Here's an example of a budget-conscious project.  With a nice logo and graphics provided by the band, a simple set of content, and a determination to stay close to the styles set in an existing professional Wordpress theme from StudioPress, the site gets the job done at a musician-friendly price.     

Freshening up a website after a few years of faithful service -- well, that's just part of having a website.  Sean and I looked things over and made a few changes -- added a twitter feed, simplified some things and added a podcast section.  This is a Wordpress site.

The mission: redevelop an older site in a way that clearly showcases the various facets of their business and makes it easy for the staff to update. 

This 2010 upgrade from my previous design features a new approach to the pipe catalog, a slideshow on the front page to show off new pipes, the incorporation of social media like the Twitter feed, the Facebook "like" facility and comments allowed on blog posts.

Mollie O'Brien's new site highlights a new album, Saints & Sinners -- but the design elements are not keyed specifically to the album cover graphics - in hopes that the site will harmonize well with future albums.  The site includes a music player, tour date calendar, and mailing list subscriber linked to Mailchimp (I highly recommend mailchimp.com if you are looking for a mailing list solution.)  Her albums are for sale using Paypal buttons and links to iTunes and feature song samples next to the album track lists.

This website highlights this composer's recordings. A highly customized pro template was used over the Joomla framework, and a music player, customized to match the site's design, was added.

The 2010 redesign of the site I created for Christian Community Church back in 2002 welcomes and provides information to potential church visitors and allows members to listen again to the latest sermon.   The old site was a static site that required geeky know-how in order keep it up to date; the new site is powered by the latest Joomla content management system which allows volunteers to log in and add a new event or post an mp3 of the latest sermon.  Features include an Upcoming Events module, a podcast publishing module, and integration with a Google calendar.  

The website helps fans connect to the band of successful Nashville songwriter, Jonathan Singleton.  It's a Joomla installation with a highly customized pro template. Special features include a Twitter feed, a music player, a feed of the band's latest Youtube videos, a photo gallery and a free song promotion (through the band's record label.)

Official Site of Grammy-winning band. This 2008 revamp of my earlier design is media-rich, including a video scroller and music player  The band is on hiatus but the site, which uses a customized pro template over the latest Joomla content management system, gives fans an ongoing Nickel Creek experience while introducing them to the individual members' newer projects.

This funky, fun band from California's site uses a customized template over Joomla's original content management system and features a custom music player, a guestbook, a customized gig calendar with an RSS feed and more. The band can update this site through a front-end log in process.

The award-winning bluegrass band has been my client for a number of years, and this is their 2009 redesign in honor of their Same Old Place release.  It features an easy-to-update tour calendar, guestbook and a simple merchandise page that integrates to a Paypal shopping cart using paypal buttons.  This uses a highly customized pro template and is powered by Joomla's excellent content management system.

The photographer/artist wanted a one-page site to which she could steer wholesalers who might be interested in carrying her line of farm-themed baby bibs and onesies.  A blend of stock photography and her own pictures came together for her site, and inspiration struck for her new logo as well!  The site uses a customized pro template and is powered by the latest Joomla content management system, so it is ready to be expanded at any time.