Made with ♡ by Joseph Gignoux. 2023. [email protected] ~ LinkedIn.
Big Record
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❤️🔥 I love music, I love discovering new artists and new genres, and I listen to tons of new projects, all the time. I have built this library so I can remember everything that passes through my ears, to note my thoughts and to gain insights about my listening history. This is my digital method of loci.
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👀 In a Nutshell
Big record was made through four main steps.
- 📥 Data extract. I requested to Spotify an extract of my whole streaming history. I then processed and cleaned this data to make it intelligible and more faithful to reality. I've really been using Spotify since 2018, so before that year, the data is much less exhaustive. This first step gave me most of the records logged and the data related to
Title, Artist and Streamed.
- 🧹 Manual treatment. I manually reviewed more than 2.000 records. I filled almost every columns one by one (
Genre, Format, Released, Country, Continent, Rating, Badge, Vinyl, Notes, Musicboard, Source). It took me days - but I still think it was fun!
- 🖼️ Artworks. For this one, I played it differently. With the precious help of a friend, I developed my own little computer program that automatically retrieves album artworks via the Deezer API and load it to Notion.
- 🔄 Repeat. Since then, every week or so, I log the new records I’ve been listening to.
🎯 Criterias
To be logged, a record must meet all the following expectations.
- Listening: I listened to the entire record from start to finish in one go, at least once. (I usually listen to a record at least 2 or 3 times).
- Tracklist: the record contains at least 4 main tracks (ie. excluding remixes, alternative versions, etc.). Exceptions maybe made if the project duration is substantial.
- Versions: I log the first version of the record I've listened to and I don't log several versions of the same project (eg. if I listened to the original version and then the deluxe version, I only log the original version). Exceptions may be made if the versions are significantly different.
📊 Database
| Value |
Artwork |
Title |
Artist |
Genre |
Format |
Released |
Country |
Continent |
Streamed |
Rating |
Badge |
Vinyl |
Notes |
Musicboard |
Source |
Logged |
Edited |
ID |
| Entry type |
Image |
Text |
Tags |
Tags |
Tag |
Date (Year) |
Tags |
Tags |
Date (Year) |
Tag |
Tags |
Boolean |
Text |
Boolean |
Tag |
Timestamp |
Timestamp |
ID |
| Description |
Most of the images are retrieved automatically from the Deezer API. |
If the title uses a non-Latin script, a romanized version and / or English translation (official or unofficial) may also be mentioned. |
- If the artist name uses a non-Latin script, a romanized version may also be mentioned. |
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- Several artists may be listed if it’s a collaboration, a band, a subunit, a various, or an artist using an alias. | For each record, the genres have been compiled arbitrarily, based on my own vision of music. They are sometimes inspired by the RYM database. | Release formats used:
- Album
- Compilation (including DJ Mix)
- EP / Mini-album (including Single album)
- Live (including Unplugged)
- Mixtape
- Unreleased (including Leaks) | Released year | Nationality of the main artist | Continent related to the nationality of the main artist | The year I streamed the entire record | Personal ranking.
Six levels, from the least good to the best:
- 🪨 STONE 🪨
- 🥉 BRONZE 🥉
- 🥈 SILVER 🥈
- 🥇 GOLD 🥇
- 💎 DIAMOND 💎
- ⭐ STAR ⭐ | Personal qualification.
Three main categories:
- 🏛️ CLASSIC 🏛️: significant popular success and a key reference for its genre. Not necessarily related to longevity.
- 🛸 INNOVATOR 🛸 : particularly inventive and original, with a tendency towards experimentation.
- 👑 LEADER 👑 : significant influence on other artists and had a structuring impact on a musical movement. | Checked if I own the vinyl or CD | Free comment / review | Checked if reviewed on Musicboard | Source of the data entry | | | |
🧪 Laboratory
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