//Create all bands and albums needed
private Band[] GetBands()
{
////Create bands
//Rock
RockBand r1 = new RockBand()
{
Name = "The Foo Fighters", Formed = 1994, Members = "Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shifflett, Rami Jafee"
};
RockBand r2 = new RockBand()
{
Name = "The Rolling Stones", Formed = 1962, Members = "Mick Jagger, Ian Stewart, Dick Taylor, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor"
};
//Pop
PopBand p1 = new PopBand()
{
Name = "The Beatles", Formed = 1960, Members = "John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr"
};
PopBand p2 = new PopBand()
{
Name = "Green Day", Formed = 1986, Members = "Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool"
};
//Indie
IndieBand i1 = new IndieBand()
{
Name = "Arctic Monkeys", Formed = 2002, Members = "Alex Turner, Matt Heldens, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley"
};
IndieBand i2 = new IndieBand()
{
Name = "The Strokes", Formed = 1998, Members = "Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti"
};
#region albums
////Create and assign albums to appropriate artists
//Random Declaration
Random random = new Random();
//Foo fighters albums
Album a1 = new Album()
{
Name = "Greatest Hits", Released = GetRandomDate(r1, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
Album a2 = new Album()
{
Name = "One by One", Released = GetRandomDate(r1, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
r1.Albums[0] = a1;
r1.Albums[1] = a2;
//Rolling stones albums
Album a3 = new Album()
{
Name = "Beggars Banquet", Released = GetRandomDate(r2, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
Album a4 = new Album()
{
Name = "Blue & Lonesome", Released = GetRandomDate(r2, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
r2.Albums[0] = a3;
r2.Albums[1] = a4;
//The Beatles albums
Album a5 = new Album()
{
Name = "Let It Be", Released = GetRandomDate(p1, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
Album a6 = new Album()
{
Name = "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band", Released = GetRandomDate(p1, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
p1.Albums[0] = a5;
p1.Albums[1] = a6;
//Green Day albums
Album a7 = new Album()
{
Name = "Dookie", Released = GetRandomDate(p2, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
Album a8 = new Album()
{
Name = "American Idiot", Released = GetRandomDate(p2, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
p2.Albums[0] = a7;
p2.Albums[1] = a8;
//Arctic Monkeys albums
Album a9 = new Album()
{
Name = "Whatever People Say I am, That's what I'm not", Released = GetRandomDate(i1, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
Album a10 = new Album()
{
Name = "Favourite Worst Nightmare", Released = GetRandomDate(i1, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
i1.Albums[0] = a9;
i1.Albums[1] = a10;
//The Strokes albums
Album a11 = new Album()
{
Name = "Room on Fire", Released = GetRandomDate(i2, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
Album a12 = new Album()
{
Name = "The Modern Age", Released = GetRandomDate(i2, random), Sales = random.Next(1000000, 10000000)
};
i2.Albums[0] = a11;
i2.Albums[1] = a12;
#endregion albums
Band[] bandsCreated = { r1, r2, p1, p2, i1, i2 };
return(bandsCreated);
}