Music websites

Music website design fans can actually find

Tour dates, music, merch and mailing list, all on a site you actually own.

Grain and Graft, Macclesfield · 07476 485436

Quiet Planet · Music and entertainment

quietplanet.com
Quiet Planet website, desktop view

Case studies

Recent work

kerfaudio.com
Kerf Audio website, desktop view

Kerf Audio · Macclesfield

Kerf Audio makes creative audio tools for music production. We built its website, store and licensing, and worked with its developers so that a purchase unlocks the software on the customer's own machine.

92
mobile Lighthouse performance score
100
Lighthouse accessibility and SEO scores
3.0s
largest contentful paint on mobile
Read the Kerf Audio case study
soundtracker.com
Soundtracker website, desktop view

Soundtracker · Music and entertainment

Custom WordPress platform for a music discovery service. Advanced search, user profiles and integration with external music databases.

10k+
active users
4.8/5
satisfaction
Sub 1.5s
load time
Read the Soundtracker case study
A microphone on an empty stage in warm amber stage light

Why music website design has to be something you own

Good music website design starts from one fact: social platforms change their algorithms, their fees and their terms without asking, and none of them are built to sell your merch or grow your own mailing list. Whether you are a solo artist, a band, a label, a venue or a studio, the site needs to be the one place online that stays entirely yours: your dates, your streaming links, your merch, and your audience's contact details, not rented space on someone else's platform. It needs to be simple to update on the road or between sessions, and it needs to look and feel as good as the music, the room or the studio does.

What it includes

Built in from day one

  • One home base you own

    Everything about you in one place you control outright, not spread across platforms that can change the rules.

  • Dates that stay current

    Add a show, session or event once and it appears everywhere on the site it needs to, updatable from your phone.

  • Music and merch, properly linked

    Streaming links and merch sit on your own site where people are already looking, not hidden behind a bio link.

  • An audience you can actually reach

    A mailing list built into the site, so you own that list instead of renting an audience from a platform.

Built where it gets a proper listen

We build music sites at our desk in Grain and Graft, Macclesfield, and every player, preview and embed gets a listen on good headphones before it goes live.

  • Studio headphones resting on a timber desk
  • Desk set-up with a monitor, webcam and audio interface

Process

How we build for your trade

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  1. Learn the trade

    A free call about your business, your customers and the one job your website has to do well, whether that is a booking, an order or an enquiry.

  2. Plan the pages around that job

    We map out the pages and features a business like yours needs, and leave out the ones it does not.

  3. Design and build

    The site is designed around your brand, not a template, then built to be fast, secure and easy for you to update.

  4. Launch and keep it working

    After launch we keep the site fast, secure and backed up, and can carry on with SEO and marketing if you want to keep growing.

Common questions

Why do I need a website if I already have social media and streaming profiles?

Those platforms can change their rules or disappear; a website is the one place online that stays entirely yours.

Can fans buy merch directly through the site?

Yes, we build merch and direct sales into the site itself, rather than sending people to a separate platform.

Can I keep dates and listings up to date myself?

Yes, you add a show, session or event once and it appears everywhere on the site it needs to.

Do you build sites for labels, venues and studios as well as artists?

Yes, the same approach works for solo artists, bands, labels, venues, and rehearsal or recording studios.

07476 485436hello@fortymileswest.co.uk

Grain and Graft, Macclesfield

Let's talk about your website

Book a free discovery call with Danny. No obligation, no sales script, just a proper conversation about your business.

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