Something we have never done at Stomp Box is build a musician or band website — which is odd really.
Today WooThemes have released a superb new super-charged WordPress theme — called Unsigned, packed with fantastic modules perfectly suited to building a band or music artist website in WordPress in next-to-no-time.
So, now we have another reason to really want to do a band or music artist website – if you are in a band why not get in touch and see what kind of crazy deal we do on a Unsigned-powered website.
This is a really powerful and feature-rich theme that allows a band to get a great site online very easily — you preview your music, sell your music, manage a gig calendar, social media and more.
Here’s the feature set for Unsigned:
Photos Galleries Module
Photo galleries
Photos is where the artist manages their photo galleries. Galleries can be sorted into categories and comprise a cover image and photo management section. The photo management section is a clear and easy to use box in the admin that allows for the quick uploading, management (re-ordering, etc) and inclusion of images in the gallery. This is then applied on both the gallery detail screen and the Woo – Photos widget.
E-commerce (WooCommerce) Goodness
Integration with WooCommerce means you can sell your digital download music directly from your own website.
Unsigned makes full use of WooCommerce allowing bands, musicians to sell their albums and other merchandise.Read all about the benefits of WooCommerce here.
Discography Module
Discography is where the artist manages their album releases. Albums can be sorted into categories and comprise a cover image, unique catalog ID and a release date. Each album has an audio player facility, which uses tracks that are uploaded directly when adding or editing an album. The tracks can be re-ordered and managed using WordPress. You can then link WooCommerce products to albums allowing you to sell your albums easily on your site!
Fully Responsive Design
The design will scale to fit on all browser widths/resolutions and on all mobile devices. Go ahead and scale your browser window and see the results.
Custom Homepage
The homepage is one hugely flexible layout powered by widgets and theme options that allow you to enable/disable each and every module. You can really create whatever layout you like, highlighting only your most important information to grab your site visitors attention.
Events Module
Caters for the management and listing of events (gigs, festivals, etc). Events can be grouped into categories (club, concert, gig, festival, etc) and tours. An event’s status (upcoming, right now, past) is determined by it’s start and end date/time. It’s also possible to select one of these types for display in the Woo – Events admin, making it easier to view snapshots of your events calendar.
Wow. Customising this theme to match your bands brand and design aesthetics would be easy and then you can take over… manage your tour schedules, digital media, blog and news and more.
Depending on your requirements and how much help you need with your content – building and launching an Unsigned-powered site for your band could cost surprisingly little. Contact us now if you’re interested.
All thanks to the power of WordPress and WooThemes.
