I'll see if he's up for it and get him to contact you if so.

Mod Bod



I guess it's a matter of taste.  For me, the skip intro button usually turns into the skip website button.  I surf for information and not entertainment.  

+ 10 000!

Dave, I feel your pain there bud. I put my little site together also with dreamweaver and while I tend to think it looks ok I haven't gotten a single call from it either. http://stormroomstudios.com I need to add better pics etc. and beef it up, but I honestly thought that my sound samples would help sell more work than they have. It's frustrating to see all these local bands on Facebook (some that I know) wasting their money in these decked out facilities with a moron at the helm of the ship pressing out these turd recordings when I can do it better, for less. but I have yet to get them to take me seriously enough to call me a book a slot. I am sure I will figure it out, but it does suck.

ChuckC


Dave, I feel your pain there bud. I put my little site together also with dreamweaver and while I tend to think it looks ok I haven't gotten a single call from it either. http://stormroomstudios.com I need to add better pics etc. and beef it up, but I honestly thought that my sound samples would help sell more work than they have. It's frustrating to see all these local bands on Facebook (some that I know) wasting their money in these decked out facilities with a moron at the helm of the ship pressing out these turd recordings when I can do it better, for less. but I have yet to get them to take me seriously enough to call me a book a slot. I am sure I will figure it out, but it does suck.

I've blown off quite a few projects because I didn't want to be bothered working with other artists.  I'll be honest with you, album projects are a pain in the neck sometimes.  It's like childbirth, it doesn't take long until you wish it was finished.  Every time I do one, I say it's my last and then months later, I'm bored and want to do something.  

I've got too nice a project studio to be stingy with it.  I need to give somebody a chance to hear what their tunes could sound like.  Like I said previously, I don't want to do this full time.  Just a bit of work here and there.

NW Smith


I think the best option for website design is Wordpress. It is simple to use and there are many free "themes" that you can customize to give your site a distinct appearance. There are also many excellent free plugins covering a variety of needs such as search engine optimization and making your site mobile phone friendly.

I'm going to go down this route when I re-do my site. I like all the templates available so I'll just sort through till I find an appropriate one and give it my own images and colour!


My current site I just made up in Dreamweaver and it's just too '90's looking for me. The ones on Wordpress and great and very modern looking. Simple, yet effective is my aim. I don't like too much flashy stuff unless it can be expertly pulled off. If you can't pull off the fancy stuff 100%, then don't even bother trying is what I think.

I really like the idea of having a mobile version too which is so much easier to pull off with Wordpress.

I plan to find something that integrates nicely appearance wise with SoundCloud and YouTube as I wish to have these as my default players.

And +1 for the "websites that play music instantly when you start them are stupid" idea. I hate that. Gives me a fright. If I want you to make noise, I'll tell you to make noise! I always have my own music playing when I have my computer on, I'll stop it IF I want to listen to something on the net, otherwise, be SILENT! :)

http://drupal.org/  or  http://wordpress.org/ or  http://www.orchardproject.net/

orchard is easiest and most beautiful but brand new with less options.  wordpress is easier than drupal, but will not impress with looks and or functionality.  

drupal is used by the best of the best http://www.sonymusic.com/  http://www.prudential.com/view/page/public http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/


Have fun :-)

Following this post of yours, Linear Phase, I have been looking up lots of these CMS website builders. Came across another one called Joomla which I like the look of. Seems there are loads and loads of these builders so finding an appropriate one is going to be fun... From what I've read though, Wordpress is most suitable for blogging and a little less customisable than other sites.

Have you used many of these before, Linear Phase?

mattplaysguitar


Following this post of yours, Linear Phase, I have been looking up lots of these CMS website builders. Came across another one called Joomla which I like the look of. Seems there are loads and loads of these builders so finding an appropriate one is going to be fun... From what I've read though, Wordpress is most suitable for blogging and a little less customisable than other sites.

Have you used many of these before, Linear Phase?

yeah..  little bit.    I dabble.. ( edit = there was a link here.  removed cause, that is somewhat spammy, but was done because I was asked. )

You need a Password for the one below, so before you click, keep reading   

I wrote this one on Tumblr's platform..  ( edit = there was a link here.  removed for various personal and business reasons. nothing big.. more spam imo )

I tried to do it drupal but I learned something......   DO NOT INSTALL MYSQL OR ANYTHING WINDOWS WEB PLATFORM ON YOUR MUSIC COMPUTER.


sorry for the caps, but trust me on that...

I need CMS and Marketing Approval for that Insurance Website anyway...  but I need to do a lot of work very soon, so I can't transfer this site to drupal until january, and than get cms approval...

the password is: Go Team

will be changed in a few hours.  if I could get cms aproval on tumblr's platform..  which I do not think I can for various reasons, I would leave it there just like that....

I used to proof read java script at this company when I was 18 years old  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togglethis   I was gearing up to study web development or computer science at college..  but I just could not understand it..  I have some learning difficulties..   I wasn't even proofreading, I was drinking coffee and pretending..  Much like whoever is supposed to be fixing the bugs in Rapture...  LOL...  joking

I know these people ( there was a link here..  to a business that sells medical supplies.  removed cause this is a music forum. )

the owners are doctors, they are doing really well.  I'm definitely looking into a medical supply website or something.  that's a very complicated project..  there isn't much I want to share about that.....

I built a website for my music years ago..  Soundwolf..  but i didn't hang on to it..   this economy has been so touch and go.  soundwolf was great, I did it in drupal..  wish I had it to show off...

for a music website I suggest wordpress, or drupal, or orchard...   possibly umbraco if the new one is out yet.



EDIT =

Actually for a music website..  I might just use tumblr..  shucks, tumblr is such an easy slick thing.  and you can get a .com at godaddy or something, and very easily point it tumblr...   tumblr than automatically connects with all your social media...

I've got a music blog too, it hasn't been updated in ages omg, and its not its own .com www.harmonickraze.tumblr.com

I found irony and humor in this example

http://drupal.org/node/1671878

where the Stanford Law School website is used to demonstrate how drupal was used in a rebuild of an actively served database driven website that encourages the constituents to post compelling content like "data show that a reputation" right on the Law School splash page.

I'll bet the next post is going to be every bit as exciting and informative.

That was a whole lotta work just to empower students and staff to post such vital and time sensitive content.













What ever happened to html? It still works ok.

Dave (modbod) - you do realize that the website you linked to above as an example has flash on it, right?

flash doesn't have to be about an intro "entertainment" like is on IK Mulitimedia or the heavily integrated stuff like Native Instruments.

those menu buttons on this link http://www.cleartrackstudios.com/studio/studio-b/ 
 are flash menu buttons.

another thing to remember is that all phones and tablets do not support flash at all, so even those buttons on that website above do not show up at all on that website on my android tablet.