But on Twitter you'll see pictures from the tour, funny comments about something that happened back stage, or (if the band is smart) tweets about how excited they are to be in whatever city they're in & interaction with their fans. More of the same on FB, sometimes you get video of last nights performance, longer praise for how great the crowd was. The website? Still says "Album is out now" and only has pics from the last tour a few months back.
I think we're witnessing the death of the practical website for bands/musicians/artists. To send things off to a webmaster, wait for it all to be processed & updated takes too long, plus there's little interaction from the band. The best twitter accounts/FB pages are the ones where the band responds to peoples comments and you know it's the band as they sign off in a certain way that you know it's their personality, rather then the cold/blunt response from a webmaster or band rep.
The Pack a.d. http://thepackad.com/
Hollerado http://www.hollerado.com
Truthfully, I'm glad it's taken this direction, it brings a human element to the online world & makes a band seem down to earth as well as respectable. Gone are the rock star attitudes of the past, in this day & age it doesn't matter who you are, those attitudes are never warranted.
Only downside is that there isn't a great deal for a custom look on a bands twitter/FB page like there is with a website, small price to pay and I would imagine there are plans in place to fix that (if not, there's some very skilled hackers out there).
Only question now, is there actually a need for a .com address?
