Did you know that you can store a song’s lyrics inside iTunes? Simply right-click on any song and choose Get Info. Then switch to the Lyrics tab and paste the lyrics there. Now when you play that track on your iPhone or iPod touch, the lyrics will be displayed right on the screen.
Posts Tagged: iTunes
iTunes Tuesday: Show Minibrowser
You know that cool minibrowser that you see at the top of your Music library? You can use it to see all the genres, artists, and albums in the current group of tracks. It’s a pretty handy way to “drill down” into your collection. By default it does not display when you’re viewing one of… Read more »
New Day – Tamar Kaprelian
My friend’s single was just released on iTunes today! Check out New Day, by Tamar, and keep your eyes peeled for the rest of the album. You can also follow her on Twitter for updates.
iTunes Tuesday: Beatles and Bob
If you put a gun to my head and forced me to pick my favorite band, I’d have to go with The Beatles. (You could just ask me, though. What’s with the gun? Chill out, psycho.) I have — as far as I know — every track they ever recorded, and it’s not a stretch… Read more »
iTunes Tuesday: Unranked Songs
One of the keys to being able to build useful smart playlists in iTunes is having your tracks ranked. (It’s so important that I made it #4 on my Five Tips for Smarter Playlists a few years ago.) I try to be vigilant when it comes to ranking my songs, but (a) I need to… Read more »
Friday Five: Favorite Green Day
I already pre-ordered the new Green Day album “21st Century Breakdown” on iTunes and by the time you read this, it should be downloaded to my iPod. Here are my five favorite Green Day songs, all from American Idiot: Whatsername She’s A Rebel Jesus Of Suburbia / City Of The Damned / I Don’t Care… Read more »
iTunes Plus
I like the idea of iTunes Plus. DRM is lame and so ’90s. So the fact that Apple is now allowing me to get DRM-free tracks is great. But why in the world do they insist I upgrade my entire library in one fell swoop? I’m not going to shell out $200 for music I’ve… Read more »
iTunes Arrow Hack
I just found a super cool iTunes trick at the Unofficial Apple Weblog: If you hold the option key while you click on the little arrows next to artists and albums, it will take you to your library’s collection for that item instead of to the iTunes store.
Romeo and Juliet
The Killers’ awesome cover of one of my favorite Dire Straits tracks — Romeo and Juliet — is more than enough of a reason to buy Sawdust. There are 17 b-sides and otherwise unreleased covers and studio versions on this excellent collection. I grabbed it from iTunes about a month ago and have been loving… Read more »
Not Quite Genius
So Apple released a new version of iTunes today. Version 8 includes a new feature called “Genius”. Play a song, click the Genius button, and iTunes creates a playlist of other songs from your library that go great together. This sounds like a cool idea, although I consider myself already pretty handy at creating smart… Read more »
Build Better Smart Playlists
There is a secret to creating killer Smart Playlists in iTunes. You have to know what not to play. The best way to do that is with an “ignore list”. And I’m going to show you how to make one. For several years now iTunes has given you the ability to use playlists themselves as… Read more »
Sinnerman
While we were waiting for the Olympics to start out here on the West coast, we caught the end of an old Entourage episode on HBO. The track playing over the end credits was Sinnerman, by Nina Simone. That song is also played during the conclusion of The Thomas Crown Affair remake with Pierce Brosnan,… Read more »