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>Also, a definition of what's going in the database has to be
>worked out. I'll get it better soon, but generally if a record
>can be roughly classified as being on the Warp/Rephlex
>axis, the Basic Channel/Chain Reaction/Brinkmann/et al.
>axis, or the rest of home listening IDM axis, it's good.
>Influences are fine too. House/trance/gabber/etc. not
>at welcome, but you knew that.
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>I'm also thinking of posting to the list really long grocery
>lists of artists and labels I could think of that are IDM,
>and people can just toss out names that I forgot.
>So warning you in advance to dodge those messages
>if you're not into that stuff.
We were gonna do this but it got to be too daunting of a task what with
me not even finished with VMM v2.0 yet! A good open source discography
could turn into a mess really quickly if its not done correctly! It has
to be 'idiot proofed' or it will quickly fill up with junk. A good
example of this is www.gemm.com , if you type in a particular artist,
such as 'Aphex Twin', youll notice some that the slightest misspellings
or lack of research by the user before adding redundant data makes for
lots of confusing entries. Add to that the fact that there are confusing
relationships between an artist's various aliases, collaborations, bands,
and it gets worse (Even the teeny Carpet Bomb crew has about TEN names
for permutations of collabs for about 4 or 5 guys!). A dedicated admin
with tons of free time would have to sift through ALL the data and be
prepared to correct any and all errors the users made.
The discography benchmark I always refer to is Lazlo's discography
machine. Ernie has THE clearest way of classifying a release, with its
re-releases/reprints and corresponding catalog numbers all along the way.
In fact, a good discography system should be able to easily and clearly
fit a 'group' like The Orb (
http://www.theorb.com/archives/discogs/). If
your data scheme can accomodate the works of artists this prolific then
youve really got something going. Add to that the fact that youd
basically have to steal data (cue Datathief music!) from ad.techno.org
and Lazlo, Lance & others in order to prime the database. Even CDnow
(muze) has at least the basic shell of what could be a good beginning of
a discog.
I salute your efforts, and offer any help I can but I think these
concepts are partially what put off the trainspotters at Hyperreal. Its
fairly easy to start a simple discog, but do we need another simple
discog? Im not sure how elaborate yall want it but its going to steal the
life away from at least a few people!
good luck!
ernie
Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795
Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-1156
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
Fort Worth, Texas