Every show has context: who played, where it happened, who shared the bill, and who moved through which bands over time.
“6 Degrees of Bill Taylor” is the idea that you can start at Bill (or any band, musician, venue, or show) and follow real, sourced connections to understand how the Atlanta and Southeast live-music scene fits together.
Bill is the anchor point for traversal — not the subject of the story.
The archive starts with a simple, durable unit: one row per show. Every show is attached to a band, a venue, a date, and (when known) links to recordings, posters, and setlists.
From there, the site can ask: what bands tend to appear together? Who shared stages repeatedly?
Bands are how most musicians experience a scene — but bands are not the full story.
In v4, the archive expands to capture people as first-class entities and records time-aware membership edges (who played with whom, when, and in what role).
Once shows, bands, and people are connected with provenance, the scene becomes something you can explore.
In v5, the goal is an explorable scene graph: degrees of separation, geographic clusters, and narrative discovery tools.
When the v3–v5 layers are complete, you’ll be able to ask questions like:
This concept spans multiple versions by design. If you want the full framing, read the updated Project Journey and the rules in Data Methodology 6 Degrees.