Site layout critique

I have thrown together a quick draft of the design i want to use for a music fan club site. I would like to get some critiques/suggestions on the layouts and anything else i should look into .

The first one is the slash page if you will, and the second link is the how the content and menu will be laid out. This design is by far no where near finished i have alot of detailing to add in but wanted to get a critique on the layout before i start adding all teh fiddly things to it.

Thanks in advance.

[COLOR=Red]Splash Page[/COLOR] | [URL=“http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2015/inc028sh.jpg”][COLOR=Red]Contents Area[/COLOR]

J.

P.s the text that is displayed is only to give me an idea of placement.=)