Web sites contain information which publicises and promotes the artist image and a range of information and images to the audience - or it's fan base . Often this is organised into what Boyd has termed co-option - the invitation to join the community and take part . media marketing of the pop star image has become iconic and famous . Iconic images have helped retain the popularity of existing and legendary artists . All music websites are about promotion and information provided to the audience . They fall into three main categories : 1). Promotion of single album release 2). Promotion of a tour live appearance 3). Merchandising - a poster of an artists or band , sales of T-Shirts etc.
A website homepage is usually the most important page , containing various elements . These conventions provide information in their own right or offer the audience the opportunity to interact with the page , share it and navigate to other parts of the page or the website . Although the content varies on different home pages , there are many similar conventions which are used . In particular , the layout of many websites follows a similar pattern or template . Any variations are dependent upon the purpose of the website , the b and the needs of the target audience .
This is the website of the first artist that I looked at - Pink Floyd . I do not like the layout of the website , but the reason why is probably because he is not contemporary and because he is not alive anymore and he was not the one who was creating a website for his album . We can also see that there is an exhibition in V and A museum . The reason why I chose him even though he is an old artist is because of the use of abstract objects . On the right side, we can see that people can order his work and also maybe be showing his albums is a good idea for those who are not really familiar with his work .
The second artist is Peter Gabriel . I chose him because of the idea with a dissolving face . I think that his website is really nicely done . It has a very good layout . I also like the idea that for the main page he used a photograph , as this is what we want to do . When you open his website , there is a title "Recent news", where the whole important information will be . There is also a page with the dates of their tours , but actually, when I opened it , I saw that there are no tour dates available at the moment . I also saw a page with their T-Shirts , audio and fine art prints , so that his fans can buy something with his logo . For our own website, I also want to create something with the logo of the artist , so maybe a T-Shirt , mugs , posters , etc. There are a lot of things happening on his website and as for me I would say it is not really clearly to follow it and I think that it is a little bit messy .
The third artist is my favourite own , maybe because of the colours , because I really like the pastel colours . I really like the first page . It is entertaining for the audience but at the same time really calm .
When you scroll down you can see some videos from YouTube relevant to the artist .
The page with world tour is really straight forward . It has a clear structure and is really easy to follow . It is really simple . There no unnecessary information just the information that you really need to know . The flower on the background is a photograph , which is again what we want to use . I also like that it is transcendent and even through the writing you can see the picture on the background .
Another interesting thing is when you press to "World tour" or something else , while it is loading , this page appears and again the background is really simple and calming and the only thing that we can see is the name of the group . I think that they want to put as much attention on them as possible , so that is why the use this title is a good idea . I really like their design and think that we should consider doing something similar in terms of its simplicity and abstraction .
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