Music Website Research

I have begun to look in to existing music websites to enhance my understanding of necessary content. I'm not in a position where I have begun my own website as yet but I'm looking to utilise the media technologies available to me (current websites) online. This will prove beneficial when I do start creating mine.

During the research time I have currently, I am using a variety of methods to distinguish how our media product should look in a professional light. I have looked through many music websites in order to gage what content has to be included in my own website and what parts can be experimented with. Here are some of the websites, from a broad range of genres, that I have studied and found useful:

Hard-Fi Official Website  – The website is clearly laid out and crammed full of informative content. Online audiences would find it easy to explore the website and pinpoint the pages they want to read. Epitomises the nature of the band as it’s ‘out there’ and full of colour.

Digitalism Official Website - As the band are an electro group that attempt to conceal their personalities until they get on stage, their website gives little away in terms of extra information, unlike Hard-Fi. They are a German group and the text on the site is predominantly German, as you’d expect, but it’s still easy to navigate.

Fenech-Soler Official Website - Fenech-Soler are a unique modern band that are surrounded by a shield of obscurity – fans find that it’s hard to define them specifically as a group. They play on this and make their official website reflect their mysterious nature. It’s a non-standard layout and set-up but it works in tandem with their inimitable style, ensuring that online audiences won’t be disappointed (you have to navigate an interactive pyramid on their home screen in order to find links to other pages within the website).

So, content-wise, it has quickly become apparent exactly what sort of things I’d need to include in my website, overlooking the lack of content on Digitalism’s site; a ‘news & blog’ type page, a photo gallery, a music video section, a podcast page and a link to the dates of our ‘tour’. Aside from these basics the rest of the website can be specifically reflective of our band and as I think we will be a dance/electro group, I can initiate a stylish home page with many different colours. I instantly feel that a black background with bright, neon-like colours such as light blue, green and pink would suit a 21st century electro website. Working in combination with that, I will source new fonts and images to create a webpage that is coherent and modern.