The document discusses various elements and designs of different band websites that the author likes and could consider incorporating into their own band website. Some ideas include: having a smaller bio paragraph; keeping a simple tour date format; including an archive section once more tours are done; combining a listen and buy section for music; and including merch bundle advertisements on store pages. The author also notes things to avoid like tabs if they don't add value or using Soundcloud without owning copyrights.

1. BIO PAGE
• These bio pages have
an extremely long
paragraph
underneath
containing their bio.
As a user, I didn’t like
this as I felt it was too
much text. In my
website, I will consider
a smaller paragraph
covering the basic
details. As the band
grow in popularity,
there will be more
places for people to
search for information
about them, such as
Wikipedia or fansites.

2. TOUR PAGE
• The main thing I
like about this tour
page is that it has
kept its same
format and simply
added the dates
in plain text. This
makes it easy to
read and
understand,
which would help
the sales of tickets
etc.

3. TOUR PAGE
• Muse’s tour page is
quite similar, but
also contains an
archive. This is
something I could
consider putting on
my site; however, as
my band are
relatively new, it is
unlikely they would
have toured many
times. One element
of this page I do like,
however, is the way
the dates are laid
out with transparent
backgrounds and
the big numbers.

4. MUSIC PAGE
• The Foo Fighters’ music page
contains the options to both
listen and buy this music. I
quite like this concept, and I
may divide my music tab
into two, with a ‘listen’
section and a ‘buy’ section.
One thing I have discovered,
however, is that when
buying the music you have
to do it as a completely
separate transaction to any
merch you may also wish to
purchase. To aid users in
their purchases online, I will
try and combine the music
and merch into one
communal cart.

5. MUSIC PAGE
• Mayday Parade also have
both ‘listen’ and ‘buy’
functions to their Music page,
but have used a Soundcloud
to display their songs. Although
I would love to do this for my
website, since I do not actually
own the Vaccines’ music, I
would be in breach of
Soundcloud’s copyright
regulations and would
therefore not be allowed to
post the music. I will instead
just have to use an audio
player with no third party
involvement.

6. STORE PAGE
• McFly have decided on
their Store page to have
a combined Product
Gallery and Shopping
Cart. They’ve also
decided to have a list of
tabs for the different
types of Merch: however,
I found that these five
items showing on their
Store Home was all of
McFly’s merch: this
rendered the tabs useless
and I therefore have
decided not to include
them on my own site.

7. STORE PAGE
• The Kids in Glass Houses
webstore inspired me as
their Store Home is a
huge advert selling a
bundle of merch. This has
given me the idea to
include adverts on my
Store page – and other
pages, for that matter. I
have decided to include
an advert selling the new
‘Suburban Typo’ CD on
every page of the
website.

8. STORE PAGE
• Something else I like
about their website is
that their Shopping
Cart is on a separate
page, with an ‘Your
Basket’ button being
added to the store. I
liked this as it made the
page less cluttered
and it will allow me to
design an extra page.