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What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 6:21 am
by jbw
I am aiming to do some self releases, and wanted to have a website to sort of act as a hub, for basic things like contact information and news, etc.

I know nothing about coding, so yes a service that has pre-built stuff available is a must. I was also thinking of securing a domain name just for the heck of it, though I doubt I'll sell more than 100 copies of anything I release, so that feature isn't necessarily a requirement.

I was thinking of even just resorting to using Facebook, but have never used Facebook and don't really like Facebook.

At any rate... Any experience anyone might have, or any wisdom anyone might impart, please share!

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 6:40 am
by Sonic Revolutions
Try https://bandcamp.com. You can sell digital, vinyl and merchandise.

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 9:12 am
by timday
+1 for Bandcamp. You can link it to a band Facebook page or Twitter feed as well (FB and/or Twitter work well for news etc, Bandcamp is good for selling stuff)

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 3:32 am
by jbw
Yeah I have heard of Bandcamp. Also heard of Soundcloud, who hasn't by now, not really a fan of that site though.

Anyone here use Tumblr?

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 4:37 am
by fishmonkey
another option is ToneDen...

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 10:23 am
by djesa
maybe check out weebly.com ^^

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 11:05 am
by slatepipe
i got my own site on wordpress and all my bandcamp is nicely integrated into it. my own music and collabs too. works well

Re: What's a good place for an artist's website?

Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 12:16 am
by jbw
Tumblr is... An abomination... I think I will stay far far away from that site.