post some B&O store pix elsewhere (i.e. here)

Just got iTunes Mixes working - very interesting at first glance!

I'm a fan of Genius, but actually, Genius Mixes didn't give me any satisfying mix, I will try again... Maybe my tastes are too eclectic??

Been using if for a few days now with positive results. Wonder if it compares to MOTS..

mbee:

I'm a fan of Genius

me too ... and I will still probably use the original Genius for personal listening when I pick a particular song and then say "gimme more" !

but I think I will use Genius Mixes for things like background music when we have guests ..........

Like it more and more! Picking out tracks I had forgotten about! Jazz Mix on at present. Duke Ellington just following Django Rheinhardt. Eager to see what comes next!

Peter :

Like it more and more! Picking out tracks I had forgotten about! Jazz Mix on at present. Duke Ellington just following Django Rheinhardt. Eager to see what comes next!

Me too. I'm sure there'll be those that say "it isn't as sophisticated as MOTS", but who cares - the end result is the same.

Disappointed to see the "Browser" view disappear though (I know you can construct a similar "horizontal" browser view but I didn't see the need to change it).