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1. De-dupe and standardize data

   I would prefer a focus on completely de-duping and standardizing the existing data before adding any new features.

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   started  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

   Hi everybody, I thought I'd give you all an update on this one. 

   
   

   We've done a lot of work on this over the last couple of years, but this is the sort of project that is going to be ongoing pretty far into the future.

   
   

   Things that have been done:

   • Added the 'Report Issue' functionality to the website (in the navigation) where users can report duplicates that they come across
   • Added admin tools to merge duplicate Bands/Venues/Locations/Concerts when we find them or when a user reports them.
   • Created 'aliases' behind the scenes for Bands/Venues/Locations so that any duplicates that we merge won't pop up again in the future as duplicates.
   • We now verify locations against the external Geonames database to standardize them.
   • Implemented a location verification step after a concert is created to prompt the user to verify and standardize the location that they entered.
   • Reviewed all of the locations (about 25,000 at the time) about 2 years ago to standardize them and merge duplicates
   • Created an automated system that runs daily that checks for duplicate concerts and merges them together if they have matching bands/dates/locations/venues.
   • Created 'nonstandard concert types' to ensure that we don't merge seemingly duplicate concerts together in cases where one was an 'Early Show', 'VIP Event', etc.
   • Started collecting venue data from Google Maps and Pollstar in preparation for standardizing venues.
   • Started collecting band data from Musicbrainz, Spotify, Last.fm, and Pollstar in preparation for standardizing bands.
   • Probably more things that I'm forgetting at the moment :)

   
   

   Rethinking how we standardize venues:

   Our approach when we started working on standardizing venues turned out to be much more labor intensive than we thought.

   
   

   Our original approach was to compare the venue information we have in Concert Archives to the information we gathered from Google Maps. This seemed reasonable but we soon realized that we'd need to manually verify the information from Google Maps to make sure it was actually correct rather than a similarly named venue or a new venue name rather than the historic venue name or similar issues. The amount of data (over 300,000 venues) and time involved in manually confirming the Google Maps data ourselves wasn't feasible. From there, we tried to split the work up and have our Patreon members help review individual cities but even then we'd still need to review their work, so it didn't really lessen the workload.

   
   

   So standardizing venues has been on the back burner for awhile but we do have more ideas about how to tackle this better. One thing that we've already started doing is collecting venue data from one of our other data providers (Pollstar). By comparing our Venue data against the data of both Google Maps and Pollstar, it may be easier to confirm the data matches since we have 2 outside opinions and may better be able to make automated assumptions to the data accuracy.

   
   

   Another idea that we have is feeding all of the venue data into an AI system and having it make recommendations on duplicate listings.

   
   

   So yeah, standardizing venues has been an open project for a long time. We'll solve it eventually but needed to move it to the back burner so that we can do more pressing projects until we come up with a more feasible way to solve it.

   
   

   Things that we'll be working on in the future:

   • Standardizing Venues as I just laid out
   • Standardizing Bands in a similar way to what we figure out for venues.
   • Adding 'Location Aliases' to Venues. Currently when we create Aliases for venues, they will only be merged together when the venues have the same location. So for example, "Redrocks" and "Redrocks Amphitheater" will automatically merge together when there is an alias as long as they are both associated with the "Morrison, Colorado, United States" location. The locations need to be the same to make sure we don't accidentally merge legitimate venues that have the same name but different locations (like "Hard Rock Live" in Dallas vs "Hard Rock Live" in LA). The issue is when users commonly put in the wrong location for a venue like they do with Redrocks, putting it as Denver rather than Morrison, Colorado. In this case our plan is to create "Location Aliases" for venues so that we can set aliases to make sure that a Denver Redrocks listing always gets automatically merged with the correct Morrison Redrocks venue.
   • It's been awhile since we've reviewed the non-standardized Locations, so we're going to do another pass through those (currently about 27,000 non-standardized location listings).
   • Probably more things that I'm forgetting at the moment :)

   
   

   So yeah, we've been working away on all of this stuff, it just takes time and a lot of nuance to handle data standardization accurately and on a large scale. Just because we don't post public updates very often doesn't mean things aren't happening behind the scenes 😅

   
   

   Thanks everybody for being a part of Concert Archives!

   
   

   --Justin

   Hi everybody, I thought I'd give you all an update on this one. 

   
   

   We've done a lot of work on this over the last couple of years, but this is the sort of project that is going to be ongoing pretty far into the future.

   
   

   Things that have been done:

   • Added the 'Report Issue' functionality to the website (in the navigation) where users can report duplicates that they come across
   • Added admin tools to merge duplicate Bands/Venues/Locations/Concerts when we find them or when a user reports them.
   • Created 'aliases' behind the scenes for Bands/Venues/Locations so that any duplicates that we merge won't pop up again in the future as duplicates.
   • We now verify locations against the external Geonames database to standardize them.
   • Implemented a location verification step after a concert is created to prompt the user to verify and standardize the location that they entered.
   • Reviewed all of the locations… more

2. Group together Venues that have changed names

   Venues change names over the years do to new ownership, remodels or sponsor changes. There should be option to link former venue names together cause it is the same place. Example Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavillion changed to Cricket Pavillion, then Ashley Home Furnature Pavillion, now it is Ak-Chin Pavillion (All Same Place). So now you've seen 30 shows at the same venue instead of 5 shows at six different named venues!

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   planned  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

   We have a feature planned where we'll be able to group Venues & Bands in the future to do this. We don't have an ETA on that, it'll probably be awhile, but we'll get there 😅

3. Interactive Map!

   Much like the old Instagram feature, users would be able to see their concert locations on an interactive map. Would be able to zoom in and out and see how many times they attended a show at a certain location.

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4. "Who did you go with" without e-mail addresses

   I love the "who did you go with" feature but I can't use it because I don't have e-mail addresses of many of them (especially for my early concerts in the '90s-'00s..) or because I don't want to involve them (I'd prefer a "invite friends" option for that). If there's some privacy issues I suggest to not write complete names: es. John S. for John Smith.

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   planned  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

   We're planning to do this as well as make it easier to interact with other users on the platform in general. No ETA yet, but we'll get there 😅

5. Add a REST API

   Provide a REST API so that third party developer tools, or programmers wishing to tinker with automation, can automatically / programmatically enter data and get information from your website via programming languages that support REST-ful APIs

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6. More analytics

   Automatically generate favorite genre, months most likely to go to shows, a timelines visually showing the number of concerts seen per month/year, this is a long shot, but scrape concert ticket prices to show how much you invest in concerts

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7. Change the verbiage 'Bands' to 'Artists'

   I go to a variety of shows of many genres. I would consider a lot of these either DJs, singers, rappers, etc. Not all fall under the category of band.

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8. Fixing or Editing Setlists

   What if you know the setlist and it is either wrong or none listed? There should be a way for users to edit it directly from this website. Like for the band Hanson there is a website dedicated to keeping information about their tours and that’s where I check to see if the setlists on this website are correct.

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   planned  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

   Hi everybody 👋

   
   

   It seems there are 2 different topics being discussed here.

   
   

   1. The issue where setlists get incorrectly loaded for certain bands. This is usually for bands with a common name like DYLAN and Queen. We released a backend feature recently to fix these! If you come across any more examples you can email us at [email protected] and we can easily get those artists' setlists properly linked up!
   2. The second request is for users to be able to manually edit a setlist. We're planning to add this in the future but it hasn't made it to the top of our roadmap and priority list yet. I know it sounds like a simple feature, but there are a lot of pieces and user interface to build out for this. We'll get there, but as a tiny, self-funded team we can only take on so many projects at a time 😅

   
   

   Thanks everybody!

   Justin

   Hi everybody 👋

   
   

   It seems there are 2 different topics being discussed here.

   
   

   1. The issue where setlists get incorrectly loaded for certain bands. This is usually for bands with a common name like DYLAN and Queen. We released a backend feature recently to fix these! If you come across any more examples you can email us at [email protected] and we can easily get those artists' setlists properly linked up!
   2. The second request is for users to be able to manually edit a setlist. We're planning to add this in the future but it hasn't made it to the top of our roadmap and priority list yet. I know it sounds like a simple feature, but there are a lot of pieces and user interface to build out for this. We'll get there, but as a tiny, self-funded team we can only take on so many projects at a time 😅

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9. Different features for festivals

   I think there should be a checkbox for a show vs. a festival. With this, if it is a festival, having a breakdown by stage (in the order the bands played the stages) would be nice to have.

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   planned  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

   Adding features specifically for festivals is something we definitely want to do!

   Please post your ideas about what features you’d like to see and we’ll take them under consideration when we start our planning for this.

   Thank you!
   Justin

10. Separate band list per day when multiple days concert/festival is enabled

    It would be nice when you mark multiple days, to have a band list per day.

    pros:
    - you will be able to mark the real day you see the bands.
    - you will be able to create a more accuracy bands order as recommended in the guidelines.

    cons:
    - none :)

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11. Link together Bands that changed their name

    Be able to link band names for bands who change their name that you saw before and after the name change.

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12. Ability to add a band twice to the same concert

    i.e. when a band plays two sets the same day of a festival. Currently it only counts as seeing the band once.

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    planned  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

    While it’s possible to add a band to a concert multiple times currently, it doesn’t function the way you would expect (as some people have pointed out in the comments).

    In particular, if you add the band twice, it still only counts as seeing them once in your stats. There are also some other minor things like when you mark one of the instances seen/unseen it automatically marks all instances for that band.

    This is on our roadmap to fix but since it’s a fairly rare situation it’s pretty low on our list at the moment behind things like data cleanup, etc.

    Thanks for surfacing this idea/bug!
    -Justin

13. let us add a tour poster to concerts in a designated spot not just the area for photos

    I want to be able to see a tour poster for a concert to remember where they went on that tour and even just what the poster looked like but it would be nice to have in a place other than concert photos since it's not really something taken at the show but promotion for the show

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14. Duplicate Event warning

    If you add the same event twice to your list by accident you will get a notification about duplicate events.

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    planned  ·  AdminJustin Thiele (Support Team, Concert Archives) responded

    This is on our roadmap. We’re working a lot on addressing duplicates now and doing it in stages. First was duplicate Locations which is done. We’re almost done with duplicate Venues. Then will be duplicate Bands and duplicate Concerts last.

    In this process we’re cleaning up a lot of the existing duplicates and also adding verification checks when you add a new concert.

15. Exclude future concerts from concert counts

    Currently the # of concerts I have "been to" or "seen" includes future concerts, is it possible to only include concerts that have already happened?

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16. Possibilty to add othe types (no concerts) to your archive, such as theaters or operas, ...

    I would like my archive to include other cultural events such as theater, musicals, operas, all sorts of live events

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17. Social Media Integration

    Add a social share/social media integration with Facebook, twitter, instagram, etc. I recently received a concert archive email with the show where I met my wife 11 years ago. It would be interesting to be able to post that via social media. I feel like that sort of feed would generate a lot of interest in this site as well.

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18. allow you to check which day(s) you attended multi-day concerts

    I've gone to several multi-day festivals and they only count as one concert. It would be nice to check that I went to day 1 of a festival, or all days, etc. and have that count as separate concerts.

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19. Better Interface for capturing festival information

    Loving the site and it's helping me get rid of my really long spreadsheet finally.

    I go to lots of festivals and I feel like the interface works really well for single day concerts but not so well for festivals. Some feedback and issues listed below:

    • It would be nice to state what day of the festival the band played, so Slipknot played on day 1 of the festival for example. Or if they played multiple times, then Day 1 and 2.
    • it would be nice to be able to mark an event as a festival, which enables different features.
    • under the search area you could search by festival and then see all the different years the festival happened
    • It would be nice to list out the different stages and then add the bands to the correct stages. So if there are 6 stages, then add them and then you can update the running order better.
    • it would be nice to mark if a performance was acoustic as sometimes there are special acoustic stages for bands where they don't normally play acoustic only
    • separate the photos for the events into official photos (tour posters, band lineups etc.) from our personal photos of the event. Allow photographers to link their photos somehow to make it easier for them to promote.
    • it would be nice to be able to mark a band as a headliner to help with sorting and filtering (see below)
    • these changes are important when there are 100s of bands playing a festival. It becomes very difficult to find them in the "bands I saw" area. If you added these changes then you could do the following: -- filter the "bands I saw" area by day / stage -- sort the "bands I saw" area by name / day / stage -- for the sort consider the headline bands and always show them at the top -- marking headline bands would allow you to place them in a position of prominence somewhere on the page

    Loving the site and it's helping me get rid of my really long spreadsheet finally.

    I go to lots of festivals and I feel like the interface works really well for single day concerts but not so well for festivals. Some feedback and issues listed below:

    • It would be nice to state what day of the festival the band played, so Slipknot played on day 1 of the festival for example. Or if they played multiple times, then Day 1 and 2.
    • it would be nice to be able to mark an event as a festival, which enables different features.
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20. Editing Bands on Edit Concert Page

    If I made a typo typing in a band's name, I cannot edit the band's name in the 'edit concert' page. I must remove bands and re-add them individually.

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