Websites for the musical masses!

A few weeks ago we launched our Premium Design service but don't think that's all we have to offer. ebandLive's flagship service hasn't been launched....yet! What is the flagship service? Our Ready Made service.

Ready Made Websites
Ok so you're the lucky guy in the band who's mission it is to get your band a swanky website. Well, wouldn't it be great to not have to bother taking the hours upon days upon weeks it takes to design and develop your band's website only to hear your singer say he hates it? Ok so maybe you don't know how to do all that fancy web design stuff and you have to pay someone to do it for you. Like,.......that one kid down the street who's really "into computers." Sure you only paid him $100 right? But....now you're stuck with a website that looks like it cost $100. Is that the kind of image you want for your band? (Psst...the answer is No. You were better off without a website) Worse yet, you go to a professional design firm that does great work but they want you to fork over $4,000! (For a design an insurance company could've used, no less). So what's a rockstar gotta do to get a band website around here?

Fear not, my friends. ebandLive's Ready Made service provides bands with the means to obtain their own website easily, stylishly and affordably. The service addresses 3 major hurdles bands face: Ease, Style and Price. EASE - because it must be easy for fans to use and easy for you to sign up, setup and manage. Our content management system (aka Backstage) is here to make managing your site a breeze and our video tutorials will make it even easier. STYLE - almost self-explanatory, right? In order to be recognized, your image has to be top notch whether you're a weekend band or a band with bigger plans. We offer a pool of highly stylish ready-made designs. Simply select a design that you feel best suits your band. PRICE - no matter what the economy is like, band budgets are tight! Plus, your guitarist can't seem to hold down a steady job so you've got to make up for it. But that's another story. You pay only $19.95 per month. Cancel at any time; no contracts or committments.

What do you get?
I'm glad....I asked. Features like: fan mailing list, news, shows, blogging, audio, video, pictures, links, analytics, email, web hosting, multi-level users, RSS feeds, mobile/iphone versions of your site and more. Not to mention we've got a long list of new features we are excited about adding after our initial launch. Those extra features will be provided to you at NO additional cost.

When when when?
Hey, relax! Not so fast hot shot. We're still busy turning knobs, switching switches and pulling levers. The Ready Made service is not quite ready for prime time. We want to make sure we've got a solid product before we launch. We are estimating (emphasis on estimating) that our Ready Made service will launch sometime early next year, but possibly sooner. Go on over to our main site and signup for our newsletter to stay informed!

Thanks,
ebandLive

Welcome Goodbye Elliott to ebandLive!

Welcome Goodbye Elliott to ebandLive! Goodbye Elliott is a 5-piece rock band from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Do yourself a favor and check out their Myspace site, you won't be disappointed. I'm still singing their songs in my head! While you're on Myspace, be our friend. Please?

GE is currently signed up for our premium "We Design" service. I've seen the design comp for their site and I'm totally in love with it as I'm sure you will be too. Expect to see a killer site!

Aloha,
ebandLive

We're online!

We've officially launched the ebandLive public site. Go here to visit our new site! As part of the site launch, we've also launched our Premium Design Service. The Premium Design Service comes in two parts: We Design and You Design.

We Design
With the We Design service, it's just that. We work with the band to build a professional website unique and totally customized to the band's input/image. Along with the design service comes all of the ebandLive features (RSS feeds, itunes integration, fan list, mobile and iPhone versions of the site, hosting, email, analytics, music player, news, shows, blogs, links, bio, contacts and more).

You Design
With the You Design service, your graphic designer can use our wireframe as a framework to construct your new site. We at eband then take the design and retrofit it into the ebandLive content management engine. As if that wasn't enough, naturally you get all of the great features every ebandLive site gets (RSS feeds, itunes integration, fan list, mobile and iPhone versions of the site, hosting, email, analytics, music player, news, shows, blogs, links, bio, contacts and more).

Coming Soon...
Within the next few months, the ready-made design service is scheduled to be launch. This is ebandLive's flagship product. Within minutes you can setup an account, enter your band content, pick a ready-made design and have a professional band website up and running in no time. Sign up for the newsletter to stay informed.

Again, head over to http://www.ebandlive.com and stay a while!

Thanks,
ebandLive

Full steam ahead!

It seems like every week is packed full of great progress and wonderful new sign ups. We are forming some great partnerships early in the game. Not only are we staying on top of what the modern band needs to rise above the rest in the competitive music industry, but we're learning what makes the fans, record labels and talent management teams mouths drool. It's this attention to detail, desire to help our fellow musicians, desire to become the best, and the great team of core people which will make eBand, in the words of Borat, "Great Success!"

Next week we will announce the ebandLive launch date and also welcome another great band! So don't miss out! Keep it here...

Meanwhile, please help us promote eband by adding or joining us:

eBandLive.com on Myspace
eBandLive.com on YouTube
eBandLive.com on Facebook


Thanks,
Jeremiah
Founder, ebandLive.com

Danger Is My Middle Name

I wish it was my middle name. I don't HAVE a middle name! But don't get me started on that...it's another story altogether. Anyway... we're excited to report that Chicago rock band, Danger Is My Middle Name, is expected to sign on as a Legend member on eBand. DIMMN has recently come off the prestigious Van's Warped Tour where Katie and I managed to catch their awesome live show as they pulled through Minneapolis. We have plenty more big band signups to announce as soon as they are confirmed. Soon, eBand will become available to the general public although we're not ready to announce that date yet. Each and every delay is worthwhile because it means that eBand will be that much better. Like buttah only smoother, or something.

Things are moving along at a steady pace. Dan has been hard at work on the front-end web pages and is nearly complete, minus some copy work and tweaks here and there. Jeremiah has been finalizing the sign up process and tidying up the Backstage. Last night's meeting was highly productive. We defined some major improvement projects after the initial launch. We're all so stoked about that. We can't tell you yet, all I can say is stay tuned. :)

Thanks,
eBandLive

eBandLive: Creative Director, Partner

Dan

Creative Director, Partner

Dan's in charge of all of the graphic design at eBandLive. Recently, Dan's talents have been put to use in developing the front-end, the logo and the "look and feel" of the content management system. His eye for creating functional user interfaces has proven to be an enormous asset. eBand would not be as pretty to look at if it weren't for him!

Some of Dan's favorite bands are Butchwalker, Ryan Adams, Metrostation, Motion City Soundtrack, Wilco, as well as the new Linkin Park cd, Minutes to Midnight.

If Dan were to be stuck on an island he would want some shoes, sunscreen, H2O, Butchwalker, and a solar audio machine (his words, not ours!). Dan rocks the four string axe in one of Minneapolis' hottest bands, Standard Thompson (http://www.myspace.com/standardthompson).

eBandLive.com Blog

Welcome to the eBandLive blog. The purpose of this blog is to keep all informed of the progress we're making. As you know, eBand isn't available to the public just yet. While we're working out the bugs, we have a select group of bands that are helping us beta test. In the end, we hope to put together an even better product with help from the beta test group. I will be updating this page as often as necessary.

So again, welcome to the blog. Enter your email address at the bottom of the page so we can keep you updated!

Thanks,
eBandLive