The best cover band web-page

pmaraziti · #1 08-12-2008, 02:11 PM

Well, I believed that a proper webpage is a necessary element of the image/marketing plan of a cover band.

What I'd like to inquire is what you think are the elements that have to be covered well for a successful webpage (mind I'm not speaking myspace, but a proper webpage).

Here what I have in mind, let me know what you think:

* Introductory Page
* Who we are (plus one subpage per band member with some funny story etc)
* Repertoire (genre), maybe some mp3s to download
* Pictures
* Gigs dates
* Contact
* Guestbook
* maybe a blog, our singer loves to write....

plus ability to subscribe for news/dates.

Thoughts/Feedbacks?

iamthebassman · #2 08-14-2008, 08:22 AM

Check ours:
http://www.eggmen.com/

BigMac5 · #3 08-14-2008, 11:02 AM

do you guys make your own webpages or hire someone tho do it?

Phalex · #4 08-14-2008, 12:05 PM

I think our website rocks! www.intheredonline.com

Our drummer does the whole thing.

The_Juke · #5 08-14-2008, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmaraziti

* Introductory Page
* Who we are (plus one subpage per band member with some funny story etc)
* Repertoire (genre), maybe some mp3s to download
* Pictures
* Gigs dates
* Contact
* Guestbook
* maybe a blog, our singer loves to write....

plus ability to subscribe for news/dates.

Thoughts/Feedbacks?

All on MySpace.... http://www.rivergard.com/

pmaraziti · #6 08-14-2008, 12:57 PM

thanks for all hints, the webpages proposed look very good and gave me some ideas, basically to focus on the message to convey (e.g. hire us, come to our shows ! )

to answer the question, what I'm doing is

1. registering a domain
2. contract a cheap but reliable hosting
3. get a free webeditor with templates

I did this already for an other short lived band and I'm about to do this again. If you have decent amatorial IT skills you can easily do the three steps above yourself.

I'm using dreamhost.com for steps 1&2, Joomla for step 2...

Joel S. · #7 08-14-2008, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamthebassman

Check ours:
http://www.eggmen.com/

I really dig your site, but some of the page titles aren't right. Your's jumped out at me first:
http://www.eggmen.com/bio/nigel/index.htm

I don't really dig the "more" pages, but that's opinion. The titles on them show as "Untitled Document."

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmaraziti

thanks for all hints, the webpages proposed look very good and gave me some ideas, basically to focus on the message to convey (e.g. hire us, come to our shows ! )

to answer the question, what I'm doing is

1. registering a domain
2. contract a cheap but reliable hosting
3. get a free webeditor with templates

I did this already for an other short lived band and I'm about to do this again. If you have decent amatorial IT skills you can easily do the three steps above yourself.

I'm using dreamhost.com for steps 1&2, Joomla for step 2...

Joomla is cool, I kicked it around for my personal site, but since it's mostly just a blog I opted for Wordpress.

DudeistMonk · #8 08-14-2008, 03:17 PM

Quote:

* Introductory Page
* Who we are (plus one subpage per band member with some funny story etc)
* Repertoire (genre), maybe some mp3s to download
* Pictures
* Gigs dates
* Contact
* Guestbook
* maybe a blog, our singer loves to write....

plus ability to subscribe for news/dates.

Sounds like you got the hang of it...I saw someone the other day google map their gigs, that was pretty cool. You should be able to find a free php or flash Mp3 player you can use to play music right on the site, without making people DL.

Make sure you incorporate the important things (ie: gig dates) into a sidebar or something on every page.

check out "simple viewer" (just google it) its free and will let you make some neat easy to navigate galleries.

I do this stuff for a living...only for lawyers...If you need any help you can PM me, I never mind helpin out my bass brethren when I can.

deathbyjune · #9 08-14-2008, 03:22 PM

i am happy with our website:

www.nightprowlerband.com

mrpackerguy · #10 08-18-2008, 11:39 AM

All good websites in their own way. Ours is not prefessionally done, it's done by me with a website creator I downloaded for $50 called Webpages. It's real easy to use, but obviously limited. I was going for a retro feel with ours. And we obviously target the wedding and corporate gigs. http://www.whozplaying.com

pmaraziti · #11 09-03-2008, 04:15 PM

Well, thanks to all for feedbacks!

Here the results of my effoty so far, comments and suggestions are welcome! Also to our playing (clicking "escuchanos"), although as disclaimer I might add that it was the result of a rehearsal recording, no second take of any of the songs plus a mix done on the spot.

Gracias !

DudeistMonk · #12 09-03-2008, 04:40 PM

Did you find a template or you did that yourself? Its clean, efficient...its in Spanish and I still was able to figure out what was up. The flash/heart art thing is well done...little bit of dithering but nothing really noticeable.

Kudos.

pmaraziti · #13 09-06-2008, 02:38 AM

Thanks a lot.

I've modified and enhanced a Joomla template for it.

P.

gig-getter · #14 09-17-2008, 03:25 PM

You might prefer to see the Contact and gig pages combined. Rather than just list your forthcoming gigs you can invite people to subscribe for a monthly update of when you're playing and other band news.

This enables you to remind "fans" (as you build your fan base) as gigs are approaching - and more than once. It also avoids publishing a list of "target" venues for other bands to poach from you!

You can drive website visitors with the "Pictures" page. Take regular pics of audience members on gig nights. Tell the audience that if they visit the website in the next couple of days they can view the pic of tonights gig and might even see themselves up there etc.

Remember to make sure the website addy is displayed either on backdrop or monitors.

Hope this helps

GreyBeard · #15 09-17-2008, 03:34 PM

If it sounds good, it is good.

pmaraziti · #16 09-18-2008, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gig-getter

You might prefer to see the Contact and gig pages combined. Rather than just list your forthcoming gigs you can invite people to subscribe for a monthly update of when you're playing and other band news.

This enables you to remind "fans" (as you build your fan base) as gigs are approaching - and more than once. It also avoids publishing a list of "target" venues for other bands to poach from you!

You can drive website visitors with the "Pictures" page. Take regular pics of audience members on gig nights. Tell the audience that if they visit the website in the next couple of days they can view the pic of tonights gig and might even see themselves up there etc.

Remember to make sure the website addy is displayed either on backdrop or monitors.

Hope this helps

Hey, that's cool, thanks for the suggestion. I'm behind with respetct my plans of building a community, my day job and night rehearsal are sucking up all my time. Anyway my idea would be to have a fan community like you describe with "regular" newsletter and actually I was thinking of having a section with gig pics taken directly by the fans, that should drive some traffic!

Dave Muscato · #17 09-18-2008, 02:12 AM

I'm very happy with our website:

http://www.treasurejunkieband.com

There are a LOT more features available that we're not currently using, too.

It's $20/month including design + unlimited data xfer/hosting for both the site and mailing list (up to 10k addresses), also includes email boxes (with mobile access, too) & email forwarding, e-commerce with no fees, photo gallery, blog & forum tools, streaming audio, embedded YouTube, site statistics & traffic reports with breakdowns by referring site, IP, geography, etc, (no set-up charge and 30 day free trial, includes domain name).

PM me for details.

P.S. It took me about 45 min to get this site fully functional. I do not know HTML or anything like that - it's all template-based and very, very easy.