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Beyond From Within – Psychedelic Band

Steve Andrews’ band, Beyond From Within, had a website that had been online a few years. It wasn’t mobile friendly, and didn’t have the flexibility that they wished for, as they grow their fan base.

This redesigned website was built to showcase the band’s music and videos, and to share the ever-growing number of reviews and other press that they’ve been receiving.

I added a custom music player, so listeners can preview the band’s eponymous album, “Beyond From Within.”

The color scheme and graphics were carefully chosen to convey that vintage psychedelic aesthetic – and to coordinate with the band’s album cover.

Steve wanted lots of movement and asked for images that would replicate a 1960s-style liquid lightshow. This was added in the header of all pages, and in the sidebar on selected pages.

See the new site at BeyondFromWithin.com.

Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek

Poet, playwright and novelist Michael McClure and the late Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, met at The Doors’ third recording session.

Their spoken work / jazz collaboration spanned thirty years. During that time they performed together throughout the United States, and released several CDs and a DVDs.

I took charge of their website over 13 years ago. During that time, the site has had several different incarnations. In 2014 we unveiled a radical new design, which you can see here.

This site neatly organizes information about Michael and Ray individually, as well as their collaborations. It also includes writings by some friends, and features a mailing list so that visitors can be notified of upcoming events, as well as additions to the website.

Visit McClure-Manzarek.com.

(And be sure to also check out Michael McClure’s site, Michael-McClure.com!)

Empty Mirror

Empty Mirror began its life in 2000, as a bookselling site. Since then, it’s grown by leaps and bounds as its focus grew away from selling books, and more toward discussing them – and art and music, too.

Every few years we’ve rolled out a fresh design, but in 2012 Empty Mirror re-launched it as a full-fledged online magazine. In October 2014, we once again redesigned the site.

The Empty Mirror site features include grid-based archives pages, advertising, social media integration, and an email newsletter as well as over 700 hundred posts. The site now is updated several times weekly, and has tens of thousands of visitors each month.

We also fully manage Empty Mirror’s Twitter account which currently has over 17,000 followers.

Visit Empty Mirror Arts Magazine.

Lenita Sheridan, Author

Lenita Sheridan

Lenita Sheridan’s debut novel, Guardian of the Gauntlet, is a children’s fantasy novel, with a Christian basis, and an empowering message for girls.

Lenita needed a simple website which would spotlight the book, share an excerpt, and make it easy for her site’s visitors to buy it at their choice of online bookstores.

The site also features Lenita’s author biography, and a space for readers to share their comments and reviews.

The design is light & airy, and coordinates with the book cover’s theme and colors.

Lenita is currently working on the sequel to Guardian of the Gauntlet!