This is a project to take a single seed number and generate:
- A fictional "music scene" with...
- a pool of people attached
- multiple fictional "record labels" each with...
- a pool of people taken from the scene pool
- multiple fictional "artists" attached each with ...
- people drawn from the label pool
- one or more incarnations of the group, each with...
- multiple fictional "albums" released each with...
- generated artwork for multiple formats (CD, 12in etc) generated in SVG and ImageMagick
- multiple tracks of generated music
- multiple fictional "albums" released each with...
- a Family Tree of all the artists and their incarnations and personnel, in the style created by Pete Frame
With a single seed, a whole music scene and discography is created!
erDiagram
SCENE ||--|{ LABEL : contains
SCENE ||--|{ SCENEPOOL : involves
SCENEPOOL ||--|{ PERSON : contains
LABELPOOL ||--|{ PERSON : contains
ARTISTPOOL ||--|{ PERSON : contains
INCARNATIONPOOL ||--|{ PERSON : contains
LABEL ||--|{ ARTIST : contains
LABEL ||--|| LABELPOOL : uses
ARTIST ||--|{ INCARNATION : "exists with"
ARTIST ||--|| ARTISTPOOL : uses
INCARNATION ||--|{ ALBUM : releases
INCARNATION ||--|| INCARNATIONPOOL : uses
ALBUM ||--|{ TRACK : contains
ALBUM ||--|| ALBUMARTWORK : has
ALBUMARTWORK {
string bgColour
}
PERSON {
string firstName
string surname
}
SCENE {
int seed
int yearStart
int yearEnd
}
LABEL {
string name
int yearStart
int yearEnd
}
ARTIST {
string name
text biography
int yearStart
int yearEnd
}
INCARNATION {
int yearStart
int yearEnd
}
ALBUM {
string name
int year
}
TRACK {
string name
int length
file music
}
| Entity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scene | ||
| Label | ||
| Artist | ||
| Incarnation | ||
| Album | ||
| Format |