2. Age – Target Market
The main amount of people who answered my survey
about music magazines were aged between 14 and 16
with a few people 17+. This means I would aim my
magazine for teenagers and over so I would chose artists
to write about what create music that isn’t for young
people. This also means my target audience is more
mature so the colours would be more mature.
3. Music Genre
The main genre chosen by 40% of my target
market was pop. Followed by a close second
of 30% Indie. So I have chosen to create a
magazine for indie pop artist as this suits the
main amount of people who would be likely to
buy my magazine.
4. Type of artists
A mixture of both established and up and
coming artist was the main choice of what the
target audience would like to see on the front
cover of a music magazine. I have decided I will
use a mixture of the both as I can use models of
my own and create a story and then use pre-
existing artists to add to it and attract further
customers.
5. Story Type
52% of people said they would like to read a
story about gossip. 37% of people said they
would like to read about up and coming tour
and music stories, the same amount of
people said interviews was a good thing they
would read about. I will write a mixture of up
and coming tours in an interview with a tour
review in there a bit as this is more formal for
an older audience rather than gossip, even
though this was the main response, I will mix
the next two together.
6. Freebies
When asked what they would like
additionally in a magazine the main
feedback said concert/festival tickets. I
will probable do a competition on the
front cover to give them a chance to
win them as this is more realistic then
giving away tickets without them
entering a competition.
7. Price
When asked how much they would be
willing to pay for a music magazine, the
main chunk of people said between £2
and £2.99. I will price it between these
numbers as I don’t want to make it too
expensive and no one buys it, however I
don’t want to make it look cheap by
selling it for a really low price.
8. Colour Scheme
The main colour scheme reviews
said was black and gold, 33%
selected that. However this may be
hard to chose as it doesn’t stand out
as much and could be hard to find
a good gold colour. I am more likely
to chose Black and Red as 22%
chose this and it will stand out to a
lot of audience.
9. Artists
A lot of the responses said they
preferred Ed Sheeran, Arctic Monkeys
and The 1975. These are all indie pop
artists so featuring them in my
magazine would give it star factors
and more people would be attracted
to it.
10. Social Media
The main social media chosen by my
target audience was twitter and
facebook. I will use a social media for
different platforms and to attract more
people. I will not use tumlbr as very little
people chose this as an option.
