CLASSMATES SITES~ 1. Domenica's: I love her homepage with the picture. I think it is very abstract and beautiful, and the colors compliment her colorscheme in the webpage. I also enjoy her Flash animation with the text, and how she varies it throughout different links. The vertical text is really cool too, as is the use of flash paper for her resume. 2. Danby's: Her color scheme is also very beautiful, and the banner with the rain at the top of the page is awesome. My only comment on the banner for improvement is that the white text is a bit hard to read against some of the raindrops, but perhaps is she just moved the text up a bit away from some of the drops it would be more legible. I also wish that her name were on the top of the page, too, so we know the person doing the website. 3. Maria's: Although it's anything but simple, it looks simple and elegant. The colors are clean, the text clear, and the navigation smooth. Especially impressive is her use of streaming audio so that the view knows the mp3 is on its way, rather than thinking that it didn't load. I would like there to be a gallery or photos link to see her play-that's the one thing I would suggest she add. Good work everyone!!

THOUGHTS ON THE COURSE... I felt the strongest features of this class were being able to go indepth into many software applications. Being taught Flash and Dreamweaver, two programs that are very hard to learn on one's own, was an extremely valuable asset that will help me extensively down the road. And having the website up and started is absolutely fantastic!!! I'm thrilled this is a product of the course. Although it's hard to fit anymore into an already busy class syllabus, I would have liked to do an intro to Fireworks and Contribute because they came in the package sold at the NYU bookstore and I don't know too much about what they do.

Before submitting my website for job consideration, however, there are several things I'd like to improve on my website: Within the "about" page, I'd like to have to separate popup windows, one being a traditional resume, the other being my bio. The opening animation in flash is a little off with timing- I think it takes too long to load. Within the "photos" page I need to create another window with navigation bars that enable the viewer to scroll through more pictures. As it is now, there is only room for 3 pics because they are loaded onto the main page. Same thing goes for the schedule page-because there is no separate window there isn't room to load all of my concerts coming up. I'd love to have a "past performances" section as well. In the "Listen" page, I ran into a bunch of problems with the Flash buttons. I've successfully loaded soundfiles and published them before, but when trying to do this page I kept getting a "syntax error" form. Tried for hours to figure it out, but no luck yet! I'll keep trying! Once I tidy these up a bit, I'd also like to work out a few timeline issues within the whole webpage to make it flow more. Over the next few months I'd love to further my knowledge of Dreamweaver and Flash to produce more elaborate websites in a more time efficient manner: I think this will be well worth the effort in furthering my ability for PR and marketing for my life as a performer.

Thoughts on my website... I have learned so much from doing this project! Building a website is something I've always wanted to do, as it is such a useful tool for the modern musician. As a performer, I have had to complete many an audition packet and deal with printing resumes, burning CDs, mailing lables, postoffices... now that I'm working towards an "electronic press kit" I can say goodbye to the hassle of hard copy mailing. There are so many jobs, auditions, and clubs that recommend applying online, and now I can fulfill all of their application requirements with a few clicks of some Flash buttons!