Thursday, 16 December 2010

Band Website Research

In order to find out how a band is able to promote themselves online, I visited many band websites and drew influence and ideas in order to create an effective and informative webpage for our band, The Motion. What I learnt first is that a band website needs to have its links clearly laid out. The users needs to know what they can and can't click as well as being able to find these links on the website. This means that I need to take into account the layout of our website and try not to inlcude too much information on the main page, therefore, confusing the user and not being able to find the links. As you can see below, the website for popular rock band The Strokes has it links clearly laid out at the top of the page. Also, the links font colour differs from any text and so, people can easily distinguish between what parts of the website are interactive.




I also learnt that I need to choose suitable colours for the website. I personally felt that white would be the msot suitable colour as it is easy on the eyes and is more convenient when trying to find the links on our website. I felt that dark colours such as black and grey would make our webpage look morbid and the user may feel like we had more of an 'emo' rock band, rathern than an alternative and so, I think that white is the best choice. I drew this inspiration from the webpage of We Are Scientists, a band who I believe are very similar to the type of band we are trying to portay.






Lastly, a key aspect of band websites is trying to include as many pictures as possible of the band. Many websites included photos of the band, both on photoshoots and during live performances. In order to be creative, I have included individual web pages for each band memebers, complete with a iography and a picture of the band member. The website for dubstep producers Magnetic Man included a picture of all three band members at at the top of the page.






Tom

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