Website Plan

Indie Genre

The genre of my band is indie, therefore I have focused my websites research on two indie bands – The Artic Monkey’s and Two Door Cinema Club, but when drafting my website I have taken ideas from other indie bands websites. I want people to go onto my website and know straight away what genre band they are looking at.

Black and White

Black and White

When I was analyzing the Arctic Monkey’s website I really loved the fact there entire website was black and white, they stuck to one simple theme. The background is black, the text is white. This is something which I want to replicate on my own site.

Menu Bar

The Arctic Monkey’s have a huge fan base, and that is because there entire website is made to keep the fans happy. I defiantly want to include a gig section and a photo section on my menu bar, so that fans can keep up to date.

Video on Welcome

On Indie band sites they often have a video pop up before you enter the actual website, this is something I would like to do on my own website as it a great marketing technique for your latest projects. This is a feature I noticed on the two door cinema club website, but it is also featured on several other websites.

Social Media Buttons

Social Media is key in our everyday lives, and it is extremely important when building and maintaining a relationship with fans, which is why I need to include all the bands social media pages on the website. Possibly near the front so that it is clear to the fans they can keep up to date with all the bands life.

Ways to Listen

The biggest part of a band is the music so it is necessary that on the front or clear in some aspect that you can listen to music, whether it be previews of new music or old albums or even snippets of old albums. As long as there is some feature that allows you to listen to the bands music.

Merchandise

The key to being a successful band is the ability to sell merchandise and sell tickets. So the need for a merchandise section is key. It is also key that the merchandise matches, that there is a consistent theme to make the website look as official as possible.