Friday, 6 November 2015

Band Website Case Study

This blogpost is about my findings of research into the websites of bands and artists similar to Oh Wonder. 

Ohwondermusic.com is Oh Wonder's website. This website is easy to navigate and to understand. Their tour dates are clearly stated on the homepage and they have links to all of their social media accounts on the homepage too.
On their website Oh Wonder have links to music, videos, merchandise, tour dates and a photo blog. Their merchandise is fairly priced at £25.00 for a sweatshirt and £12.00 for a canvas bag. 




I have researched bands/artists that have a similar music genre to Oh Wonder to discover whether or not similar bands have similarities in their websites.

Ben Howard 
benhowardmusic.co.uk is Ben Howards website. He also has a white writing on black background theme. The main focus on his website homepage is a constant rolling of his latest music video and song, 'I Forget Where we Were'. This is a good promotional idea that gets the audience intrigued before they've had a chance to visits his website properly. He has hyperlinks to tour dates and an online store.




Gabrielle Aplin
gabrielleaplin.co.uk has a short animation when you click on her website. It reveals her name centred on the screen written in white on a black background that slowly fades to reverse colours. We are then taken to her homepage. 

with hyperlinks of: including her new single, 'Light up the Dark' 





These screenshots show whats happens when I click on the hyperlinks. In my opinion Gabrielle's website is slightly more confusing to navigate because of how busy the page is presented. However she has a recent news page which keeps fans updated with her current actions. The other websites don't have this and I think it makes a good asset to the website.

Mumford and Sons
Mumfordandsons.com website is very appealing. When you click on the link you are taken to a page that has a large logo in the centre. If you scroll down you are taken to tour dates therefore is easily accessible for fans looking to buy tickets. 




There is a button that says, "Go to main site." When you click on this you are taken to the main site that includes many links.

You enter a type of news page on the home page of the website.


And by clicking on the links, the page redirects to the certain areas very quickly and easily. This is the store page.
Overall the website is easy to navigate and very appealling. I like that the tour dates are the first thing that is seen when you click onto the website.


Ben Howard music example:

Gabrielle Aplin music example:

Mumford and Sons music example:

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