Tuesday 2 November 2010

Music Magazine House Style Ideas & Questionnaire



This is a sample of different colours and fonts i will experiment with for my house style for my music magazine. My favourite fonts are the second and third ones. For my masthead, i will most likely use the third font as it is more detailed and bolder. The second font would be used as subheadings and i would use the last font as text within the magazine.


Music Magazine Questionnaire
Male or female:
Age:
1.    What genre of music do you feel is your favourite (tick all that apply)?
Indie/Alternative
Rock  
House
Rap
Metal
Soul
Other (please state) _____________________________________________


2.    What (if any) of these music magazines do you read?
Q Magazine
NME
Kerrang!
Mojo                           
Rolling Stone
Other (please state) ____________________________________________


3.   What kind of features do you expect to see in music magazines?


4.   What price would you pay for a music magazine?


5.   Would you expect freebies with a music magazine?


6.   Are there any artists you admire that influence your lifestyle? (E.g.- clothing)


7.    Who is your favourite singer/band?


8.   Do you go to watch and support local bands?


9.   What social group do you feel you fit into most?
       Emo, Chav, Indie, Clubber, Goth, Pop Prince(ess), Skater, Other


10. Circle your favourite artists from this list:
      Paramore, Madness, Katy Perry, Fall out Boy, The Cure, Bruno Mars, None, JayZ, Metallica, LL cool J
RESULTS
The age range of these questionnaire results is 16-17 and the main gender is female. 3 males and 7 females took this questionnaire.
1. Out of 10 people that took this questionnaire, 6 said Indie/Alternative, 2 said Rap,1 said House and 1 said
Rock
2. Out of 10 people that took this questionnaire, 5 said Kerrang, 2 said NME and 3 said none
3. The main features people wanted to see in music magazines included: Competitions, exclusive interviews, posters and top bands of the month.

4. The price people would pay for a music magazine ranged from £1-£5.00, I would settle in the middle for £2.50-£3.00.

5. Out of 10 people that took this questionnaire, 8 said they would expect freebies and 2 said they wouldn't.

6. Some of the artists named that influenced lifestyle included, Hayley Williams of Paramore, Matt Bellamy of Muse, rapper Jayz and
Lady Gaga.
7. Out of 10 people that took this questionnaire, 2 people said Enter Shikari, 1 said Jay Z, 3 said Paramore, 1 said Fall Out Boy, 2 said Lady Gaga, and 1 said Katy Perry.

8. Out of 10 people that took this questionnaire, 6 said they DO go to support local bands and 4 said they DONT go and support local bands.

9. Out of 10 people that took this questionnaire 1 person circled Emo, 1 person circled Chav, 4 people circled Indie, 2 circled Pop Prince(ess) and 2 circled other.

10. Paramore were circled 4 times, Madness were circled once, Katy Perry was circled 4 times, Fall out Boy were circled 3 times, The Cure were circled twice, Bruno Mars was circled 3 times, None was circled once, Jay Z was circled twice, Metallica was circled once and LL Cool J was circled once.

The majority of these answers reveal that these readers are mainly Indie/Alternative that read magazines like Kerrang or NME. Most of the features people like to see are Posters, Competitions, Bands of the Month and exclusive interviews. The acceptable price range would be between £2 and £3. Most of these people would expect some sort of freebie from a magazine.
Popular people are Lady Gaga, Hayley Williams, Jay Z and Matt Bellamy. The most popular favourite bands/singers were Lady Gaga, Paramore and Enter Shikari. Most of these readers DO go to support local bands. Fall out boy, Katy Perry and  Paramore were the most popular artists and most people consider themselves in the indie category.

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