Website Laundry List
This is everything that we can think of that you will want to consider putting up on your website. It's just a list to give you ideas, you certainly don't have to implement all of it, but if you can manage to make an entire band website while doing none of it, we'd be really surprised. We generated our own site from seeing what other bands did, and eventually came up with a list of things that we wanted on our own site. We find it useful to make such lists before undertaking a big project like this so we don't forget anything, and we hope that sharing it will be helpful to you as you work on your own site.
"About the band" information:
Band name
Location
Style of music
Bands that you sound like (Don't skip this one!)
- How to join the Band's mailing list
- How to contact the band
- Show information
Upcoming performance calendar
Historical performance calendar
Locations, and other information for the next upcoming show.
- Your music
Downloadable is best from MP3 or OGG formats
Streaming music or Radio
Lyrics
- Band Store
List of albums (with pictures of covers, song lists, sample songs, etc)
Places to buy T-Shirts and other merchandise
Link to where to buy any item, and how much it costs
- Band Bio
HTML, Word or PDF format
- Booking information
How to contact the band for booking
Instrumentation for sound
Stage plot for sound
Logos and images that can be used for Ads
- Press information
Press releases in HTML, Word, or PDF format
Contact information for interviews, or spokesperson for the band
Album fact sheets
Logos and Images that can be used for press
Notables page, listing articles and reviews done about the band
- Latest Band News
Usually on the front page
- Photo Albums
- Links
- Sitemap