How to create a musician website?

How to create a musician website?

23/11/2022
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There are many different options and platforms that can be used to create websites.

For musicians, there are mainly 3 ways to create a website:

  • Create a website with a WordPress template.
  • Create a website with drag-and-drop website builders such as Squarespace or Wix.
  • Hire a professional web designer to build a custom website

While it's certainly possible to create a website yourself using a template or site builder, it's usually only worth it for "business card" or "portfolio" type websites. Even when using the best website builder, it is usually cumbersome and confusing to update upcoming events, discography, music downloads. The result is often a website whose content is rarely updated.

If you want a usable website that serves your goals and is easy to use, you should always hire a developer to create it for you.

How to create a music website with WordPress?

Creating a website with WordPress requires some technical knowledge.

You'll need to buy a domain name and hosting, choose a template and edit it to meet your requirements. You may also need to add various plugins that will give your website additional functionality.

This process is time-consuming and requires certain knowledge, but there are many courses and tutorials on the Internet that will answer most of your questions.

Creating a WordPress website always involves upfront costs. But even if you have to buy a template and a few plugins, it's still a cheaper option in the long run than website builders like Wix and Squarespace. This is what makes it the best website builder for musicians if you decide to make a website on your own.

How to create Wix music website?

There are two ways to create a website with Wix Page Builder.

If you want to create your website quickly and upload only some photos and texts, you can use Wix's ADI (Artificial Design Intelligence).

ADI will guide you through a series of questions and ask you to choose the site layout, fonts and colors, edit your images and text content, etc.

To have more control over the design and functionality of your website, you need to learn how to use the Wix editor.

You'll start with one of the website templates you have selected, and then you'll have to edit it manually using a drag-and-drop website builder.

How to create a music website on Squarespace?

To create a website using the Squarespace website builder, you need to select a template and then go through the process of adding pages, choosing layouts, colors, fonts, adding content, website information and configuring settings.

There is a lot of information on the Internet about how to create websites with Squarespace. You can definitely do it yourself, although it requires time, patience and some skill.

A simple template will provide you with only the basic features. To make your website more useful for users and easier for you to update, you need to install (often paid) extensions on your website.

How to create a custom artist website?

To create a custom website, you need to hire a freelancer or a web design agency.

When you order a fully custom design, the designer will create a draft of your website, discuss it with you, take notes and revise it until you are completely satisfied. Then the developer will turn a graphic design into a fully functional website.

This is the best way to create a website, but in most cases it is not necessary and too expensive for musicians.

Your website can also be developed based on a template that can be fully customized and tailored to your needs. This is often a much faster and cheaper option.

It's always a good idea to look for an agency or freelancer that specializes in music websites. They know how to organize your content and have a number of pre-built solutions for most requirements. This will significantly reduce the development time and thus the development costs.

The price of your website will depend on the design, functionality and the type of pages you need. With us you can get a custom website starting from 199 EUR.

Is it worth creating a website yourself?

It is possible to create a good looking website yourself. There are many instructions on the Internet that you can follow to create your page on various platforms. However, the functionality of your pages will be rather basic. I can only recommend creating this type of website as a brochure or electronic press kit. Developing a custom website with a professional web designer will cost you more upfront but will save you time and money in the long run.

For example, you might like to use Wix as a musician website builder. A starting price on this platform is 16 EUR/month for a simple website. You will most likely have your website for as long as you do music. Every 5 years you will spend 960 EUR just paying your monthly fees. For the same money you can get a custom website and save money in the long run.