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Format Your Playlist

Formatting a radio show playlist for All About Jazz can be a time-consuming process, especially when it involves researching album titles, record labels, and converting everything into the proper HTML format.

Fortunately, AI can do much of the heavy lifting. Simply provide your preferred AI assistant with a list of artists and song titles, and it can research the missing information and generate a formatted playlist that's nearly ready to publish.

This is a tremendous time saver, but it's not entirely hands-off. You'll still need to review the results for accuracy, correct any questionable album or label information, and add the time markers indicating when each track begins.

Think of AI as your playlist-preparation assistant. It handles the research and formatting, leaving you with a little cleanup rather than a lot of manual work.

Copy and paste the following prompt into your preferred AI assistant's input box:

<h3>Playlist<h3>
<ul class="ol-list">
<li>Artist Name "Song Title" from <em>Album Title</em> (Record Label) 00:00</li>
</ul>

Instructions:

Preserve the exact track order and include every song.

Research each song to identify its album title and record label, using reliable online sources.

Use the most likely original album and label when the exact recording cannot be established. Do not present uncertain matches as verified.

Preserve artist names, song titles, accents, and special characters.

Set every time marker to 00:00. I'll insert the actual start times myself.

If an album or record label cannot be confidently identified, use TO VERIFY in its place.

Return the complete playlist as one clean HTML code block, ready to copy into All About Jazz.

After the HTML, provide a brief list of any uncertain album or label matches that I should double-check.

Here is my playlist:

[PASTE PLAYLIST HERE]