Hidden Driveways wrote:I don't have the going on my Wordpress site, but I want it..
I think the landing page of a musican's website should have the music right there, easy to see, easy to play, easy to buy. Your new layout is clean, but it's also a portal with no music or store. You're asking your audience to visit a website, and when they arrive they then have to decide what website they need to go to. It's a bit like the Nebuale Bus Station.
But clean is good, and what do I know? My music site is more of a blog than anything else.
I don't disagree at all. The thing is that I tried a blog and I posted content, and I just didn't see any results. I also agree that a message board is not necessarily the best vehicle. But for me, I want something where I can post stuff FAST, and as you well know, I'm very used to posting on a board
Also, with my collaborations, a board is a great way to intercommunicate with other people I'm working with. So I think this will help in two ways. Content posting, and communication. Whether or not it builds a community is up to the dynamics of the Interwebs and if it becomes a point of convergence or not. Personally, I'd love to converge in a completely unmoderated forum and say whatever the fuck I like.
As for having music on the page I land, I've had that as well, and people have asked me for a download option. That's cool, but again too much work for me. I have to maintain a database, and upload shit, and set up permissions. Too much work - let Bandcamp do all that.
Anyways, I agree with all your points - I think for me, this is gonna be an interesting experiment. (My first attempt was to make nebulae.com a BB right from the landing page, but then I opted for some green sci-fi fonty bullshit...
GAFM ***
