1. What is your gender?
I have used this question because it will help me with find out who my target
audience is and if male or female listen to Indie most.
How old are you?
This question is also relevant to finding out my target audience. It will tell me what
age group listens to Indie music the most which will help when I am thinking of my
target audience.
Who is your favourite band or singer?
My reason for using this question is so that I will know by what their favourite
singer or band is the type of music that they listen to and it will also help me with
my feature articles and the front cover image.
Do you like Indie music?
This question is important because if I chose Indie as my genre and no one even
liked that type of music, no one would buy my magazine. It is important to know if
people like the genre of music you are planning to do.
2. What three words do you associate with Indie?
I chose to do this question because it could help me come up with a title for my
magazine.
What three colours do you think best associates with Indie?
This question was in my questionnaire because I could use the answers to help make
my decision about what my colour scheme will be which will make it appeal to the
target audience.
What images do you associate with Indie?
Using the question will help me decide what images to use for my main image on the
front cover and any subsidiary images that I want.
What is the highest amount you would pay for a music magazine?
This question is important because if I put the price over £3 then maybe no one will
buy it and if I put the price to low I would probably lose profit so it is important to
know how much the readers are willing to pay for a magazine.
How often do you buy music magazines?
Using this question will help me decide the frequency of publication for my magazine.
3. What do you like about the music magazines you currently read?
This question will help me make decisions about the design and content of my
magazine and make it more appealing to my target audience.
What do you dislike about the music magazines you currently read?
Again, this is important because it will help me make decisions about the design and
content of my magazine also it will tell me what not put on it as the readers do not
like it.
Which is your favourite music magazine?
I have used this question because it will tell me how they like there magazines and
what they would normally read.
Would you be interested in getting a free gift? If so which would you prefer
People may like a free gift inside the magazine and if they do I would like to know
what type of stuff they would prefer in it. I have put free posters, gig guides and I
have also put other so they can list what they would like.
Have you ever been to see an Indie band in the past?
This would tell me whether people would go to see Indie bands live or they just prefer
to listen to the music at home.
4. Would you like a competition in the magazine?
This will help to decide whether or not to put in a competition for those who would read
the magazine.
What Indie bands do you listen to?
This question will help me to decide on images, the colour scheme and content on the
magazine.
Who is your favourite Indie band?
This will tell me the type of Indie bands people like and if there is anything on the
magazines for those bands that I could use to appeal more to my audience.
Which Indie bands do you dislike?
This will tell me the type of bands that people do not like and will help me in making my
magazine by helping me with the content, the colour scheme and the images.
What type of stories would you like to see on the front cover?
This question is important because if I used boring stories that people don’t want to read
then they won’t buy my magazine, but if they told me the type of stories that they like
to see on magazines it would make my magazine seem more interesting an appeal to
my target audience.
How would you like the layout of the contents page?
This question tells me whether people would prefer the contents page to have mainly
writing or mainly images.
How would you like the contents page to be laid out?
This will tell me whether people would prefer that the contents page have sections or if
they would just like it to have the regulars and features.