If you're that deadset against it, just run:
sudo apt-get install banshee
or grab Banshee from the Ubuntu Software Center GUI.
Done.
I have similarly poor experiences with Banshee, with it freezing up
forever when trying to read my files, failing to decode metadata that
Rhythmbox decodes proper
Dear all
I liked bunshee as my favorite music player until Ubuntu 12.04.
Rhythmbox is not really reliable and has less funcionalities.
Means with bunshee I could synchronize my Samsung Galaxy S 9000.
It was fast, it moved the music with .flac format to my mobile with
all the recorded metadatas.
R