Stuff I Want: Tags in iTunes

This is the debut of a new feature here on TomTostanoski.com: Stuff I want.  These are desired additions to software I use on various platforms that could alleviate things that piss me off greatly improve the application.

Our first of four rants tonight is something I want in iTunes: tagging.  Not audio tagging, which it already features, with a lot of great stuff, but Technorati-style tagging.  I know it sounds odd, but hear me out.

Tagging is one of the more useful things I've seen to come out the whole Web 2.0 thing.  Hell, even dating sites are starting to use tagging.  It's become a neat way to search for things, especially when others can add their own tags too.

Now, iTunes has a great Smart Playlist feature.  The problem is, there's all kinds more stuff I want to say about my music for use in compiling those playlists.  Like how it makes me feel.  Stuff it reminds me of.  Other musicians the artists are similar to (sorta like Pandora).

If there was some kind of built in support for tagging, I could tag up my music at will, then just make a smart playlist based on tags.  I could make playlists that remind me of high school, or summer.  I could roll up all my bands that remind me of Weezer, DL Byron and Kiss.

Damn, that sounds like an awesome playlist. 

For all I know, there's a plug-in out there that does this, but I want built in support.  iTunes needs an overhaul as it is.  The app was built for music, so the video features are a bit wonky.  So it wouldn't surprise me if (especially with the rumors of a more video-focused iPod) that a new iTunes is in the works.  Toss some tagging support in Apple! Please?

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