Music Website Pet Peeves

Boy, I really detest how some people do websites. Bands are some of the worst. Seems like any band that wants to look "professional" feels they must create a website using pop-ups and flash. Why? Cuz that's what the Majors do?

I tried to go to a friends website today to find his email address. He's in a band. "Click here if you have a pop-up stopper." Now is that a stupid way to start a website or what?

So I clicked... dreading the outcome... For the next minute the f***ing minute flash loaded... A MINUTE!

Meanwhile, I was enjoying some wonderful music by Angelo Branduardi, a wonderful Italian world folk musician. Then "BLLAAAAARRRR." The frickin flash program was trying to play music that was causing problems with the music I was enjoying... All I wanted was an email address, not a headache!

I've mentioned it to him before. Obviously, he didn't care that much what I had to say.

I find it intriguing. I mean, can you imagine a journalist wanting to go to his website and find some simple information about him. The site is worthless to some journalists. He's alienating them. I mean, I'm a journalist with the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine, and I find it horrendous.

Personally, when I start researching a band, I like to go to their website, copy and paste some info about the band, and voila!

There is NO copy and pasting available with Flash.

Seriously folks, chill with the flash!