The document contains the results of a questionnaire given to people about their music preferences and what they look for in a music magazine. The results showed that Bruno Mars was the most popular artist, and black and red were the most associated colors with rock/pop punk music. Most respondents would pay up to £3 for a magazine and preferred magazines with band interviews rather than many advertisements.

1. QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
Joseph Morton – AS Media

2. Who Is Your Favourite Band/Artist?
From These results I have found that Bruno Mars is the most popular artist
with the people I gave questionnaires to, I also found that All Time Low and
Biffy Clyro are equally second favourite. In my magazine I will feature
upcoming artists that have the same style as Bruno Mars as it will interest
the reader.
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3 Nirvana
All Time Low
Lady Gaga
Biffy Clyro
Bruno Mars
Paramore
Mcfly
Muse
30 Seconds to Mars
Katie Price
Jay Sean

3. How Often Do you Buy Music Magazines?
From These results I have found that most people only buy music magazines every
now and then and not on a regular basis. In my magazine I may include a page with
contents that will feature in my next issue to try and entice the reader to buy
the next issue.
Every Now and Then
Every Month
Every Week
Never

4. What colours would you associate with
the rock/pop punk genre?
From these results I have found that Black and Red are the 2 most popular colours
that are associated with the rock/pop punk genre. I will use black and red
throughout my magazine to keep a consistent theme.
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Red Black Green Blue Grey Purple Marroon

5. How much would you pay for a music
magazine?
From my results I have found that most people wouldn’t pay over £3 for a
music magazine. My magazine will be priced at just over £3 so that people
will buy it but I would still make a bit more of a profit.
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£1 - £2.99
£3 - £4.99
£5 - £6.99
£7 - £8.99
More
People
People

6. What three words do you associate
with the rock/pop punk genre?
From My results for this question I have found that the top three words that
people associate with the rock/ pop punk genre are “Guitar, Loud and Drums”.
I may use these in my magazines strapline to represent what my magazines
about.
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Music
Fashion
OldMen
Loud
Different
Rockin
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Mosher
Emo
Goth
Gigs
Black
Drugs
Sex
Alcohol
Crazy
Bands
Music
Style
Clothes
Hair
RocknRoll
People
People

7. Are there any things you dislike about
music magazines already on the market?
From these results I have found that most people dislike having allot of
adverts in there music magazines. I will try and put as little adverts in my
magazine as possible.
People
Artists
Scary pics
Too much writing
Adverts
Mosher bands
Not enough reviews

8. What things would you like to feature in
your ideal music magazine?
From these results I have found that most people enjoy seeing interviews in
music magazines that they do anything else. In my magazine I will try to have
mostly band interviews to satisfy the reader.
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People
People

9. Do you subscribe to any music
magazines?
From these results I have found that most people don’t subscribe to
music magazines. My magazine may not be able to be subscribed for.
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Yes No
People
People

10. Would you pay more for a magazine
with a free gift?
From these results I have found that the majority of People are
willing to pay more for a magazine with a free gift.
8.5 9 9.5 10
Yes
No
People
People

11. What is your favourite Genre of
music?
From these results I have found that indie is the most popular genre of music
whilst rock and R&B are equally second favourite, my magazine will be mostly
based around the rock genre.
People
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8
People
People

12. How many Pages would you like to
see in a music magazine?
From these results I have found that majority of people would
prefer to have between 81 and 120 pages, my magazine will have
around 110 pages so I can fit all the information I need in it.
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0 - 40 41 - 80 81 - 120 121 - 160 161 +
People
People

13. What adverts do you like to see in
music magazines?
From these results I have found that most people like to see movie
posters and new music albums advertised in music magazines than any
of the other options, I will mostly have music adverts and movie
adverts in my magazine. People
Movie posters
Cars
New music albums
Technology
Health care
Holidays
Fashion
Food

14. How old are you?
From these results I have found that most the people I surveyed
Where aged 11 - 16 and 17 – 21. These are all inside my target
market so therefore my results are all valid.
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Zero - ten Eleven -
sixteen
Seventeen -
twenty one
Twenty two
- Thirty
People
People

15. What is your gender?
From these results I have found that I surveyed more or less an
equal amount of each gender making my results less biased.
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Male Female
People
People

16. What is your favourite colour?
From these results I have found that most peoples favourite colour
is Purple whilst baby blue and blue are next favourite. I will take
these into account when choosing my colour scheme.
People
Yellow
Orange
Baby Blue
Blue
Green
Purple
Pink
Red

17. What draws you to buy a music
magazine?
From these results I have found that the band in the main article
draws them most to the magazine, the colour scheme and posters
closely follow. I will take these results into account when
choosing my magazine contents.
People
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10
People
People

18. Conclusion
 From my questionnaire results I have
found useful information that I can
use when designing my magazine
which will make it appeal more to my
target market.