Multiple Genres with Smart Playlists

I've searched a lot on this topic and there appears to be little, so I thought I'd post my solution. (itunes 10)
I create my own genres, such as "Easy Rock Jazz" or "Blues Jazz" or "Blues Rock", etc. Even have some that are "Easy Rock Jazz Blues", meaning the song fits in all those genres.
Then I create a Smart Playlist that selects any track with genre CONTAINS "Rock". And another with genre contains "Easy". Songs with both Easy and Rock in the multiple genre name end up in both playlists.
I also have Smart Playlists, such as "Easy 45", which gives me any track with a genre that contains "easy" and is rated by me as > 3 stars.
Message was edited by: tsmurf64

This seems like a brilliant idea. I've tried to do the same but the songs aren't appearing in my smart playlist. For example, I have some songs with genres that I created like "Folk Easy" and "Pop Easy". I created a smart playlist that matches genre containing "Easy". Strangely songs aren't appearing in the playlist. However, my smart playlist for "folk" is getting filled with genres like "Folk rock" and "Folk easy". I'm new to this...is there something I'm doing wrong maybe? It seems to be only picking up the first word of the genre. I've made sure to select 'contains'. Many thanks
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