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    • Unsigned and indie bands: Please improve your web presence. Here’s how.

      by Paul M Davis | 27 Sep 2007

      directaudioinconnection.jpgIn the various music-related roles that I have encompassed over the past few years (musician, bandleader, freelance writer, publicist, show promoter and blogger) I have spent a fair amount of time browsing band websites and reached a critical mass navigating band sites that are ugly, anti-functional, slow-loading and profoundly frustrating to the people they are presumably trying to impress.

      Here are some simple observations that I’m presenting as axiomatic. Granted, a lot of them display my subjective preferences about web functionality, but the simple fact is that many of these simple mistakes drive away fans, writers, editors, label people, etc


      Paul M Davis is an Austin-based writer, editor and musician obsessed with the politics and culture of technology, social movements, music, books, art and comedy. He edits science, tech and gov 2.0 for Shareable. His personal site can be found at www.paulmdavis.com, and he blogs at 12 Pt. Plan.

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