Bands, musicians and audio artists

Everybody knows that to make it big in the music industry, you’ve got to stand out from the competition. Getting your sound out of your best mate’s garage and into the public’s ears is not an easy step, especially if you have no way of dominating public space.

Rehearsing late nights, perfecting your sound, paying off your equipment or just partying too hard has probably left you with no time to even start thinking about your image. But getting noticed is critical – you have to make a huge visual impact or people won’t even stick around long enough to hear what it is you can do.

Banded is a brand new resource developed to get new talent exposed and attracting attention. It’s a community that fuses creative design with contemporary music, generating original design material to get bands, musicians and audio artists noticed. But even if you’re already signed up, polishing platinum discs and touring America, Banded can still help in developing your promotional material and publicity campaigns.

Banded significantly improves the visual impact you make on your audience using conceptual designs, illustration and artwork tailored to your specifications. You could soon have your very own merchandise logos, trendy music videos, album artwork, interactive websites and media, plus a shed load more.

If you’re in a band, a dance outfit or are a solo artist, singer/songwriter or stage performer, sign up to the Banded community and your music will never look the same again.

Music FAQ

(For Venue and Industry Professional FAQ click here)

So, I still don't get it, what do you do?
Banded is a unique design service dedicated to generating promotional material for bands, musicians and audio artists. You can use the service to get logos, websites, posters and much much more designed for your music.

How does it work?
If you click here you will find the Banded Community entry form. Submit your details, including which products you want Banded to design and you’ll be contacted shortly after by a Banded representative – an artist or designer collaborating with Banded.
You’ll speak with the rep yourselves, work out all the design notes, costing details and basically how the project is going to be arranged, and before you know it, your band will have its very own original Banded products.

How do I get my band on your website?
Good question.
To get your band on the Billed listing you need to join the Banded Community. To join the community, you have to use the Banded service. As soon as you’ve completed a design project with a Banded representative, you’ll automatically be offered a FREE space on the listing, which gives you much greater online exposure. Read our service Terms and Conditions for more info.

How do I get my music on your website?
Banded has a unique music playing feature called Festighoul - an online music festival for the living dead. It's a place where Banded fans can infect themselves with the festighoul virus, display photographs of their undead selves and listen to streaming tracks exclusively from Banded Community members. A one-year track placement into the Festighoul playlist costs only £6.00 and will be listened to by all of the zombie fans gathering at Festighoul. Full terms and conditions are here.

Why can't I find prices on your website?
Banded products are all priced differently because the creative process to generate them is so varied. In order to ensure your products communicate the exact message of your music and band-image, your rep will be design them from scratch, using many new and unique design methods. The price of your product will depend on exactly what your design entails. You can clear this up with your rep before you get started.

Got another question?
If you want to contact Banded about designing a product for you, you need to visit the Sign Up pages. But if you have a question that's not been answered above, try asking it here: mail@banded.co.uk