Hi Reb,

  After building my own site not to long ago, I certainly appreciate how much work, time, and expense went into your site! That being said, I was thinking that the banners went a bit to fast also, until I realized that clicking on one would pause on that banner, with the option of clicking on the next banner. That was a nice touch.

  Unless I missed it, I would suggest some sort of a blog where you can add new content on a regular basis to keep people coming back. That was a big drawback with my old site. The only thing that ever changed was my calendar page, and once in a while someone would leave a new post on my comment page. Other than that, once fans had seen my site, there really wasn't any reason for them to come back.

 On my new site I have a blog on my home page where I try to post new content fairly often (OK…I admit, I slacked off a bit this past month!) One thing I blog about is recent gigs and how much fun I had. I have some fans that live too far away to see me very often, and this helps to make them feel included, and keeps thier interest up. I also want to start a video blog page where I can make short informal videos where I just talk to my fans, maybe share a new song I'm working on……anything that will keep them interested and wanting to come back to see what is new. I think the key point is to have the new content one of the first things visitors see when they return to your site.

  Also, if it was me, I would move the invitation to join your mailing list closer to the top of the page where it would be hard to miss. There is a lot of info on your home page and it might be too easy for a reader to get distracted before they sign up.

Hope this didn't sound too critical, overall it's really a pretty nice site!