2. Q1. What gender are you?
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33
Gender
Male Female
Over half of the people who
completed my survey were
Females. However, this will
not mean that I will aim my
magazines at Females.
Although, I have to take in to
consideration that my results
will be quite biased.
3. Q2. How old are you?
1 4
14
97
1
8
11
Age
14 15 16 17 18 19 20-30 31 - 40
The most commonly seen age was
16, however there was a different
variety of ages ranging from 14-44.
My target audience will be
teenagers, young adults and for
my secondary audience – adults
up to 30/40. Like the gender
results, this common age of 16
means my results will be biased.
4. Q3. Who is your favourite Indie Rock Artist?
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3
2
3
2
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2
2
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Artist
Jake Bugg Ian Brown Lana Del Ray
James Bay Oasis Arctic Monkeys
Noel Gallagher Chris Martin Paul Weller
Imagine Dragons Bastille Other that only had 1 vote
Most of my results said that Ian
Brown was their favourite Indie
Rock artist, I will include this artist
somewhere on my magazine, on
the front cover to attract
attention, and he will be a feature
article. I will also include most of
the other artists people have
suggested to attract all people.
5. Q4. Who is your favourite Indie Rock Band?
15
7
4
32
2
22
Band
Oasis Arctic Monkeys The Stone Roses
The 1975 New Order Coldplay
Others that only got 1 vote
Arctic Monkeys and Oasis were
the most popular bands. I will
include these artists
somewhere on my front cover
to attract attention but I will
also include most of the other
bands mentioned so that my
magazine will attract all.
6. Q5. What three words do you associate with Indie Rock?
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15
13
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
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2
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Words
Vibes Chilled/Chill Guitars
Cool Music Drums
Punk Concerts Festivals Bands/ Festivals
Hipster Fun Loud
Good Lyrics/Good Independent/Individual Real
Originality/Original Alternative Exciting
Tuneful Rock Friends/Mates
90s Manchester Relaxing
Amazing Others that only got 1 vote
The most popular words that were
mentioned were Chill/Chilled, Cool,
Guitars and Vibes. A couple of words
that only got 1 vote were Attitude,
Diverse and these caught my
attention, therefore I have decided to
make one of these my title for my
magazine which is Diverse.
7. Q6. What is your favourite colour?
7
16
2
8
4
11
2
1
1 1 1 1 1
Colour
Red Blue Pink Purple Black Green Yellow
Orange Brown White Grey Cyan Turquoise
I have collated the results from
what people’s favourite colours
are and Green, Blue and Purple
seem to be the most popular.
With this information, I am going
to include these colours on my
front cover, as highlight colours.
8. Q7. How often would you buy a music
magazine?
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6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Monthly Weekly
Out of 57 people, 51 people said
that they would buy a music
magazine monthly and the
other 6 said that they would buy
a magazine weekly. In this case,
the frequency of publication
that my magazine will have is
monthly, because people will
most likely want to buy it then.
9. Q8. What would make you buy a music
magazine?
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35
19
6
Buy
The Cover Star
Good Artists Featured
Extras/Gifts
Competitions
As 35 people said that they would be
more attracted to good artists
featured in the magazine, I will
include artists that people mentioned
in my questionnaire. This will make
them interested in my content. I will
also include competitions and extras
because my target audience said they
would buy a magazine with these in.
The cover star was the second most
voted so I will make sure the picture
of my cover star is good enough to
attract attention – I will think of good
angles and facial expressions.
10. Q9. How much would you pay for a music
magazine?
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
£1-£2 £2.50-£4 £5+
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4
The most voted price
range was £2.50-£4,
which means I will put
my price in the middle
of this price range, my
price will be £3.75.
11. Q10. What three colours do you associate with
Indie Rock?
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20
11
21
8
14
2 1
5
1 1
Colours
Red
Black
White
Grey
Blue
Purple
Green
Brown
Gold
Yellow
Orange
Silver
The three colours
that were the most
popular were Black,
Blue and Red. These
results helped me to
think of the colour
scheme that my
magazine will have.
12. Q11. Would you subscribe to a music
magazine? If yes, why?
12
45
Subscription
Yes
No
Most people said No. However, 12
people said that they would subscribe
if the liked the music involved and it
was a good magazine. Therefore, I will
not put emphasis on the fact that you
should subscribe but I will include a
mention of a subscription so that if
somebody wants to, they can.
13. Q12. What do you like to see in a music
magazine?
44
32
33
13
14 5
Content
Interviews
Gig Reviews
Album/Single Reviews
Competitions
Quizzes
Other Comments
Most people want to see interviews
in my magazine so my magazine will
include a lot of interviews with
feature artists that my target
audience enjoy. I will also include
reviews, competitions and Quizzes so
that my magazine is full and packed
with good pages. One person made a
suggestion of having a countdown,
for example, top 100 songs, which
would be a good idea. So I will
include a countdown in my regular
content.
14. Q13. What is your current favourite Indie
Rock music magazine?
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12
4
7
3
8
9
Favourite
Q
NME
Kerrang
Mojo
The Rolling Stone
Other
Don't Read Any/Doesn't
have a Favourite
Most people said that their
current favourite magazine was
Q. Therefore I will look at this
magazine in detail and think
about the creation of my
magazine pages. Also, this
means that Q is my magazine’s
competition so I need to make
my pages and content seem
more interesting.
15. Q14. What extras would you like to have in a
music magazine?
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Extras
Posters
CDs
Badges
Other
Comments/Suggestions
Most people would like to see CDs
as extras, however nowadays
magazines don’t really give actual
singles/albums away for free. So, if I
am going to give out a CD as an
extra, I will make the CD be of a
playlist that the cover star has
created. One Person made a
suggestion of having wristbands as
an extra, which would be a good
addition because I could make the
wristband be the main cover star or
one of the artists featured in the
magazine.
16. Q15. What would stand out to you on a
double page spread?
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25
32
11
16
Double Page Spread
Bold Colours
Bold Text
One Big Image
Big Letters before
Paragraphs Start
A Couple of Images
On my double page spread I
will include bold colours and
bold text. I will have one main
image and some little pictures
however not too many because
this was one of the least voted
suggestions. I will include drop
capitals because from looking
at other magazines, they seem
to be included and make the
layout of the double page
spread seem nice.
17. Q16. What would stand out to you on a
contents page?
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10
Contents Page
Bold Colours
Bold Text
Lots of Pictures
Columns of Writing
The Name of the
Magazine
On my contents page, I will
include bold text and lots of
pictures because this is what
my target audience most
wanted. I will have bold colours
however I still want them to
relate to my colour scheme of
red, blue and black. I will
include columns of writing and
the name of the magazine
because this is what
professional magazines do.
18. Q17. Do you go to Music Festivals/Gigs?
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Yes No
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The majority of the results
said that they do go to music
festivals/gigs. So in my
magazine, I will write about
upcoming and previous
festivals and gigs and my
target audience will be
interested and maybe go to
them.
19. Q18. Would you prefer to see a band or a solo
artist on the front cover of a music magazine and
why?
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19
Band or Artist
Band
Artist
Most people said that they would like to see a
band on the front cover of the magazine. The
main reasons for this are that bands are more
interesting, there would be more to read
about and bands are the audience’s main
preference. For my front cover, I will have a
band and I will think about the angles and
facial expressions to portray the right attitude
for my genre and I will make the people in the
band look interesting so the target audience
are attracted.
