EarthDestroyers

From Music Hack Day

Contents 1 Creator 2 About the hack 3 What APIs, tools or kit did you use? 4 Images/Screenshots 5 Acknowledgements 5.1 Source code and links

[edit] Creator

Paul Lamere from the Echo Nest

[edit] About the hack

For my London Music Hackday hack I built a web app called 'Earth Destroyers'. Give Earth Destroyers a band name and it will show you how eco-friendly the band's touring schedule is. Earth Destroyers calculates the total distance traveled from the first gig to the last along with the average distance between shows. If an artist has an average inter-show distance of greater than a 1,000 km I consider it an 'Earth Destroyer'. The app also shows you a Google map so you can see just how inefficient the tour is. To build the app I used event data from Bandsintown.

[edit] What APIs, tools or kit did you use?

• Bandsintown
• The Echo Nest
• Google Maps API

[edit] Images/Screenshots

[edit] Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brian for the name, thanks to Steve for the other name, and thanks to Todd at Bandsintown for making such a nice event service.

[edit] Source code and links

• See the app at: http://labs.echonest.com/EarthDestroyers