The magazine will be called "Bass", published monthly for £2.70 distributed in stores, websites, and digitally. It will focus on indie music with reviews, interviews, and a free download per issue. Each cover will feature a well-known indie artist. Regular content will include a fan forum, top music videos, gig guides, new artists, and song recommendations. Feature articles will profile popular indie artists like Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, and Oasis examining their styles and careers. The magazine style will use humor but also strong commentary, aimed to be simple and interesting for indie fans.

1. Publication plan
Title-Bass
Positioning statement-by the fans, for the fans
Frequency of publication- monthly
Price-£2.70
Distribution- Supermarkets, newsagents, websites, subscriptions, available digitally via newsstand
on iphones/ipadsetc and music shops
Rationale- This music magazine is about indie music. Offer opinions, reviews, insights and
interviews. It’s going to be an indie magazine although it will follow the normal format for music
magazines. It’s going to feature a free download with every issue and reviews of each month’s
albums. It’s going to feature one well known artist each month on each cover of the issue. The
music magazine will also contain reviews and interviews. The aim of this magazine is to compete
against other indie magazines such as NME, Q, Mojo and Uncut.
Style-The style of the magazine will be informal, using humour butnot afraid to offer strong
comments on events. The magazine is for indie fans so it will be simple and interesting with a lot of
information about the bands featured in the magazine.
Regular contentFans forum
Top 10 music videos of the month
Gig guides
New featured artists
Hot bands now
Song recommendations
10 most popular artists
20 brand new hits
Gig reviews
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arctic monkeys- a style of their own
The strokes- ten years on
The enemy- music for the people
Stone Roses- manchester’s biggest band
Oasis- where did it all go wrong?
Jake bugg- how did it all start?
Kasabian- Empire and Karloff's departure
Joy division- America vs England, which is better?
Arcade fire- behind the stage
Two door cinema club- what are you doing after the tour?
The killers- arguably one of the biggest indie bands?
Death cab for cutie- how did you decide on the name?

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The kooks- Still going strong
Fleet foxes- straight to number one
Bloc party- what happens behind the doors
Bright eyes- the things that happened backstage
The Kaiser chiefs- were Manchester your greatest audience?
Broken social club- what’s next?
coldplay- is it the end?
Belle & Sebastian- where did it all begin?
House style:-
Coverlines- Calibri (body)
Headlines- Impact
Standfirst- Arial Rounded MT Bold
Body texts- Adobe Hebrew
Colour schemes- Red, black and yellow