Today, 01:54 AM
Reflecting on the broader subject of adding metadata to Setlists, I had a gig last night and I thought of another setlist metadata entity that would be helpful: Venue.
Here's why: we want to reuse our catalog as much as possible, but we also want to bring variety when we come to venues we've already played at, especially if we played the same tunes there recently. And some of us play in multiple different bands, maybe at the same venues, so that needs to be sorted out.
Setlists already have Date metadata. If they could also have Band and Venue metadata, and all three supported filter/sort, then we could quickly get a list, sorted by date, of all the songs that band played at that venue. (Would be super cool if it could eliminate duplicate songs, but that's asking a lot :-) ) Then we could quickly see which songs haven't been played there in a while, and prioritize those.
And while we're at it ;-) since there might be several venues in the same town, and so you really want to avoid playing the same songs even at various venues in the same town, it would be handy if the filter was a multi-select: if I'm playing in town X, I will select ALL the venues in or near that town when I'm looking for a playlist history.
Sounds useful, eh??
Thanks!
Here's why: we want to reuse our catalog as much as possible, but we also want to bring variety when we come to venues we've already played at, especially if we played the same tunes there recently. And some of us play in multiple different bands, maybe at the same venues, so that needs to be sorted out.
Setlists already have Date metadata. If they could also have Band and Venue metadata, and all three supported filter/sort, then we could quickly get a list, sorted by date, of all the songs that band played at that venue. (Would be super cool if it could eliminate duplicate songs, but that's asking a lot :-) ) Then we could quickly see which songs haven't been played there in a while, and prioritize those.
And while we're at it ;-) since there might be several venues in the same town, and so you really want to avoid playing the same songs even at various venues in the same town, it would be handy if the filter was a multi-select: if I'm playing in town X, I will select ALL the venues in or near that town when I'm looking for a playlist history.
Sounds useful, eh??
Thanks!