Part 1 of 2  ·  Where things stand today

Soular sounds incredible.
Right now, the website undersells it.

Before we design anything new, let's take an honest look at where things stand — on your site today, and on two of the bands couples are comparing you to.


A Look In The Mirror

Your website, as it exists right now

This is soular.ca, live and unedited below. Scroll around inside it — this is exactly what a couple sees the moment they land on the page.

www.soular.ca
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Let's Start With The Good

What's already working in your favour

This redesign isn't starting from zero. There's real substance here — it's the presentation that needs to catch up.

One

15+ years on Toronto stages

Soular has been a working, respected name in Toronto weddings and events longer than most competitors have even existed.

Two

Genuinely glowing reviews

Real couples, real praise, and a lot of it. That's the kind of word-of-mouth most bands would kill for.

Three

Trusted by the industry

Listed with WeddingWire, EventSource and WedLuxe — the exact platforms couples use to vet vendors before they ever call.

Four

A true one-stop shop

Band, DJ, and full audio/video production all under one roof. Most competitors only offer part of that.


Now, The Honest Part

Where the current site is letting you down

None of this is about the band — it's entirely about how the website represents it. Here's what a couple actually runs into today.

The booking form doesn't workHighest priority

The page whose entire job is turning interest into bookings shows an apology for a broken contact form. Anyone who fills it out risks their inquiry going nowhere — and never following up by phone or email instead.

The reviews look like a mistake

Some five-star-sounding testimonials are shown right next to a "2.0 rating" label. It reads as a glitch — and glitches make people trust everything else on the page a little less.

It feels stuck several years in the past

Most of the performance videos are over a decade old, and the site itself hasn't visibly changed in a couple of years. For a band performing constantly today, that's the wrong first impression to give.

There's no one to actually meet

No names, no faces, no musician bios anywhere on the site. Couples are hiring real people for one of the biggest days of their lives — right now, they can't see who those people are.

It's slow to load, especially on phones

A large video starts playing automatically the second the page opens. On a phone, on mobile data, in a parking lot between venue tours — that's exactly the wrong moment to make someone wait.

The writing could describe almost any band

Nothing on the page captures what actually makes Soular's sound and story different. It reads like a template — not like the band people are raving about in their own reviews.


Who Else Is In The Room

How Soular stacks up against the competition

We looked at four other established Toronto wedding entertainment acts — TTK Events, St. Royal Entertainment, Stereo Flavour, and Parkside Drive — because couples are comparing you against all of them, often in the very same browser tab.

Soular
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TTK Events
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St. Royal
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Stereo Flavour
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Parkside Drive
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What couples notice Soular TTK Events St. Royal Stereo Flavour Parkside Drive
First impression
Meeting the band
Getting a quote
Feels current
Tells its own story
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Soular has the strongest track record of the group — 15+ years, real reviews, real range of services. The site just isn't saying so yet.

Next: what the new site could look like

The good news is everything above is fixable — and most of it comes down to presentation, not substance. Part two of this proposal walks through real design directions for the new site.

View Design Options → Part 2 of 2
Prepared for Soular  ·  Website Redesign Proposal  ·  Part 1: Site Analysis