Namorbia Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I love you if you read this. I'm a huge VGM fan from Finland. I will graduate next year from university and my thesis will be about building a website for VGM live shows. Everything from orchestral concerts to rock shows and DJ gigs. All live shows in all countries. It will be user-contributed, like VGMdb. My programming skills aren't great, so the end result will simpler than VGMdb. But I am highly motivated and I have until May to get enough done for a thesis paper. After that I will of course keep improving the site and I hope someone else can help and maybe eventually take over. Features I would like to implement (this list is not at all comprehensive): - Practical info like date, country, city, venue, composers, arrangers, performers, style of concert (orchestral, cover band, DJ etc.) - Shows properly linked (in the database) to all the above, so customizable searches can be done easily. - Ratings & "I went to this show" -button. This information would be visible on the registered users profile. - Setlists (and composer/arranger breakdowns, especially important for orchestral concerts). Don't know if this should have it's separate box, like tracklists on VMGdb. Might be difficult with shows with many performers like MAGFest. - Links to external sites related to the show: official site, tickets, reviews, interviews... - Artist links etc. to VGMdb - Scans of pamphlets and stuff related to the show (at least in Japan you get tons of pamphlets at every show) - "Products represented", like on VGMdb, so that you can search for all shows with music from a specific game. - Info about past concerts is also welcome. It would be great to quickly find info about the Orchestral Game Concerts in the 90's or Germany's Leipzig concerts 2003-2007. I also see bands putting all their past shows in the database. But of course future concert are the most important thing. - Anyone can contribute information. Admins and editors have more privileges. - Possibly also concerts with chiptunes, anime or original music by game composers (not personally that interested in these, but I suppose many VGM fans are) What would you like to see on this site? I plan to make this site also in Japanese. - I met the writers for 2083 and Game Music Garden (the two best VMG concert info sites) in Japan last month and they were very supportive. Once I get this site rolling they will help by providing info about concerts in Japan. - During the summer there seemed to be VGM shows in Japan every weekend. The Japanese themselves find info about these shows via 2083, some blogs or through tweets. One centralized site is needed. - Both the conductor and the founder of the Little Jack Orchestra want more western fans in their concerts. I got that feeling from other Japanese too: wanting to connect the east and the west. - I speak only intermediate Japanese, so all help is welcome in this department too. ------ PS. I'm always happy to meet other VGM enthusiasts, so say hi to me (tall, blond dreadlock dude) at the next MAGFest! I'm on Facebook and Twitter, in case someone's interested. PPS. Gigablah from VGMdb proposed that this site could be on their servers. So now that's happening and I'll have access to their databases! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I kinda-sorta think this makes more sense as an integrated set of functionality WITHIN VGMdb, as opposed to a separate website. Perhaps that wouldn't work best for your thesis, but I think it would work far more effectively for end users, especially if the intention is to integrate with VGMdb data already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namorbia Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Yeah, I know it would make sense to be within VGMdb. Here are some problems that might arise, if I would do that: - Not sure how it would fit my thesis - Huge responsibility and pressure on me to integrate something in the awesomness of VGMdb. - Bilinguality. I need the Japanese with me on this. - Accessibility. I would rather have the concerts and a search bar at the front page when you land on this site. Clicking on buttons to get to submenus is boring. - Simplicity. Japanese flocked to Twitter because it was simple. If this would be within VGMdb and only in English, that might scare them away. Me and Gigablah were thinking that this could be a subdomain for VGMdb. Does for example live.vgmdb.net sound good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebuch Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I like the idea! It's definitely in the spirit of keeping a historic record of VGM so I think adding it on to VGMdb is a good option. I'd focus more on completing your thesis first though and then port/integrate your information over to VGMdb once you're not cutting yourself short on either side. I *really* like the idea of getting the Japanese involved.. I'd love to know more about what they're doing over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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