diff --git a/.idea/git_toolbox_prj.xml b/.idea/git_toolbox_prj.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02b915b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/git_toolbox_prj.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="GitToolBoxProjectSettings">
+    <option name="commitMessageIssueKeyValidationOverride">
+      <BoolValueOverride>
+        <option name="enabled" value="true" />
+      </BoolValueOverride>
+    </option>
+    <option name="commitMessageValidationEnabledOverride">
+      <BoolValueOverride>
+        <option name="enabled" value="true" />
+      </BoolValueOverride>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/player.api/assets/seed.cypher b/player.api/assets/seed.cypher
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa6ce3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/assets/seed.cypher
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// === MEMBERS ===
+CREATE (:Member {name: "Onye"});
+CREATE (:Member {name: "Eric Westerhold"});
+CREATE (:Member {name: "Andrew Manzaneres"});
+
+// === CORPS ===
+CREATE (:Corps {name: "Bluecoats"});
+CREATE (:Corps {name: "Blue Devils"});
+
+// === SHOWS ===
+CREATE (:Show {title: "To Look For America", year: 2017});
+CREATE (:Show {title: "Kinetic Noise", year: 2015});
+CREATE (:Show {title: "Re:Write of Spring", year: 2013});
+
+// === COMPOSERS ===
+MERGE (ps:Composer {name: "Paul Simon"})
+MERGE (rw:Composer {name: "Rufus Wainwright"})
+MERGE (de:Composer {name: "Duke Ellington"})
+MERGE (is:Composer {name: "Igor Stravinsky"})
+MERGE (sb:Composer {name: "Steven Bryant"})
+MERGE (lc:Composer {name: "Leonard Cohen"})
+MERGE (sr:Composer {name: "Steve Reich"})
+MERGE (ja:Composer {name: "John Adams"})
+MERGE (jan:Composer {name: "John Anderson"})
+MERGE (bi:Composer {name: "Bon Iver"})
+MERGE (mg:Composer {name: "Michael Gordon"})
+MERGE (tb:Composer {name: "The Books"})
+MERGE (uz:Composer {name: "Univers Zero"})
+
+// === PIECES ===
+MERGE (a:Piece {title: "America"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(ps)
+MERGE (ag:Piece {title: "Agnus Dei"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(rw)
+MERGE (sp:Piece {title: "Spring"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(de)
+MERGE (eb:Piece {title: "Ebony Concerto"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(is)
+MERGE (cc:Piece {title: "Concerto"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(sb)
+MERGE (hl:Piece {title: "Hallelujah"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(lc)
+MERGE (cl:Piece {title: "City Life"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(sr)
+MERGE (rs:Piece {title: "The Rite of Spring"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(is)
+MERGE (sl:Piece {title: "Shaker Loops"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(ja)
+MERGE (sl)-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(jan)
+MERGE (ec:Piece {title: "Electric Counterpoint"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(sr)
+MERGE (wd:Piece {title: "Woods"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(bi)
+MERGE (gt:Piece {title: "Gene Takes A Drink"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(mg)
+MERGE (ad:Piece {title: "An Animated Description Of Mr Maps"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(tb)
+MERGE (ds:Piece {title: "Dense"})-[:COMPOSED_BY]->(uz);
+
+// === RELATIONSHIPS: Shows → Corps ===
+MATCH (s1:Show {title: "To Look For America"}), (c1:Corps {name: "Bluecoats"})
+CREATE (s1)-[:FIELD_BY]->(c1);
+
+MATCH (s2:Show {title: "Kinetic Noise"}), (c2:Corps {name: "Bluecoats"})
+CREATE (s2)-[:FIELD_BY]->(c2);
+
+MATCH (s3:Show {title: "Re:Write of Spring"}), (c3:Corps {name: "Blue Devils"})
+CREATE (s3)-[:FIELD_BY]->(c3);
+
+// === RELATIONSHIPS: Members → Shows ===
+MATCH (m1:Member {name: "Onye"}), (s1:Show {title: "To Look For America"})
+CREATE (m1)-[:PERFORMED_IN]->(s1);
+
+MATCH (m2:Member {name: "Eric Westerhold"}), (s2:Show {title: "Kinetic Noise"})
+CREATE (m2)-[:PERFORMED_IN]->(s2);
+
+MATCH (m3:Member {name: "Andrew Manzaneres"}), (s3:Show {title: "Re:Write of Spring"})
+CREATE (m3)-[:PERFORMED_IN]->(s3);
+
+// === RELATIONSHIPS: Shows → Pieces ===
+MATCH (s:Show {title: "To Look For America"}),
+      (a:Piece {title: "America"}),
+      (ag:Piece {title: "Agnus Dei"}),
+      (sp:Piece {title: "Spring"}),
+      (eb:Piece {title: "Ebony Concerto"}),
+      (cc:Piece {title: "Concerto"}),
+      (hl:Piece {title: "Hallelujah"}),
+      (cl:Piece {title: "City Life"})
+CREATE (s)-[:FEATURED]->(a),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(ag),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(sp),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(eb),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(cc),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(hl),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(cl);
+
+MATCH (s:Show {title: "Re:Write of Spring"}),
+      (rs:Piece {title: "The Rite of Spring"})
+CREATE (s)-[:FEATURED]->(rs);
+
+MATCH (s:Show {title: "Kinetic Noise"}),
+      (sl:Piece {title: "Shaker Loops"}),
+      (ec:Piece {title: "Electric Counterpoint"}),
+      (wd:Piece {title: "Woods"}),
+      (gt:Piece {title: "Gene Takes A Drink"}),
+      (ad:Piece {title: "An Animated Description Of Mr Maps"}),
+      (ds:Piece {title: "Dense"})
+CREATE (s)-[:FEATURED]->(sl),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(ec),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(wd),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(gt),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(ad),
+       (s)-[:FEATURED]->(ds);
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/Scratch.java b/player.api/src/main/java/Scratch.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f9ee8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/Scratch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import com.dci.aaronic.player.io.DCIFileMetadataContainer;
+import com.dci.aaronic.player.io.DCIFileWriter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class Scratch {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        File test_file = new File("C:\\Users\\kacar\\Desktop\\Data Projects\\DCIPlayer\\player.api\\player.api\\assets\\Bluecoats_2015_Kinetic_Noise.mp4");
+        DCIFileMetadataContainer metadata = null;
+        try {
+            metadata = DCIFileMetadataContainer.extract(test_file.getName());
+
+            System.out.println(metadata);
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        try {
+            File testOut = new File("C:\\Users\\kacar\\Desktop\\Data Projects\\DCIPlayer\\player.api\\player.api\\assets\\Bluecoats_2015_Kinetic_Noise.dci");
+            DCIFileWriter writer = new DCIFileWriter();
+            writer.write(test_file, metadata, testOut);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/api/Application.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/api/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..259387e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/api/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.api;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Application {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileMetadataContainer.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileMetadataContainer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93cdf4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileMetadataContainer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.io;
+
+import com.dci.aaronic.player.models.Corps;
+import com.dci.aaronic.player.utils.Utils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class DCIFileMetadataContainer {
+    public int year;
+    public String title;
+    public String corps;
+
+    public DCIFileMetadataContainer() {}
+
+    public DCIFileMetadataContainer(int year, String title, String corps) {
+        this.year = year;
+        this.title = title;
+        this.corps = corps;
+    }
+
+    public int getYear() {
+        return year;
+    }
+
+    public void setYear(int year) {
+        this.year = year;
+    }
+
+    public String getTitle() {
+        return title;
+    }
+
+    public void setTitle(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+
+    public String getCorps() {
+        return corps;
+    }
+
+    public void setCorps(String corps) {
+        this.corps = corps;
+    }
+
+    public static DCIFileMetadataContainer extract(String fileName) throws IOException {
+        Pattern yearPattern = Pattern.compile("\\d{4}");
+        Matcher yearMatcher = yearPattern.matcher(fileName);
+        String year = null;
+        if (yearMatcher.find()) {
+            year = yearMatcher.group();
+        }
+        String foundCorps = null;
+        for (Corps corps: Utils.ALL_CORPS) {
+            if (fileName.contains(corps.getName())) {
+                foundCorps = corps.getName();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        String fileExtension = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf("."));
+
+        String title = fileName;
+        if (foundCorps != null) {
+            title = title.replace(foundCorps, "");
+        }
+
+        if (year != null) {
+            title = title.replace(year, "");
+        }
+
+        if (fileExtension != null) {
+            title = title.replace(fileExtension, "");
+        }
+
+        title = title.replace("_", " ");
+        title = title.trim();
+        return new DCIFileMetadataContainer(Integer.parseInt(year), title, foundCorps);
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "DCIFileMetadataContainer{" +
+                "year=" + year +
+                ", title='" + title + '\'' +
+                ", corps='" + corps + '\'' +
+                '}';
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileMetadataSerializer.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileMetadataSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c2fa66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileMetadataSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.io;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class DCIFileMetadataSerializer {
+
+    private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    public static byte[] serialize(DCIFileMetadataContainer metadata) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            return objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(metadata);
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Error serializing metadata: " + e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static DCIFileMetadataContainer deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            return objectMapper.readValue(bytes, DCIFileMetadataContainer.class);
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Error deserializing metadata: " + e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileReader.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d426b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.io;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+public class DCIFileReader {
+
+    private static final byte[] MAGIC = ".DCI".getBytes();
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    public void read(File file)  throws IOException{
+        try (DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file))) {
+            byte[] magic = new byte[MAGIC.length];
+            in.readFully(magic);
+            if (!Arrays.equals(magic, MAGIC)) {
+                throw new IOException("Header mismatch - not a valid .DCI file");
+            }
+            int version = in.readInt();
+            if (version != 1) {
+                throw new IOException("Unsupported version: " + version);
+            }
+            int metaLength = in.readInt();
+            byte[] meta = new byte[metaLength];
+            in.readFully(meta);
+            Map<String, Object> metaMap = objectMapper.readValue(meta, Map.class); // <1>
+
+            System.out.println(metaMap);
+
+            byte[] content = in.readAllBytes();
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileWriter.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f46d22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/io/DCIFileWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.io;
+
+import jdk.jshell.spi.ExecutionControl;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
+//Convert MP4 to DCI
+
+public class DCIFileWriter {
+
+    private static final byte[] MAGIC = ".DCI".getBytes();
+
+    public void write(File file, DCIFileMetadataContainer metadata, File outputFile) throws IOException {
+        byte[] content = Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath());
+        try (DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outputFile))) {
+            out.write(MAGIC);
+            out.writeInt(1);
+            byte[] meta = DCIFileMetadataSerializer.serialize(metadata);
+            out.writeInt(meta.length);
+            out.write(meta);
+            out.write(content);
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            System.out.println("Error creating DCI file: " + e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Corps.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Corps.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e0aad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Corps.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.models;
+
+public class Corps {
+    public String name;
+    public int foundingYear;
+    public String homeCity;
+    public String homeState;
+    public String[] aliases;
+
+
+    public Corps(String name, int foundingYear, String homeCity, String homeState, String[] aliases) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.foundingYear = foundingYear;
+        this.homeCity = homeCity;
+        this.homeState = homeState;
+        this.aliases = aliases;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/CorpsProgram.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/CorpsProgram.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3477dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/CorpsProgram.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.models;
+
+public class CorpsProgram {
+
+    private Corps _corps;
+    private MusicSelection[] _reportoires;
+    private int _year;
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/CorpsStaff.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/CorpsStaff.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69965b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/CorpsStaff.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.models;
+
+public class CorpsStaff {
+
+    public Member President;
+    public Member BrassCaptionHead;
+    public Member PercussionCaptionHead;
+    public Member VisualCaptionHead;
+
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Member.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Member.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..942e093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Member.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.models;
+
+public class Member {
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/MusicSelection.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/MusicSelection.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcad4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/MusicSelection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.models;
+
+public class MusicSelection {
+
+    public String title;
+    public String subtitle;
+    public String composer;
+
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Section.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Section.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d11b01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/models/Section.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.models;
+
+public enum Section {
+    BRASS,
+    PERCUSSION,
+    COLORGUARD;
+
+    public enum Subsection {
+        TRUMPETS(BRASS),
+        MELLOPHONES(BRASS),
+        BARITONES(BRASS),
+        CONTRAS(BRASS),
+        SNARES(PERCUSSION),
+        TENORS(PERCUSSION),
+        BASSES(PERCUSSION),
+        CYMBALS(PERCUSSION),
+        FRONTENSEMBLE(PERCUSSION),
+        FLAGS(COLORGUARD),
+        RIFLESANDSABRES(COLORGUARD);
+
+        private final Section _section;
+
+        Subsection(Section section) {
+            _section = section;
+        }
+
+        public Section getSection() {
+            return _section;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/utils/Utils.java b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/utils/Utils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8297ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/main/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/utils/Utils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.utils;
+
+import com.dci.aaronic.player.models.Corps;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Utils {
+
+    private Utils() {}
+
+    public static List<Corps> ALL_CORPS = List.of(
+            new Corps("Bluecoats", 1974, "Canton", "Ohio",
+                    new String[]{
+                            "Bluecoats",
+                            "Bloo"
+            })
+    );
+
+}
diff --git a/player.api/src/test/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/api/ApplicationTests.java b/player.api/src/test/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/api/ApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a939ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/player.api/src/test/java/com/dci/aaronic/player/api/ApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.dci.aaronic.player.api;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class ApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}