Features Wish List

This is everything I want tacomamusic.net to be, severely abridged. Feel free to chime in with your own ideas.

Users

• Secure login
• General profile - picture, bio, vitals, etc.
• A listing of bands that the user is attached to
• A calendar of posted events
• A calendar of events they plan to attend
• A feed of activity from all their favorite artists and calendars
• A listing of saved items that a user has marked in other profiles
  

Bands

• Created by a user
• Other users can be granted edit or admin privileges on a band
• Audio media can be uploaded, organized by album
• Video can be embedded from YouTube
• Bands can be added to events as performers

Venues

• Venues will be able to create accounts and post show calendars and contact info
• Venue accounts will be more strictly regulated, to ensure that the user is actually a representative of the establishment

Calendar

• There is one comprehensive calendar of events
• Each event is attached to a creator and can be assigned a venue (either plain text or a member of the system) and bands (likewise either plain text or a member)
• Users can remove their bands from others' events or requested to be added
• Users can mark themselves as planning to attend a particular event
• Band profiles have a calendar filtered to just events they are in
• User profiles have a "Posted By Me" calendar and an "I am attending" calendar
• Venues have a calendar filtered to their attached events
• Users will be warned if the system suspects they are posting a duplicate event

Media

• Bands can upload audio and embed video
• Bands must respect other copyrights, and users can flag suspected violators
• Tracks can be specified as streaming or downloadable
• Users can specify any form of license or copyright on their music.
• Reviews can be posted by other users if the band enables them

General Interface

• Users will be able to easily navigate through related bands and events
• Any item that a user has privileges to edit or influence in some way will be marked as such when hovered over, and clicking edit will pop up an ajax-powered form
• The front page will include a recent activity listing, upcoming events, a thumbnail calendar

Message Board

• Users will have access to a general message board for discussion, reviews, classifieds, etc.