Existing websites

The house colour of black and white, keeps the website simple yet effective, this echos the acoustic music genre of the artist. The orange throughout the home page allow things such as the promotion of the artists new single to stand out.
The flags in the right hand corner show that the artist is global, which shows that the artist is a big artist, suggesting that they are under one of the Big Four.
There are references to facebook, twitter and youtube this shows web 2.0 influencing the artists promotion ideas.
The main focus of the homepage is the music video of the artist, i may use this as influence, to have my music video as the main focus of my homepage, as it promotes the artists video, and entertains the audience whilst on the homepage.
This home page has 'lateest news' this creates interaction with the audience, this creates a relationship with the audience, and allows them to be updated of there fans news.