websites you like? (single, fan, myspace, bands, cheap)

Sound Devastation · 06-22-2006, 04:54 PM

i'm redesigning my record label's website (current design can be seen at http://www.sounddevastation.co.uk and just wondering what the averange music fan likes to see in a website design? (complex, simple, contrasting, frames, flash, whatever)

link some of your favouirtes, in terms of design (can be any kind of content)... it would help me immensely.

Thankyouu!

Ascendents · 06-23-2006, 06:23 AM

Let's start with good music...

But, if someone has a crappy band,
I guess it's almost worth it to gamble with a record label.
Maybe I just dont like the idea of someone making my decisions.

I've found people like to just watch the video and mp3s on the website itself, they only download when they see the url for the mp3.
But they like having the option regardless...
Flash is too impractical. It restricts the 'user environment' so much that you cant get enough info onto the page.
Linking to bands on myspace is a cop-out....
If you are taking a band "under your wing" you give them a website.

Alo · 06-23-2006, 06:42 AM

I like flash sites, but they don't have to be too complicated (like Muse's). I like sites like the ones from the Kooks and the Subways. These are all bandsites. xD I usually don't visit any other sites.

Alo · 06-23-2006, 06:45 AM

O yeah, and I agree with Ascendents, the links to myspace aren't smart. It makes it look like you're a really cheap label. Also, try to keep your site simple, you add to much text, and that looks quite unproffesional to me. Though, I do like your banners!

Sound Devastation · 06-23-2006, 07:17 AM

we only link to myspace as thats what the band (aotea) use as their homepage. we offered them their own space but they want us to link to their myspace.

Band sites are usually far more interesting that label sites, so their cool to recommend. The subways site is really nice actually, cheers for that!

tdoc210 · 06-23-2006, 01:38 PM

i dislike flsh sits..pleasew keep in mind people with dial up

Sound Devastation · 06-23-2006, 04:21 PM

at the moment im working on an html site (single page) but with dynamic flash components.

i'll upload a beta version soon, and dial-up peeps can test it out. :P

tdoc210 · 06-23-2006, 06:00 PM

aha i just finished a web page..its 7 pages but its ****ty

Laces Out Dan! · 06-23-2006, 06:01 PM

I like websites with loads of Pornzorz ........

Sound Devastation · 06-24-2006, 10:20 AM

http://www.sounddevastation.co.uk/newSD/news.htm

some of the flash is a bit messy and stuff... id just like some opinions on design/loading time?

06-22-2006, 04:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	websites you like? i'm redesigning my record label's website (current design can be seen at http://www.sounddevastation.co.uk and just wondering what the averange music fan likes to see in a website design? (complex, simple, contrasting, frames, flash, whatever) link some of your favouirtes, in terms of design (can be any kind of content)... it would help me immensely. Thankyouu! __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

06-23-2006, 06:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ascendents Groupie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 7	Let's start with good music... But, if someone has a crappy band, I guess it's almost worth it to gamble with a record label. Maybe I just dont like the idea of someone making my decisions. I've found people like to just watch the video and mp3s on the website itself, they only download when they see the url for the mp3. But they like having the option regardless... Flash is too impractical. It restricts the 'user environment' so much that you cant get enough info onto the page. Linking to bands on myspace is a cop-out.... If you are taking a band "under your wing" you give them a website. __________________ Do what you are, not what you want. Can't be upset, about who you're supposed to be. http://theascendents.com

06-23-2006, 06:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Alo Scarf Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 715	I like flash sites, but they don't have to be too complicated (like Muse's). I like sites like the ones from the Kooks and the Subways. These are all bandsites. xD I usually don't visit any other sites. __________________ I rocked my shoelaces untied

06-23-2006, 06:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Alo Scarf Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 715	O yeah, and I agree with Ascendents, the links to myspace aren't smart. It makes it look like you're a really cheap label. Also, try to keep your site simple, you add to much text, and that looks quite unproffesional to me. Though, I do like your banners! __________________ I rocked my shoelaces untied

06-23-2006, 07:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	we only link to myspace as thats what the band (aotea) use as their homepage. we offered them their own space but they want us to link to their myspace. Band sites are usually far more interesting that label sites, so their cool to recommend. The subways site is really nice actually, cheers for that! __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

06-23-2006, 01:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	i dislike flsh sits..pleasew keep in mind people with dial up __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

06-23-2006, 04:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	at the moment im working on an html site (single page) but with dynamic flash components. i'll upload a beta version soon, and dial-up peeps can test it out. :P __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

06-23-2006, 06:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	aha i just finished a web page..its 7 pages but its ****ty __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

06-23-2006, 06:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	I like websites with loads of Pornzorz ........ __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

06-24-2006, 10:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	http://www.sounddevastation.co.uk/newSD/news.htm some of the flash is a bit messy and stuff... id just like some opinions on design/loading time? __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**