The document summarizes feedback from a survey about a draft music magazine. Key findings include: - Respondents said the most important magazine features are good colors, an appealing front cover image, and being informative. - Colors and band listings appealed most to the front cover, while the logo, font and price appealed least. - Most agreed the £3 price was reasonable, though some suggested lowering it slightly. - All agreed the color scheme suited alternative rock music. - Most would follow the magazine's social media accounts, especially Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. - Layout and readability and image quality received positive feedback, though some images needed minor improvements. -

1. Audience Feedback (for
By Sophie Boston
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Draft)

2. Q1. Please list what you feel are the three most
important features of a successful music
magazine.
FRONT COVER IMAGE
FULL OF IMAGES
EYE CATCHING
DESIGN
REVIEWS
TOP 10’S
PR C
I E
INFORMATION
INTERVIEWS
COLOUR SCHEME
There were a load of different
answers for this question as I gave
them the ‘free’ comment option.
Some of the answers you can see to
the side.
The most prominent features that I
could pick out was that it had to
have good colours, an appealing
front cover image and that it is
actually informative.

3. Q2. Which part(s) of the MM (Music Matters)
front cover appeals to you most? If at all?
Luckily no one said that the front
cover doesn’t appeal to them at
all and the most popular option
was actually the colours, with the
bands listed as the second most
popular. This encourages me to
keep in with the colours that I have
chosen. The three least popular
options are the logo, font and
price so perhaps I could change
the logo or make it bigger which I
have done.

4. Q3. Do you think £3.00 is a reasonable price for this music
magazine? Please comment 'yes' or 'no'. If the answer is 'no'
please advice on what the correct price should be.
It probably would’ve been better to display it as
a bar graph, but most of the participants
agreed that this price is reasonable. A couple
said no, and some of the suggestions were
ranging from £1.90-£2.50, however I don’t think I
could sell it for a lowish price like £1.90 because
considering all the information that has gone
into it, it would not be profitable. Also, if you look
at other music magazines, they are around the
same price or higher e.g. Kerrang! Q, etc

5. Q4. How strongly do you agree or disagree that the
colour scheme of purple, white, black and grey suit
the genre of Alternative Rock?
I am quite surprised by
this outcome because
everyone agreed,
however it does of
course give me
confidence that I am
doing the right thing
and I should continue
with these colours.

6. Q5. Looking through the magazine, would you follow
any social networking sites/accounts provided by
this magazine? If so, which ones?
A few people did say no to
social networking sites but
the majority said and all the
participants included the
three following sites into their
answer:
Twitter, Facebook, Instagra
m. Just as a guess, I’m
assuming the ages of my
participants are probably
around my age (teenagers)
as they are the most likely
ones to use these social
sites.

7. Q6. In your opinion, is the layout of the
article pages clear and easy to read and
follow?
Every participant
said yes which is
very uplifting and I
have erratically
changed the
layout so it is even
easier to read as I
still felt it was a little
difficult.

8. Q7. Is the quality of the arrangement and
range of images used throughout the
magazine effective and appealing?
This was a very important question
because the results would tell me if
I needed another photo-shoot or
align the photos differently.
However, the results came back
and not one person had rated any
of the images as unsatisfactory or
poor. Some had been ticked as
needing slight improvements
which I have done.

9. Q8. What age group and gender do you
think I should target this magazine at?
For Gender, the most popular
answer was both genders. For
age group the most popular
answer was between The ages
of 15-25, so young adolescents.
This was what I was expecting
and was pleased to see this
because this was my ideal
target audience.

10. Q9. In your opinion, would you think this magazine
would benefit from being JUST an print
magazine, JUST an online magazine or both?
Surprisingly, no one picked
the ‘just online magazine’
option, which may imply that
actually having a print
magazine is still a popular
product, however it is
beneficial to have an online
one as well. Most of the
participants said they think it
would work best as both, so I
would look to create an
online version too and have
my own website.

11. Q10. Overall, where are my
weaknesses/where can I improve? Please
specify.
Front Cover- the main issue was that I could make everything a bit
bigger and add a bit more colour
Contents Page- There is a lot of information which is good but
perhaps the layout could be clearer.
Poster Page – More writing at the bottom of the page, take the
numbers off the bottom.
Article Double Page 1 – No improvements.
Article Double Page 2 – Sort out the placement of
images, everything a bit dark.
Single Article Page – Good photos but don’t put text over
them, everything else is okay.