From Ernesto Ikerd Sent Tue, Jun 29th 1999, 22:23
From Ernesto Ikerd Sent Tue, Jun 29th 1999, 22:23
>Don't forget the record-store finder at: >http://www.psylux.com/VMM/VMM_Home.htm And of course Jeff Davis' excellent Rotator Locator : http://www.hyperreal.org/music/rotator/ As part of the IDM faq however, Im am assessing just how much database stuff ill be able to get away with. Id like to make the ultimate page complete with Yahoo! one-click mapping, and maybe a user feedback rating system for shops... I am also working on a super high-tech discography engine that is *totally* dynamic. No internet spotter is worth a damn without knowing the way to Lazlos Discography machine: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs I would never want to re-invent the wheel with either Jeff's or Lazlo's (another Ernie!!) or even CDNow's site but in my mind lives this strange all-in-one site idea of music heaven that Im still not sure I can actually pull off. A one stop 'electronica' site where you could research/review/find our music. Imagine drilling through cross reference links until you found exactly what you wanted: <dream> CLICK to find all labels with "S" returns list of S labels CLICK on "Skam" returns list of Skam releases (with or without thumbnails or tracklisting) CLICK on "Skampler" returns Skampler detail with full tracklisting, large thumbnails, artists, notes and user reviews CLICK on "Keynell" track returns Gescom page, with Gescom discography CLICK on Sean Booth returns all releases/tracks he had a hand in writing </dream> A great discography like a great internet store, but it wouldnt be about selling music, and we would list OOP, deleted and unobtainables so it would be complete. And the work could be down by volunteers with accounts..I also could take exports of existing databases (data migration is my specialty) but the information donor would have to satisfied that they would get credit for all their had work. ALL THEORETICAL . its just an FAQ for now I build these kinds of web pages all the time to pay my bills, so I tend to think about it alot since Im a music fiend. Lots of great SIMILAR work exists online, but I want to see how far I can take the concepts and still be practical. Another thing is motivation - will it last or am I full of sh*t? (rhetorical people!) Well see what happens this summer ernie Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795 Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-1156 Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Fort Worth, Texas