Websites

I compared some Websites which are in the same genre as the song in my music video..
I started out by using the "Genious" function on my iTunes, which basically can take a song and then create a playlist with similar songs.. This is what i got:

I found that some of these were a bit similar to the song we are using, but i wouldn't say they are in the same ballpark.. So i did my own research through my iTunes of song that I think fit our category.

The ones that I found most similar in my iTunes that my "Genious" didn't come up with was "The Kills", "The Pierces" and "The Veronicas". I went on the different individual websites for the bands and the first thing that hit was how similar their star page was.. they 2/3 have their new video on the front page which begins immediately as you press the link, and the last website had their newest photoshoot on the first page, as so.. 

The Kills had their newest photoshoot come up and following you would have to press a button to enter the rest of the website where the first blog on the website is that you can buy a package deal with several of their cd's etc.

Then The Veronicas and The Pierces both have their video on the starter page, which is a smart tactic because as soon as you enter the site you will listen to the song and it might make you interested in looking further into their music or into buying that particular song. 

All of the websites have a similar feel to them, they are all quite dark and have a slight Rock/Pretty feel to them which relates to their music which is what the have to sell also through their image of themselves..

Further more all of the webpages have a clothing tab, tour dates, downloads, picture galleries and live events. This is very basic in every website you get for a band, and they all present themselves as being very approachable in the sense that that they have plenty of tour dates, and pictures from their events..

I really liked this picture as it is quite similar to our music video, in the way that we are also using the image of fakeness and where also thinking about using doll masks in our video.. 

This is a link on their website so that their fans can follow them on Instagram which is a way that their fans can feel really close to them as you can post any kind of pictures and tag them with different things you are doing in the moment.. 

This picture below is also a great way to show that they are emerging into the bigger world of music as they are going with Coldplay on a tour. This also means that a lot of Coldplay's fans will want to look into The Pierces as they might find it similar to Coldplay or that they are just interested in downloading a couple of songs. 

Here is a look at the different bands Myspace pages, which allows anyone using Myspace to listen to there music and then after you can also get a link to buy there music.

And here is a look at their Twitter pages, which is a website that countless celebrities use to get close and in contact with their fans. Their fans can "Follow" them on this website and when they "Tweet" everyone who "Follows" them will get this message. So if your a fan of The Kills and you follow them you can "personally" have an update on all the different tours they have, new music or just what they are up to..

I have found it very helpful looking at these websites and I am now more sure of what has to be on the Website that we create for our band and what kind of edge it needs to also express the music through the visual, I am also more sure of what kind of photographs we need to take with our band so that we can use them for our website and to create a gallery. I'm not sure if it is possible to create a Twitter, or something in that direction but there it has definitely helped me see the way in which the artist has to connect with the fans which refers back to the business model I studied over the summer which is Connect with Fans + Reasons to Buy = $ The business model