Textual Analysis of Artist Website

This is Ben Howard's website home page. I think it looks very eye-catching because the image of him diving is a video which is playing in the background, he is in the water swimming and diving. When I asked my peers what they thought about this home page, they agreed that the video made this page appealing and that this visual was an important feature of an interesting page.

This is Ben Howard's website blog page. Here the artist has written blogs to his fans about concerts, gigs and his experiences. There is advertising for his debut album on the right side of the page and where you can download it.

This is Ben Howard's 'Live' page. This gives details of all of the upcoming gigs where and when he is performing and a chance for fans to buy tickets.

This is Ben Howard's biography page on his website. This page tells fans or potential fans, a little bit about himself, his life and how he got to where he is now.

This video page on Ben Howard's website shows all of his music videos.

This music page on his website gives a list of the songs on his debut album and where you can pre-order the album and where you can download it.

The gallery page is a slideshow of pictues of the artist. I think that you could put concert pictures on this type of page and could make a montage rather than just a slideshow.

I decided to do this research to find out what the apperance of an artist website was, to see what is included on an artist website and to look at the layout of the website. I looked at seven of the website pages to find out about each one. What I liked about this website was that it didn't just have still images, it had video footage which was very eye-catching, making it have a good variety of visuals rather than just text and pictures.
I noticed that each page follows the same layout which I think unites all the pages together so that you know they are all part of the same website. I think it's imporant to keep this theme within any website, so if i decide to make an artist website then I want to follow this trend.
Almost all of the website pages have detail of his debut album in the same position of the page, this is an advert showing the album cover and where to download it. This shows good marketing because they even give the viewer a hyperlink on the advert taking you to where you download it, making it easy for fans. Underneath this advert it shows a hyperlink of where you can listen to parts of his tracks so you can decide if you like the type of music and the songs. Which also makes it easy for the viewer because they don't have to look up the songs on a different website or on youtube for example.
The website shows the personality of the artist, with a biography and images of him, he looks as if he enjoys the outdoors, which fans may relate with.
I found out from this research that it is important to keep the same layout and theme throughout your website pages, is's easier for the viewer to navigate around the the pages i.e buttons and links in the same position on each page. I think that it is important to have lots of advertising throughout the pages also as this promotes the album. I also found out that web pages need to be eye-catching and interesting to grab peoples attention.