What does a good WordPress music theme need? Being a musician and web developer, I know what it takes.
Musicians all have very similar needs as far as the content that we want on our sites, the plugins we need to use, etc. We are here to help you get your WordPress Music Theme online so that you can start using it to keep in touch with and grow your fanbase.
With a new social media site popping up seemingly every day, and going away just as fast, it is important as it is with any small business, that you have a central location for your people to stay up to date.
This is why we highly recommend bands get their own website instead of only using a social network page.
Using your website as the central hub for all information about you as an artists will allow your fans to stay in touch even when things like Facebook and Twitter go away. Don’t think they will? Look at what happened to Myspace aka Ghost Town.
Here at Web Devils, we only build websites using the WordPress content management system as our platform, so naturally we’ve been building WordPress Music Themes.
Key Elements Of A Great WordPress Music Theme
- Music Player
- Email Signup Form
- Calendar Of Upcoming Shows
- Videos and Photos
- Contact Information
- Press
- Bio
Music Player
Music being your product, it is important that you make it very easy for your users to find and listen to it. All of the websites we build for musicians include a music player that works on a computer or a mobile device.
Email Signup Form
The number one way to stay in touch with your fan base is through email. After all the social media sites come and go, email will still be the best way to communicate directly to your fans.
Calendar Of Upcoming Shows
Once people are interested in you, they’ll want to know if and when they can see you. Wouldn’t you like a simple way to add upcoming gigs to your website from any computer anywhere?
Videos and Photos
After people become interested in your group, they’ll want to put a face to the music. Imagine this…you are on stage at your next performance, you tell everyone to raise their hands, and then you take a picture and immediately send it to your website, that then sends it to Twitter and Facebook with a link back to your site. All in an instant, your are engaging your fans in person and those that didn’t make it to the show.
Contact Information
As a promoter, if I learn of a new band, I will naturally want to go to their website to check them out. If they have no contact information listed it doesn’t matter if I liked them or not, they will not be hearing from me.
Press
A great way to build up your social proof is by showing off the good press that you get. Having a section of your website to list all of that makes it easy for those who want to know, to find it.
Bio
This is the least important part of my list, but it is always nice as a fan of music to be able to learn more about the artists we like.
Our WordPress Music Theme Portfolio
These are just a few of the sites we’ve put together, take a look.
While we are currently in the process of creating and releasing our own custom WordPress Music Theme that you will be able to download and install all on your own, we are not quite ready for it to launch just yet.
In the mean time, we are still offering our service at an EXTREMELY discounted rate for musicians.
This is my way of giving back to a community that I’ve been a part of for so long and will continue to be a part of for the rest of my life.
Merging my passion for web technology with my passion for music just feels right.
If you are ready to get your band page up and running and start driving traffic to it, we are ready to help you.
Contact us today using the simple form below and we’ll get in touch with you as soon as possible to begin development of your
WordPress Music Theme.
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