But then when I hear an artist I like I have to search for them to play more songs from them.

Actually, you don't. They added a great feature somewhere around beta 10, called "Tweak Order". This is exactly what you're asking for.

Let's say you're shuffling your whole database and an artist comes on that you like. Press the "2" key on the remote and it'll say "Found Matching Artist". The next song in the list is now by the same artist. Press 2 again, and the next two songs will be by the same artist. Keep pressing 2 each time you want the same artist to play. To actually "see" what it's doing, look at the "Now and Next" screen while you do this.

Assuming the disk drive isn't in the middle of a big read, it'll even do this without interrupting the current song.

There are other number keys on the remote that do similar things:

2: Match artist
3: Match album
5: Match genre
6: Match year
8: Swap the next song with a random one from the current playlist
0: Toggle shuffle play on and off

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Tony Fabris