{"id":3676,"date":"2006-01-26T09:19:31","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/26\/itunes-ratings\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:19:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T00:19:20","slug":"itunes-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/26\/itunes-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7007,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/jwz.livejournal.com\\\/578440.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260115042346\\\/https:\\\/\\\/jwz.livejournal.com\\\/578440.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 18:44:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 18:44:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7008,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.tbray.org\\\/ongoing\\\/When\\\/200x\\\/2006\\\/01\\\/23\\\/5-Star-Music&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260116051515\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.tbray.org\\\/ongoing\\\/When\\\/200x\\\/2006\\\/01\\\/23\\\/5-Star-Music&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 18:44:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 18:44:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7009,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/akma.disseminary.org\\\/archives\\\/2006\\\/01\\\/stars.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of <a href=\"http:\/\/jwz.livejournal.com\/578440.html\" title=\"jwz: Song Ratings\">jwz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tbray.org\/ongoing\/When\/200x\/2006\/01\/23\/5-Star-Music\" title=\"Ongoing: 5 &#x272d; &#x266b; Mondays\">Tim Bray<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/akma.disseminary.org\/archives\/2006\/01\/stars.html\" title=\"AKMA's Random Thoughts: Stars\">AKMA<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulbeard.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/archives\/2006\/01\/25\/\u272d-\u272d\u272d\u272d\u272d\u272d\/\" title=\"A Crank's Progress: &#x272d; - &#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d;\">Paul<\/a>, here&#8217;s the rating system I use in iTunes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All songs start at &#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d; when I import them.<\/li>\n<li>As I listen, they&#8217;re adjusted up and down according to the following:\n<ul>\n<li>&#x272d; &#8212; Bad import (dirty\/scratched CD or other issue), needs to be re-imported or otherwise replaced.<\/li>\n<li>&#x272d;&#x272d; &#8212; I don&#8217;t like it, and don&#8217;t particularly want to listen to it.<\/li>\n<li>&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d; &#8212; Good general listening. Won&#8217;t complain if\/when it comes up in random rotation.<\/li>\n<li>&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d; &#8212; A favorite. Better than most. Don&#8217;t mind hearing it more often.<\/li>\n<li>&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d;&#x272d; &#8212; Almost impossible to get tired of. Also almost impossible to resist singing along to or dancing to when it pops up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From there, the <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/meme_2_itunes.html\" title=\"Eclecticism: Meme 2: iTunes\">custom playlists I use<\/a> (which have been updated and tweaked a bit since that post, but the basics are still good) work for daily listening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%2526songTerm=Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)' on the iTMS\">Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Various Artists' on the iTMS\">Various Artists<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DVarious Artists%2526albumTerm=Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)' on the iTMS\">Work It! Dance = Life (full mix)<\/a><\/em> (1996, 1:09:44).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following in the footsteps of jwz, Tim Bray, AKMA, and Paul, here&#8217;s the rating system I use in iTunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2035,2043],"tags":[13,80],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-personal","tag-life","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}