Website ideas

We as a group have decided to produce an album cover and a website page in addition to our music video. Gina has already talked about our inspiration for the album cover, and it shouldn't be long before we put a picture of it on the blog. I am going to talk about how we have got ideas for the web page that we are going to do.
In preparation for producing our website page for our band we have looked at not only MuteMath's web page, but also similar bands to get an idea of the themes and conventions of these pages and how they link to the themes and convensions of the band and the genre of music.
The MuteMath website sticks with the colours that are usually displayed on MuteMath posters, album covers etc. This means that the audience recognise and associate the webpage automatically to MuteMath. We also looked at the People in Planes website, as we feel that their music is similar to that of MuteMaths. They have also stuck to the colour themes of the band. For our webpage we will be using the colours that we have chosen for our album cover; black, blues and neutrals. (The colours on our blog also represent the colour themes that we are using for our band).
People in Planes also includes the use of graphics on their webpage, where as MuteMaths does not. The graphics relate to the graphics which feature in some of their recent music video. For the band People in Planes, graphics are a constant feature when it comes to their music videos so they have obviously played on this when it came to designing their webpage. A constant feature for the band MuteMath is the style of picture they have. This involves the band either performing some unusual move or the band placed in an usual setting, overall the pictures are unique in their own way. This is featured on the band webpage, with the band members appearing to be running but almost like a spaceman's run (without gravity). We may also include a picture of the band.
We also found that another common feature on band websites, their recent song has been embeded, this is probably to keep fans informed about recent releases, we will also attempt this.
In addition, we found from the Linkin Park website, links to socia networks e.g. facebook and twitter. This would have been done as social networking is one of the most popular forms of communication in the 21st century, and also to attract the audience to use it.
By Charlotte