A Suggestion, "More from this artist" when using shuffle

Question

I love shuffle, but sometimes when an artist comes on that I like, I want to stop shuffling for a minute and listen to more music for this artist. Does anyone else think it would be cool if there was a "more from this artist" button in the "now playing" screen?

Answer 1

Interestingly, you can do something similar to your suggestion on an iPod shuffle. An iPod shuffle is like a mobile playlist. If you put the songs on it so that songs are ordered sequentially by artist, you can flip the shuffle's switch between shuffle and +play sequentially+. You can be shuffling along between songs and if you want to hear another song by the same artist, switch from shuffle to +play sequentially+ and the next and/or previous songs will be by the same artist (assuming there is another song by the same artist on the shuffle).
So, although it won't be as convenient as on an iPod shuffle, you can do the same thing with a regular playlist on a regular iPod. First, you need a playlist with all your favorite artist's songs or you can make a playlist with your entire music library. The song order should group artists together. Sync the playlist to the iPod. To shuffle while playing the playlist, start playing any song on the playlist and go to +Settings > Shuffle > Songs+. To play sequentially (more songs by the same artist), go to +Settings > Shuffle > Off+ while the songs is still playing. The next and/or previous songs will be by the same artist. To go back to shuffle mode, go to +Settings > Shuffle > Songs+ again.