Posted on - December 8, 2008 [at] 4:55 pm by Brad
Tagged in - britney spears, musicians, web, web design
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I’m working on getting someone to redesign this website. It needs to be wider, more attractive, blah blah. I’m pretty happy with the general layout and usability, but it could use a little lipstick and an eyebrow wax at least.
I spent some time going through all sorts of famous musician websites today. It’s pretty amazing how most of them are super cluttered and do not have music sections.
I mean I get that not everyone wants to give all their music away, but jesus, throw a dog a bone. If I get more music going to your MySpace page than I do your official website, something’s wrong.
Anyway, the most startling thing is that out of all the websites I visited, one of the best was Britney Spears‘:
What it’s got going for it:
- Simple design
- It’s not Flash
- Straightforward navigation (home/blog/videos/music/photos/tour)
- RSS feed
- Hey, there’s a music section! (though it’s just music blog posts – cop-out)
- Some actual content (from a team of Britney bloggers)
- Britney’s Twitter status up top
I can’t say it’s the greatest but compared to most musician websites it’s amazingly restrained, simple and informative. Also it has inspired me to create a Brad Sucks fragrance.
What other musician websites are decent? Who should I steal from?
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15 Comments on this post
buildingonfire on Thoughts on redesign
December 8, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Vampire Weekend has a decent site. http://www.vampireweekend.com/index.php
Con: The ‘little circle’ interface feels dated and awkward, the ‘photos’ link sends you to a flickr search for “vampire” and “weekend” (It’s a clever enough solution I guess, but let me know that’s what’s going to happen, don’t just fire me over there without warning).
Pro: I am a very big fan of the literary look and the surplus of whitespace.
Gabriel on Thoughts on redesign
December 8, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Dude keep it as is. Love it.
Gary on Thoughts on redesign
December 8, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Foo Fighters recently re-did their website. Aside from the mouse cursor changing color over links, it’s not bad.
kermit on Thoughts on redesign
December 8, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I would love to wear that fragrance!
bjrn on Thoughts on redesign
December 8, 2008 at 8:12 pm
So what would the Brad Sucks fragrance smell like? Beer, money and pills? :p
dp on Thoughts on redesign
December 8, 2008 at 9:06 pm
http://nin.com/
beta 2.0 redesign – short, wide, neat, clean & organized (and of course dark).
contrast with http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/ as for what not to do – pure chaos lol.
really just make it wider and maybe back off the rounded corners a bit, lol. your site’s really functional and attractive as it is.
Euggenee on Thoughts on redesign
December 10, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Brad, I think the most important is a color selection. So keep it in mind plz. =]
P.S. I love this site, but what can I say – It`s your choise.
Scott Gentzen on Thoughts on redesign
December 11, 2008 at 9:25 am
@5 I was thinking the same thing. “Eau de Rock Star” by Brad Sucks.
orijimi on Thoughts on redesign
December 12, 2008 at 3:22 am
test
orijimi on Thoughts on redesign
December 12, 2008 at 3:33 am
Why doesn’t your site work?
orijimi on Thoughts on redesign
December 12, 2008 at 3:34 am
I can’t post much more than a sentence. Otherwise I don’t get recognized.
Justin on Thoughts on redesign
December 13, 2008 at 3:40 am
I like mogwai’s, (mogwai.co.uk), but their audio section is broken, hmmm…
good writing on there, though.
Justin on Thoughts on redesign
December 13, 2008 at 3:41 am
errr OK maybe I just like mogwai and that’s why I linked to it. ha.
Englisheddie on Thoughts on redesign
December 21, 2008 at 10:22 am
the fair to midland website is quite fun, but it is flash xD
http://www.fairtomidland.com/
Awkward Aardvark on Thoughts on redesign
January 25, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I gotta say I love your site as it. Its simple and easy to use. No clatter and useless junk. It loads fast because of simple pictures with low memory usage. If you are gonna change it, could you keep the usability, low mem images, and simplistic design the same. (Basically, I love it the way it is).