if you are using the MM editions that I posted to the website if is actually requesting music as a random list by default.
click edit and browse the command tree on the left.
look in the group: "MM Play Music by Name"
then select the command "Play Artist <Artist>"
right-click it and choose build, or just hover over it to see a preview of the actions (new feature)
the first action is MM.LoadBySQL, this is the command that tells MediaMonkey what music you want to play. The parameter for this command is:
Artist Like "{1}" order by random() limit 200
if you want you could change the parameter to be only:
Artist Like "{1}"
by having the part: order by random()
we get a nowplaying list that is pre-shuffled.
the limit 200 is optional too. If you changed it to limit 5 then you would only get 5 songs. This might be useful if you wanted to only hear a few songs and then continue with AutoDJ songs.
While I am on the topic you will notice that there is a similar command.
"Play Hits by <Artist>"
This is essentially the same command, but the parameter used is:
Artist Like "{1}" and rating>75 order by random() limit 200
by adding the part
and rating>75 we get only songs rated 4 stars or higher.
