Websites are used by artists and institutions to allow their fans to find more information about them and cross promote other products such as tours, videos, merchandise and more. Additionally websites allow fans to stay updated on what the artist is doing and whether there are any new work that have come out or will come out soon. Before meeting with my group and deciding upon our rough design for a website I conducted research on House websites and analyses the conventions of this sites.
On House websites homepages the artist is commonly shown at the center. I feel that this immediately informs the audience about who the site is about and that it is a strong convention of house websites. Another thing that I have noticed during my study is that at the top of the homepage hyperlink are provided to other areas of the site. These most commonly include tour dates, about pages, music pages and homepages. At times above, but also commonly found on other sides of the house homepages are links to social sites such as facebook, twitter, soundcloud and more. Continuing I'd say another convention of this sites is that they are full of visually appealing images and almost at all times can be scrolled through to reveal more content. Based on the research and information that I've gathered here I plan to share my own ideas for a website with my group that I think by combining conventions of House and developing upon them will allow us to create an amazing website for our artist.
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