myBands is a crisp, clean, and concise mobile concert app designed to reduce all the clutter and extra information that come with other concert apps.

The menu includes three tabs: Concerts, My Artists, and Settings. The menu bar is placed at the bottom of the screen throughout the app to give the user a reference to their position in the app and easy navigation ability. Considering users will often be using this app to search for artists or events they have heard of, a search mechanism is placed in the top right corner on every screen. An additional post feature is included for users hoping to promote their own band’s events to other local users.

Concerts Tab

Nearby Events lets the user know about events that are occurring within their indicated location and radius—through settings—while My Events helps the user keep track of which artists they are planning to see and the date of the events. The concerts on both pages are listed by date. By clicking one of these events, the user will navigate to a screen displaying the information about the artist, lineup, date, location, and venue. If the user chooses to attend an event, they are immediately given Ticket Purchasing options and the event will be placed under My Events.

My Artists Tab

Under the artists tab, the user has a list of artists they have chosen to follow. This makes it easier for the user to find the concerts of their favorite artists. The user can simply click on a listed artist and navigate to an artist page that includes artist info, similar artists, and the dates, locations, and venues of their upcoming concerts. Within these artist pages, a follow option can be selected or unselected to add or remove artists from the “my artists” tab.

Settings Tab

The settings tab has three important features: change location, adjust radius, and change account info. Change location determines the center of the radius. The adjust radius option allows the user to determine how local they want their Nearby Events to be. Change account info includes the ability to update profile info—username and password—and upgrade to a band profile. The band profile upgrade requires that the user pays a small rate to promote their band by granting them access to the Post feature (described below).

Post Feature

The post feature is designed for users who have upgraded to a band profile and would like to promote their own events to local users. By clicking the + symbol in the top left corner of the Concerts tab, the user navigates to a screen where they can enter information about their event and post it to Nearby Events for users within the radius.

Video Demo

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myBands Prototype Anonymous Reviews

Really cool prototype its pretty perfect! The trouble I have with personalized music apps like this is that theres too much noise and info on bands i have no interest in. The over-simplification makes it so much better than anything out there. AWESOME DESIGN! I really like how you allow the user to look at nearby events but also you allow the user to keep a list of favorite artists… One of my favorite features was how you allow the user to adjust the radius of the searching…[I] think it is the best way to adjust this particular setting especially since it is so central to the overall functionality of the app. This app does an excellent job of putting together a cohesive flow of all the features I see as essential for such an app…The color scheme is crisp and navigation is made easy through familiar symbols. I really appreciate how simple and crisp the app is; for the most part, the flow of the app seems logical and would seem to make sense to a new user.

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