Site check for new site

[ardent]

Please check this out and let me know if there are any glitches. Thanks.

http://ardentnewmedia.com/

[Timmee_3Styler]

- loading text should be more crisp
- didnt like the drop down menu for your portfolio tho
- it looks nice and clean btw =D

[Zarathustra]

My initial impression of your site was that your composition of image and layout is very well executed. Professional and just nice looking.
//critique 1
The red text is not good on a black background. If you really want to viewer to read this, try white or light grey. Black absorbs all color, and since it dominates the background, the colored text will fade too much into it.
//critique 2
Navigation. the drop down menu hides pertinent links to your site, and is generally a bad idea to use this as the primary access to your body of work. And if you honestly love the drop down, maybe you could add a "Click Links Below" text (or something like that) in the visible part of the drop down bar. Also, once a specific site is accessed from the drop down, the navigation shifts, replacing the drop down with project information. It took me a bit of time to notice that the navigation had then been reduced to some text in the lower right area of the window. Non-linear navigation is bad design, and should be avoided.
//critique 3
Sound. It continues to play in the background even after a new website is launched via "View Site." the music should turn off, or mute, while another site is launched, otherwise music from your site and another site you designed will collide and create an unpleasant (if not annoying) viewer experience.
Overall I liked it, it looked really good. Keep it up.