Combining "match" and "match any" rules in smart playlists

Boy, I would really really like Apple to give us the possibility to combine the "match all rules" and "match any rule" criteria in smart playlist. This woulod make it a lot easier to design playlists.
Example: I want to make a smart playlist for a celebration party, that plays ONLY music from certain genres. No videoclips are to included. I would expect Apple to give us the possibility to do something like underneath:
KIND = MUSIC (which I have defined earlier) AND
(GENRE = Dance & Dj OR Genre = Easy Listening OR Genre = Easy Jazz)
Unfortunately, I cannot to do this.....
Greetz, Willem
Netherlands

Willem, You can use 2 playlists to do that. Something like:
PARTYGENRES = Match any (as you have)
PARTYLIST = Match All (KIND = Music and PLAYLIST = PARTYGENRES)

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Oh, you got it!!! I'd never noticed "Playlist" as a parameter in the smart playlists! Suddenly all kinds of possibilities open up! It did work the way you suggested but I decided to take a different tack. I created a 4-5 star "rock" playlist and a 4-5 star "alternative" playlist and then created a third smart playlist that includes the first two playlists! Now I can just continue creating smart playlists that include only songs I rate 4-5 stars in all of my 51 genres and create composite playlists to my heart's content! OK, I wouldn't do that. Once I get over 25 genres, it'd be easier to go back to the subtraction method. ; )
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Message was edited by: petemay

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Combining "match" and "match any" rules in smart playlists

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