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Conventions of artist(s) websites
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2. Heavy use of flash graphics whether minimalist or flashy
Often bright or matching of the act, style is appropriate to the act the
website is promoting
Usually an enter page before the actual site to promote most recent album
Lyrics page
One word navigation links for simplicity – ‘Members’, ‘News’, ‘Merch’
There will always be an element of imagination and innovation in the
design of the website, something to make it stand out from other websites
Heavy emphasis on the theme, usually genre specific; text, graphics and
pictures will be in line with the theme
Links for oncoming gigs, newsletter signups, merchandise
Examples of headers of websites to show themes:
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4. Simple, easy to read text, often using only full capitals
Promotion of the latest album dominating the foreground, usually the
album cover or photo of the artist as the main picture taking up the
majority of the space
Many use a fade to transition between webpages of the site
Contrasting colour schemes – black and white, a bright colour and white
Minimalist themes are common with indie bands
There are unique and innovative features on each website eg. the ‘About’
page for The Temper Trap, the ‘Freespace’ page for Daughter (in which fans
can download and interpret official Daughter audio and video files), the
‘App’ for The XX
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6. A form of ‘high design’
Usually have an ‘entry site’ page before the main website that is graphic
rich, such as Haim, Foals and Daft Punk’s websites
Will have a constantly changing element to it – a transitioning background,
updating news/tweets about the band, or just a loop of pictures
The abundant use of graphics tends to carry on throughout the website
Often these types of websites will focus more on the graphics and thus lack
in content
Navigation is usually more unclear than other websites
After the initial interest with the graphics, the websites tend to be
incredibly similar to those in the minimalist category
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8. Overloaded background; this may be a picture associated with the act or
most recent album, such as Pendulum’s background mimicking their album
cover for ‘Immersion’
Others may focus on the foreground detail rather than background,
such as Ke$ha and Plan B
Contrasting colours are used to make each part stand out
Contents split but usually displayed altogether – Plan B and Ke$ha
Elements tend to move such as a slideshow of pictures or stills from a video
Large banner at the top of the site
Advertising for other products is common – possibly as a way of generating
revenue to pay for the costs of running the site
Videos, news and wigits from social network sites are on the home page
Merchandise is heavily promoted
Band name heavily stylized
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10. Busy background; this may be a picture associated with the act or most
recent album
Often the album cover will be incorporated into the website’s design;
Imagine Dragons’ background is the clouds from their album cover and
Calvin Harris’ header is the background of his latest album
If not, the latest album cover will dominate the contents of the site,
such as Biffy Clyro’s site
Promotions for upcoming events, gigs and merchandise are advertised
Rest of the site is usually fairly simple to draw attention to the album
information
Usually much less busy than other sites so as to not overload the user with
too much information – thus again drawing attention back to the album