Web Hosting for Musicians

Why it's important to have an online presence

Nowadays your fans will expect you to have an online presence for things like MP3 downloads, upcoming gig dates, signing up to newsletters, latest news and maybe discussion forums

Hosting

If you'll be hosting lots of MP3s you may want to make sure your host offers you enough webspace

Most web hosts will give you an allowance of bandwidth, whenever someone views your page or downloads any file this uses up some of this allowance. Downloading of big files can eat up your bandwidth - so watch out if you are hosting lots of MP3s. There will usually be a charge for anything used above your bandwidth

Most hosting companies will also provide you with professional email facilities so you'll be able to use something like Your_Name@Your_Website.com instead of using a freebie email account like hotmail

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Content

It's very important to put quality content on your website so make an effort to do a small write up on all the gigs you do. Take pictures whilst you are there at the venue, if you don't have a digital camera Check Out These

Have a news section where you can announce developments for your band recordings/gigs/new members etc, update this as often as possible and people will keep coming back..

Domain Names

If you don't have a url then try

Remember that by signing up to Rate My Band you'll get a unique web address e.g. http://www.ratemyband.co.uk/Your_Band_Name.aspx