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And on the new one. I did email Rachel about the background, as I thought it was a tad busy, and the new one is a smidge better, but as you say, could be improved. Maybe just de-satting it down to 10%? I'm also not entirely convinced with so much being in red, it's such an in-yer-face colour, whereas the montages and the songs are anything but agressive, and it doesn't quite seem to mesh. You want to be positive, and not have anything mimsy, but it does come at you off the screen and almost pushes everything else into the background. As the site is still in beta mode, could you play around with that as well? Meant in the spirit of constructive criticism, from someone long (some would say too long!) in the business.

Sounds good. Don't know how much control you have over the intensity of the colours, but even perhaps dark grey/white rather than ultra-high-contrast black and white - rather depends on what the design is. Do you mean b&w photos, i.e. shades of grey? That would work well. You do want to catch - and keep - the eye, but it's the on-site videos, links to the other videos, subscriptions etc. that are the important things, they're the ones that need to be brought forward. Mind you, they're also part of the problem, because they're separate chunks, rather than an altogether whole. But I guess there's not a lot you can do about that. The background has to be the link, without taking over. Who'd be a graphic designer, eh? Having said that, Rachel's own site, with Macca in blue, is easier on the eye - it doesn't bounce around so much, if you know what I mean, though it's on the same template. Have fun experimenting!

Yes, it looks great - and different, so should well catch the eye and lead it to the items people are interested in. And it definitely suits their style. Sorry this reply is so late, Google (and I think Yuku is part of that empire) was playing up yesterday, everything was jamming. You probably heard the language across the ocean!