Music on your webpage?

Antithesis · May 8, 2008

If I'm looking at a professional grade website with amazing work on it, I feel music downgrades it substantially. I have to agree with JIP on this one.

Also, if your using royalty free music, it's likely not the best or recognizable music. If you have a popular song that you know will appeal to the largest demographic, it'll probably cost a fortune in royalties. I'd say, just skip it.

Sarah23 · May 8, 2008

It depends on the music. If it is quiet and not annoying, then I dont mind it. I dont want something BLARING through my speakers though...or anything offensive or aggrivating. If its like that I just close the page or quickly turn it off.

Rachelsne · May 8, 2008

depends on the music, do you need permision from the artist to play music? I would have thought you do, unles its library music

EricBrian · May 8, 2008

Yeah... no music. None! I don't stay on sites that have music embedded. I don't want to listen to your music since 99.99999999% of the time, I will have mine going.

Dang, I didn't think my feelings were that strong regarding music in web pages.

celery · May 8, 2008

Very rarely does music enhance a website, most of the time I just sigh and close the site when I hear music.

But if you want to see a site that uses music and is a piece of art in and of itself (in terms of website design and not fine arts), then visit www.2advanced.com . They are a web design firm and create amazing websites.

EricBrian · May 8, 2008

Sandspur said:
I also - usually - have a yard full of birds. And I would much prefer to hear them most of the time.

Lucky you.

PerrieBelle · May 12, 2008

I personally hate it....

I am often listening to my own music on my pc and so it just annoys me when a site has music playing.

Me and my boyfriend run a webdesign/illustration company from home.. so I see a lot of sites... and music on them just doesn't do it for me.