OT - Opinions on Bry's website please.

[Ugalde]

Hey guys,
I've posted here a few times about my rap career. Most of you know I am just starting out and still learning a lot.
Last time I asked for advice from you guys I got some real useful tips for my show.

I'd really appreciate any more advice or opinions I can get from you guys.

Now,
On topic...
Can some of you guys take a look at my site and let me know what you think?
Any comments at all would be really helpful. Anything you think I should or shouldn't do.

Also, this is very important.
Can you please specify weather you are on the web version or mobile version of the site.
It makes a huge difference.

Thank you very much guys,
-Bry

http://www.BryEmpire.com

[nykballa2k4]

Clicked on the home page and I didn't go any farther.

Dry bland and creepy was the vibe. If you didn't tell me that you were into rap, I would have thought I was stumbling onto some Abercrombie page.

I get that if you have an image, like discontented, that you would go with that color scheme. However, include more about what you have done, what you are about what you are doing.

Something should draw the eye to recent shows, artists you have been alongside (so someone knows what to expect). If you rap, you better have lyrical inspiration. A "quote of the month" for regular fans can give them insight to what inspires you and can in turn create that connection.

Whatever you want your listeners to be feeling when they go to your show should be present on the home page.
Looking at your home page, I would expect a drake flow (slow delivery) with big - city references (dressed formal in both shots) and morbid topics such as struggles, injustice and emotional problems.

In summary:
Add in stage-type scenery, add in some personal poetic items, move things around the page so it doesn't look like you are selling clothing.

[Ugalde]

Clicked on the home page and I didn't go any farther.

Dry bland and creepy was the vibe. If you didn't tell me that you were into rap, I would have thought I was stumbling onto some Abercrombie page.

I get that if you have an image, like discontented, that you would go with that color scheme. However, include more about what you have done, what you are about what you are doing.

Something should draw the eye to recent shows, artists you have been alongside (so someone knows what to expect). If you rap, you better have lyrical inspiration. A "quote of the month" for regular fans can give them insight to what inspires you and can in turn create that connection.

Whatever you want your listeners to be feeling when they go to your show should be present on the home page.
Looking at your home page, I would expect a drake flow (slow delivery) with big - city references (dressed formal in both shots) and morbid topics such as struggles, injustice and emotional problems.

In summary:
Add in stage-type scenery, add in some personal poetic items, move things around the page so it doesn't look like you are selling clothing.

Love the feedback man, thank you very much.

Everything you've said I can really use. Unfortunately I don't have enough content yet to really put up to make the necessary adjustments. I get the image thing totally. I feel like as I rapped through that project and through the new one I'm working on I started to really grasp who I am as a person and how I want to display that in my music.

I didn't really have that for the first project.

Also I like the Quote idea but as for moving things around the page to avoid looking like selling clothing. What would you suggest? Should I have one of the pictures taken down. My manager wanted that bad but I was against it, maybe I was wrong. If so which should I keep up?

[nykballa2k4]

Clicked on the home page and I didn't go any farther.

Dry bland and creepy was the vibe. If you didn't tell me that you were into rap, I would have thought I was stumbling onto some Abercrombie page.

I get that if you have an image, like discontented, that you would go with that color scheme. However, include more about what you have done, what you are about what you are doing.

Something should draw the eye to recent shows, artists you have been alongside (so someone knows what to expect). If you rap, you better have lyrical inspiration. A "quote of the month" for regular fans can give them insight to what inspires you and can in turn create that connection.

Whatever you want your listeners to be feeling when they go to your show should be present on the home page.
Looking at your home page, I would expect a drake flow (slow delivery) with big - city references (dressed formal in both shots) and morbid topics such as struggles, injustice and emotional problems.

In summary:
Add in stage-type scenery, add in some personal poetic items, move things around the page so it doesn't look like you are selling clothing.

Love the feedback man, thank you very much.

Everything you've said I can really use. Unfortunately I don't have enough content yet to really put up to make the necessary adjustments. I get the image thing totally. I feel like as I rapped through that project and through the new one I'm working on I started to really grasp who I am as a person and how I want to display that in my music.

I didn't really have that for the first project.

Also I like the Quote idea but as for moving things around the page to avoid looking like selling clothing. What would you suggest? Should I have one of the pictures taken down. My manager wanted that bad but I was against it, maybe I was wrong. If so which should I keep up?

If you have more pictures of yourself, people you performed with, crowds, venues, areas you talk about (NYC?) either having them rotate(think yahoo sports home page) or a wall-paper with pics as tiles (water-marked though so it doesn't take away from page content).

Right now it looks like bookends. Moving one picture up and the other down at least provides some variety. Captions above/below would be good.

Slight tangent, but I meant to add this quote to my FB page:
from Will Smith "Lost and Found"

Lost is when you hide behind the freedom of speech
Well sure you're free to do it, but what it mean to do it
Did you mean to do it? Did you need to do it?
Did you take time to think about the seed you ruined?

It pertains to my question of WHY would people WANT to see those pictures? How do they help to market you and what you do?

[Ugalde]

Clicked on the home page and I didn't go any farther.

Dry bland and creepy was the vibe. If you didn't tell me that you were into rap, I would have thought I was stumbling onto some Abercrombie page.

I get that if you have an image, like discontented, that you would go with that color scheme. However, include more about what you have done, what you are about what you are doing.

Something should draw the eye to recent shows, artists you have been alongside (so someone knows what to expect). If you rap, you better have lyrical inspiration. A "quote of the month" for regular fans can give them insight to what inspires you and can in turn create that connection.

Whatever you want your listeners to be feeling when they go to your show should be present on the home page.
Looking at your home page, I would expect a drake flow (slow delivery) with big - city references (dressed formal in both shots) and morbid topics such as struggles, injustice and emotional problems.

In summary:
Add in stage-type scenery, add in some personal poetic items, move things around the page so it doesn't look like you are selling clothing.

Love the feedback man, thank you very much.

Everything you've said I can really use. Unfortunately I don't have enough content yet to really put up to make the necessary adjustments. I get the image thing totally. I feel like as I rapped through that project and through the new one I'm working on I started to really grasp who I am as a person and how I want to display that in my music.

I didn't really have that for the first project.

Also I like the Quote idea but as for moving things around the page to avoid looking like selling clothing. What would you suggest? Should I have one of the pictures taken down. My manager wanted that bad but I was against it, maybe I was wrong. If so which should I keep up?

If you have more pictures of yourself, people you performed with, crowds, venues, areas you talk about (NYC?) either having them rotate(think yahoo sports home page) or a wall-paper with pics as tiles (water-marked though so it doesn't take away from page content).

Right now it looks like bookends. Moving one picture up and the other down at least provides some variety. Captions above/below would be good.

Slight tangent, but I meant to add this quote to my FB page:
from Will Smith "Lost and Found"

Lost is when you hide behind the freedom of speech
Well sure you're free to do it, but what it mean to do it
Did you mean to do it? Did you need to do it?
Did you take time to think about the seed you ruined?

It pertains to my question of WHY would people WANT to see those pictures? How do they help to market you and what you do?

My man. Another great post. I am going to update the site soon and I'll come back to you. Your feed back is great man. I really do appreciate it. Being a artist I know how hard it can be to get people to take time to listen or visit a site. I really appreciate the feedback.

[nykballa2k4]

Love the feedback man, thank you very much.

Everything you've said I can really use. Unfortunately I don't have enough content yet to really put up to make the necessary adjustments. I get the image thing totally. I feel like as I rapped through that project and through the new one I'm working on I started to really grasp who I am as a person and how I want to display that in my music.

I didn't really have that for the first project.

Also I like the Quote idea but as for moving things around the page to avoid looking like selling clothing. What would you suggest? Should I have one of the pictures taken down. My manager wanted that bad but I was against it, maybe I was wrong. If so which should I keep up?

If you have more pictures of yourself, people you performed with, crowds, venues, areas you talk about (NYC?) either having them rotate(think yahoo sports home page) or a wall-paper with pics as tiles (water-marked though so it doesn't take away from page content).

Right now it looks like bookends. Moving one picture up and the other down at least provides some variety. Captions above/below would be good.

Slight tangent, but I meant to add this quote to my FB page:
from Will Smith "Lost and Found"

Lost is when you hide behind the freedom of speech
Well sure you're free to do it, but what it mean to do it
Did you mean to do it? Did you need to do it?
Did you take time to think about the seed you ruined?

It pertains to my question of WHY would people WANT to see those pictures? How do they help to market you and what you do?

My man. Another great post. I am going to update the site soon and I'll come back to you. Your feed back is great man. I really do appreciate it. Being a artist I know how hard it can be to get people to take time to listen or visit a site. I really appreciate the feedback.

np! hope it helps and the career takes off!

[nyjetsknicks420]

Don't quit your day job

[Ugalde]

Don't quit your day job

Thanks for the input man.

[HarthorneWingo]

It took too long to navigate to your music. When you click on the "Music" tab, you then go to "Discography/Lyrics" but no songs/music. I shouldn't have to be searching to get to what is supposed be the very thing you're trying to advertise, your songs. Also, the Home page is very lackluster, baron and, to be honest, very amateur. nykballa2k4 already covered that.

[nyjetsknicks420]

Don't quit your day job

Thanks for the input man.

I'm here all day

[Ugalde]

It took too long to navigate to your music. When you click on the "Music" tab, you then go to "Discography/Lyrics" but no songs/music. I shouldn't have to be searching to get to what is supposed be the very thing you're trying to advertise, your songs. Also, the Home page is very lackluster, baron and, to be honest, very amateur. nykballa2k4 already covered that.

Thank you very much for the input sir. May I ask you too look again. I changed a few things up. Tried adding what my man up top suggested. It's still trial and error though. If you could maybe just take a peek again and let me know.

I really appreciate you taking your time to look man.

EDIT: Also, thanks for the idea on having a hard time getting to the music. It is a problem that I am working on. It's hard to explain but its a bit of a weird situation. I will have it fixed real soon. Like now lol. Thanks again man.

[Ugalde]

If you have more pictures of yourself, people you performed with, crowds, venues, areas you talk about (NYC?) either having them rotate(think yahoo sports home page) or a wall-paper with pics as tiles (water-marked though so it doesn't take away from page content).

Right now it looks like bookends. Moving one picture up and the other down at least provides some variety. Captions above/below would be good.

Slight tangent, but I meant to add this quote to my FB page:
from Will Smith "Lost and Found"


It pertains to my question of WHY would people WANT to see those pictures? How do they help to market you and what you do?

My man. Another great post. I am going to update the site soon and I'll come back to you. Your feed back is great man. I really do appreciate it. Being a artist I know how hard it can be to get people to take time to listen or visit a site. I really appreciate the feedback.

np! hope it helps and the career takes off!

Hey man when you get another chance can you maybe take another look. Let me know if I improved at all? Tried taking all your advice in to account. I know I need more work but I just wanna see if I got the right idea.

[nykballa2k4]

My man. Another great post. I am going to update the site soon and I'll come back to you. Your feed back is great man. I really do appreciate it. Being a artist I know how hard it can be to get people to take time to listen or visit a site. I really appreciate the feedback.

np! hope it helps and the career takes off!

Hey man when you get another chance can you maybe take another look. Let me know if I improved at all? Tried taking all your advice in to account. I know I need more work but I just wanna see if I got the right idea.

It looks a lot better. I can tell you do music, worked with Joel Ortiz. Do you have to have written consent to include his name? I don't know anything about the legal aspect of marketing.

[SaveUsKP6]

Not a good website. Anything with Times New Roman as the font reminds me of being 12 and having an angelfire.com wrestling website.

[Ugalde]

np! hope it helps and the career takes off!

Hey man when you get another chance can you maybe take another look. Let me know if I improved at all? Tried taking all your advice in to account. I know I need more work but I just wanna see if I got the right idea.

It looks a lot better. I can tell you do music, worked with Joel Ortiz. Do you have to have written consent to include his name? I don't know anything about the legal aspect of marketing.

Wow I don't know. Never even thought of that. I don't think it's a big deal because I am opening for him so I think they expect me to be promoting him with myself. Thanks though man. Any other thoughts you have please, feel free to share. Your advice helped so much and I will keep taking it in to account.

[Ugalde]

Not a good website. Anything with Times New Roman as the font reminds me of being 12 and having an angelfire.com wrestling website.

Good eye. Yea, I don't know if I like it.

[KnickswiththeKnack]

Unfortunately I don't have enough content yet to really put up to make the necessary adjustments. I get the image thing totally. I feel like as I rapped through that project and through the new one I'm working on I started to really grasp who I am as a person and how I want to display that in my music.

If you don't have the content yet, maybe you're putting the cart before the horse a little bit? When I went to the site, I found it bland & a bit tough to navigate. It took one click to get to your music, which is one click too many... it should be right there on the front. And there seemed to be a huge amount of extraneous things on there.

As others have mentioned, the font needs an update. Any sans-serif font will be an improvement.

Overall tho I'd ask if maybe a simple holding page with a picture, a soundcloud widget, a video if you have one & links to your other social media wouldn't be a better shout for you at this point? Having your own website is important for sure, but it needs a lot of original content to be effective.

Worry a bit less about image & more on music and everything will fall into place.

Just my $.02

[Ugalde]

Unfortunately I don't have enough content yet to really put up to make the necessary adjustments. I get the image thing totally. I feel like as I rapped through that project and through the new one I'm working on I started to really grasp who I am as a person and how I want to display that in my music.

If you don't have the content yet, maybe you're putting the cart before the horse a little bit? When I went to the site, I found it bland & a bit tough to navigate. It took one click to get to your music, which is one click too many... it should be right there on the front. And there seemed to be a huge amount of extraneous things on there.

As others have mentioned, the font needs an update. Any sans-serif font will be an improvement.

Overall tho I'd ask if maybe a simple holding page with a picture, a soundcloud widget, a video if you have one & links to your other social media wouldn't be a better shout for you at this point? Having your own website is important for sure, but it needs a lot of original content to be effective.

Worry a bit less about image & more on music and everything will fall into place.

Just my $.02

Love the feedback man. I am definitely going to get my music on the front page. Can't believe I needed you to point that out to me. I gotta get my ish together lol.

[Ugalde]

Hey guys if anyone can give it one last check and let me know what you think of it at the moment.

Also if anyone can watch the video at the bottom and give me feedback on my stage presence.

[nyjetsknicks420]

Hey guys if anyone can give it one last check and let me know what you think of it at the moment.

Also if anyone can watch the video at the bottom and give me feedback on my stage presence.

You should have a video of you performing one of your own songs not some karaoke night bull