1. Publication plan
STROKES(Dock11)
Title:
Positioning Statement:Indie rocking your socks off
Frequency of Publication:Monthly
Price: £2.30
Distribution:Music shops, websites, supermarket, subscription, digital (eg. news stand on the
iPhone) and News agents.
Rationale:This is going to contain current news throughout the indie music industry and will include
current albums, songs, gigs and concert reviews; at the same time giving the reader a chance to win
prizes or freebies with the magazine. This is going to be an original magazine to fill the indie rock
market where it is going to compete with other music magazine such as Q, Kerrang and NME
Magazine.
Style: The style will include simple basic language to be clearly understood by my age range.This is
so that the information that I put is easily understood. I will layout the page in columns and
breakdown the articles with paragraphs and drop capitals; this makes it more inviting to read.
Regular Contents:
Gig reviews
Gig guides
subscriptions
news within the music industry
New album releases this month
Top 40 Indie recommended indie rock music this month
Reader’s indie rock corner- reviews and opinions from you
Featured Contents:
Brennan ‘Unleash the indie in me’-New interview of an upcoming aspiring indie artist
Featuring new Indie artists-Such as Donora, The Hives and Last Note.
Basics: Buying a good guitar- Guitarist’s guide to a perfect pitched guitar.
Seasonal articles- Christmas special with Oasis
Arctic Monkeys Members Profile- Get to know more about the Arctic Monkeys one
by one.
100 Top rated Indie bands- Look at what rank your favourite band is at on our official
Indie band Interviews featuring- Last note
John Moore going solo- Find out Moore’s future plans in being a solo artist
Indie rock vs The World- Find out the rise and fall of the indie rock band industry and
how indie rock became mainstream

2. Glastonbury Music festival: Indie bands Edition- Discover New indie band and artists
that you’ve come across in Glastonbury.
End of an Era Indie music Festival coming up November 2013
Zak Starkey Oasis drummer single debut interview
The Killers song review: 'Just Another Girl'
MTV EMA: Imagine Dragons EMA’s performance back stage interview pass
The Strokes tribute to Lou Reed along with David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys and More...
The truth about Auletta- Revealing everything to you
The Maine: Tour de England exclusive behind the scene interview
The Hives: Top hats and bow ties interview
UK Indie band generation 2013- The reign of indie rock bands are rising
The Strokes Returning in the scene for 2014?
The Wombats rise to fame this 2014? –Why should you listen to The Wombats?
House style
Cover lines:
BebasNeue
Headlines: Kozuka
Gothic Pro H
Stand first:14ptKozuka gothic Pro B
Features first paragraph:BEBAS12pt
Drop Capital:BEBAS4 lines
Body text:Gadugi11pt
Colour Scheme: brown, red and black.