[DonRotolo]

While not exactly a playlist, here is a technique I use often.

I have all my music on iTunes, both CDs and vinyl, about 8 GB. I sort them by artist, and then go through them and set the ratings. I choose one rating value for my 'project' so I can pull them out later - it doesn't have to be 5 stars, it can be any of them.

Then I go through each song, considering the venue and purpose, and pick appropriate songs. Clearly my copy of Joe's Garage doesn't make it onto the list for a FIRST event, but lots of other stuff does. For a FIRST event, I'd pick high-energy songs, and stay away from long mellow ballads (unless you want some during a break, to mellow everyone out). I then place them in order on a playlist that's about 2 hours longer than the event and press 'play'.

Hope this helps.

Don


Oh - don't give much thought to the age of the music. The energy is universal.