Tony Likes To have Grass On His Blog Page

When it came to make the Website for our band I decided I would take a look at other Official band websites on the net to take note and influence in order to help with my own ideas. I had taken a look at the official websites for such bands as Led Zeppelin and The Arctic Monkeys to see whether I could possibly create similar features to their sites within my own. Their sites were complex and looked very professional and the amount of information available seemed endless. I wanted to use an online website builder called ‘Freewebs’ as I already had previous experience with this site and I felt more comfortable with how it works and what I could achieve with it. However I knew I couldn’t create a site as complex as Led Zeppelin’s and The Arctic Monkeys’ using that so I went in search for an official band website with a more traditional layout. I soon found that the official website for The Eagles was laid out in this format (http://www.eaglesband.com/index.php) From looking at The Eagles webpage I was able to make myself a short list of pages I wished to include onto my site such as the ‘Home Page’ which will welcome the visitor to the site and has the advertisement of the gig that our promotion group has organized. ‘The Band’ has photographs of each member on stage so that the viewer can familiarize themselves with the band. Each member also has a link to their personal page they host on myspace. From here any of the fans can continue to get to know more about each member and possibly contact them. ‘Tour’ which will list all up and coming gigs for the New Year including the one I’m organising myself. ‘Merch’ would show a list of merchandise available at the gig with pictures. On the ‘Media’ page I wanted to add an embedded MP3 player so that visitors to the site can have a taster to what the band sound like. I would also upload the promotional video of the group onto this page for their fans to see In the navigation bar I’ve also got a link to the band myspace site so that if visitors wish to they can contact the band directly and also find out some more information more personal to the group. The last page I added to my site is a guest book so that any visitors can leave feedback and comments to us and the band. Finally to keep track of the amount of visitors to my site Freewebs hosts a tracker system so I can keep record of who visits my site, where they are located, how long they spend on my site and what actions they do on my site. I felt that these pages would provide any fans with all the information they would need on the band and would help in order to get the band more known to those who don’t know them already.  

After looking into these band websites I see that the style and overall look to the page does reflect upon the band. Led Zeppelin’s page had a classic/vintage appeal to it with the natural colours and the scroll-like papered pages. it looked classy and stylish which I felt reflected upon the band itself as they are a serious, widely respected band who are labelled as one of the rock legends and they needed a website that would back up that same image. The Arctic Monkeys however are a new band on the scene. With their modern and new style their page was cleverly designed with a graffiti covered building wall that appeals to the younger age groups. All the art work on the page was modern and would appeal to its target audience. When I came to think about Orgazmatron a lot of their music style and lyric subjects are of a sci-fi/supernatural nature whilst remaining serious about their image and credibility. At this point I’m thinking of having a plain black profile that gives off a smooth effect in a minimalist style which would give the website a ‘professional’ appearance about it which I believe is the image the band are going for.