City And Colour is the "recording alias" of singer/songwriter Dallas Green who is the guitarist/vocalist of the band Alexisonfire. He has released 2 albums and has also won a "Juno" award. His website is set out like the conventional website reading right to left. When the website is first opened, there are animations; red lines that appear on the artwork of his second album stretch out across the page and the "features" section appears slowly.
At the top of the website are links to various other pages like "news, tour and store" However when you scroll the cursor over these links black lines, similar to the red lines that the links sit on, stretch out. i think this is a very good idea and it may be something we incorporate in our website.
On the left hand side of the website, there is a blog which has the 2 latest updates shown on the homepage. This helps the artist and the audience bond and feel a connection and i think it is a good idea. We may choose to make our band do a blog as it may increase the realism of our band website. Just to the right of this is a "Featured" section which gives links to City and Colour's latest video and single. There is also a "Request Song On Radio" and "Request Video" link and it gives a list of radio stations and music channels. This will help advertise City and Colour for free and it is also a great idea for free publicity.
At the top of the website are links to various other pages like "news, tour and store" However when you scroll the cursor over these links black lines, similar to the red lines that the links sit on, stretch out. i think this is a very good idea and it may be something we incorporate in our website. On the left hand side of the website, there is a blog which has the 2 latest updates shown on the homepage. This helps the artist and the audience bond and feel a connection and i think it is a good idea. We may choose to make our band do a blog as it may increase the realism of our band website. Just to the right of this is a "Featured" section which gives links to City and Colour's latest video and single. There is also a "Request Song On Radio" and "Request Video" link and it gives a list of radio stations and music channels. This will help advertise City and Colour for free and it is also a great idea for free publicity.Next to this is a link to buy City and Colour's latest album "Bring Me Your Love". This is common on most websites and it helps to increase album sales. There is also an "audio player" that opens in a separate window and plays "Waiting..." a single on the "Bring me Your Love" album. This will help give the viewer a chance to listen to some of City and Colour's music if they have not already heard it. Lastly, there is a link to join the "Mailing List" which will send information to the fans about upcoming gigs, albums and appearances.
I love the background of this website! It's amazing! Love how the person is black and white against the contrasting colour of the red.
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ReplyDeletewww.wix.com Be warned that some of the more cool effects are probaly not possible using freeware programmes and iweb (the basic Mac pragramme) and they not that flash!