We have been looking at famous musicians' websites who we think are similar in style to the way we are aiming to promote Adash. I looked at Patti Smith and Nirvana's websites; I thought this was a good selection of artists as they are both in different stages of their careers: Nirvana are no longer active following the death of their frontman, but still have a huge cult following, and Patti Smith is still alive but has mostly retired as a musician and now writes books and promotes performances as 'words and music'.
Patti Smith's website is very minimal but has many links to different pages. Her website does not follow typical conventions of an artists' website as it is not entirely self-promotional; one link takes the user to a page she has written about her dogs, and another takes you to a tribute she has written to artist Lou Reed. Her website is overall very minimalistic and focuses entirely on the content of the page instead of unnecessary decoration.
As Nirvana are completely inactive as a band, but the two living members are independently active as musicians,
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