5 Killer Musician Websites
Your band’s website design may not be able to make you—but it can break you. In no particular order, these five content-rich musician websites are The Chemical Brothers, The Knife, The Pineapple Thief, Belle and Sebastian, and Death Cab For Cutie. Their heavy weaponry includes HTML5, XHTML, WordPress, AJAX, jQuery, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Soundcloud, Beatport, Last.fm, TinyMCE, and more. […]
If Your Website Has Videos, Then You’re Crazy Not To Be Embedding Them From YouTube
8 Advantages To Embedding Videos From YouTube OR Vimeo—as opposed to streaming from your own host in a custom player 1. No bandwidth strain or maintenance issues. 2. Visitors get player controls that they’re already used to. 3. Shareability. 4. It works. Everywhere. Always. (plays on iPhone etc.) 5. Easy as f*** to implement (copy [...]
One Call To Action
“Decide an important action + encourage fans to do the action.” There are three phases according to Vinson: Attract fans from social networks a.k.a. “outposts.” Engage them with a “compelling fan experience.” Sell through simple calls to action. Have one concept per page—one call to action. “Artist websites emphasize an artist’s own brand.”
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Music Autoplay: On or Off? [Poll]
Have you ever visited a band’s website or MySpace page only to be blown out of your chair by a blaring music player? Usually the first thing I do is try to figure out how to turn it off, and, if I can’t figure that out in one nanosecond, I often exit the page and never return. Is this really the message one wants to send to their website visitors? Probably not. But maybe I’m a freak and the majority disagrees, so I ask, what do you think?
Depeche Mode | Music Site of The Month
Music Site of The Month is a series where we spotlight an awesome music website based on its interactive content, fan engagement, and mobility. This month the spotlight is on Depeche Mode. DepecheMode.com brings us the expected features of a band website, and then some. The site is photo-rich and packaged in layers of sleek design.
Paramore | Music Site of The Month
Music Site of The Month is a new series where we spotlight an awesome music website based on its interactive content, fan engagement, and overall design. This month the spotlight is on Paramore. Paramore.net is more than a website—it is a community and social network for Paramore fans. We need to see more music sites like this.
