Another one of our Quest for the 3d Game Lab in my Humanities
101 class is titled, Pop Music Website
Analysis. In this Quest, our assignment is to pick a music group or singer
in which we like, look at the official website for that band or group and how
the visual and participatory elements of the website work with or against the
image that the band or singer's music creates.
For this Quest, I am picking the well-known Country Music
Star Toby Keith. I grew up spending many of my teenage years in a suburb of
Oklahoma City. Toby Keith is originally from a town in Oklahoma called Clinton,
which is approximately 70 miles from the town which I lived in. He currently
lives outside of the City of Norman, Oklahoma which is approximately 35 miles
from the town in which I lived in while in Oklahoma. Toby Keith has stuck to his down home Oklahoma roots which are heard in much of his music and seen in many of his music videos. I believe that Toby Keith
has written and sang some of the best country songs of our time. Many of the
songs which he has written and sang over the years are not only great country
music songs but are also patriotic to the United States of America and
supportive to our past and current military troops. Some of his more popular
patriotic songs are “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” “American Soldier,” “American
Ride,” and “Made in America.”
Toby Keith is very well known for supporting the United
States Military and for making regular guest appearances overseas to visit with
and perform for our troops who are deployed to foreign nations. With how his
official fan website is currently designed, one of the very first things
noticed when one accesses the website are the colors of Red, White and Blue,
which we all know to be the colors of the United States of America Flag. At the
top of the page is written “Toby Keith” in big bold white colored letters which
appear to be faded possibly like an old pair of western jeans or an old Stetson
cowboy hat.
On both sides of the words “Toby Keith” there is red colored
5-point stars which are the style of the stars which appear on the flag of the
United States of America. In the background of this same area of the main
website page is a photograph of Toby Keith performing for a crowd at what
appears to be a venue containing a large amusement park. In my opinion, this
photo also depicts the “party life” which Toby Keith also seems to be very well
known for. Alongside of his patriotic music, many of Toby Keith’s other songs
are related directly to the party scene and drinking of alcohol. A few of these
songs are “I love this Bar,” “Beer for my Horses,” “Whiskey Girl” and his
latest single, “Red Solo Cup.”
Most of the text on the website is written in bold and is
either the color Red or the color Blue, also showing Toby Keith’s patriotism to
the United States. I think that the website was designed very well to portray
Toby Keith’s love for the United States and his respect to the members of our
military branches. The website is just enough visually appealing with graphics,
colors, links and videos to catch the viewers’ attention but not so
overwhelming with colors and graphics making it too much to comprehend and
focus on. The main theme of the website is obviously patriotism, promoting a “Downhome”
yet “Upbeat” style of country music.
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