I decided to ask 20 people out of my target audience to fill out my questionnaire, so i could find out in detail what would appeal to them in a magazine. The questions vary from cover appeal to the ideal price.
Question 1, what kind of music genre do you listen to?
Punk Rap RnB Pop Heavy metal Rock Indie Techno MC House Hip hop Reggae Dance I asked this question first as the type of music which appealed to my audience, would be the base of my entire magazine, right down to the bands who appeared in my magazine. The answers i got back were, 2 people said Pop, 12 people said Rock and 4 people said indie.
I did not place this question onto my questionnaire but when i asked the interviewees about their choice, they agreed that it was based upon the artists they like. Katy Perry, My Chemical Romance, Blackout, The Drums and Florence and the Machiene.
In conclusion to this question, Rock is the most popular genre of music listened to from my target audience.
From the extended question, i can also gather that this has to do with the diferent types of artists that belong to that genre.
Question 2, What kind of music magazines do you read?
Kerrang! NME Empire Q Rolling Stones MOJO Rock Sound mag
I asked this question because i can then understand their type of music more and explore the different layouts of the appealed magazines and apply them to my own music magazine.
The results i got from this question were 10 people said Kerrang!, 5 people said NME, 2 people said Q and 2 people said rolling stones.
I believe the reason behind the popular choice of the Kerrang! Magazine was the appealed choice of music. Kerrang! Is a specialised rock magazine so therefore I could have my magazine appealing to one type of music genre.
Question 3, who is your favourite artist/band? This question is somewhat linked to question 1, I asked this to gain an understanding of the music and the fans of the band.
The results I got back were 2 people said You Me At Six, 3 people said Katy Perry, 3 people said 30 Seconds To Mars, 5 people said Rihanna and 4 people said Kings of Leon.
Question 4, Do you copy the artists fashion look?
This question was of course a yes or no mulit choice. I asked this question because I wanted to see what kind of influence bands and artists have over their targeted audience. All interviewees agreed that they didn’t copy their favourite band’s fashion, however has bought from their clothes line and sometimes have a replica of a top worn in a music video or from an awards show.
In conclusion I have learnt from this question that the fashion worn by bands do not have a added effect on their audience, however the merchandise I.E clothes line, dose have an appeal to the their fans.
Question 5, Would you catorgised yourself in any of these stereo –types?
Chav Goth Emo Mosher indie pop princess none
Most of the interviewees had fun with this question, trying to categorise themselves appropriately in the given stereo types.
10 people placed themselves in Mosher, 6 people placed themselves in Indie, 2 people placed themselves in chav , 1 person said none and 1 person said Pop princess.
It helped them to place themselves in the stereotypes when I explained that it was mainly to do with the music they listened to. I.E Kings of Leon, Rock= Mosher, The Neon, Indie= Indie etc. However all interviewees emphasised their choice of stereotype was nothing to do with the fashion, just the music.
In conclusion, I have learnt that the the most popular stereotype is Mosher, however only for the music and not for the fashion.
Question 6, What part of the magazine cover would appeal to you the most?
Image of the band Freebie interviews
I asked this question to see which part of the magazine appealed most so I can therefore, emphasis and sell that part of the magazine with more graphics and effect.
My feedback was a 8 people choosing freebie and 9 people choosing the interview an 3 person chose the image of the band. However, most of the interviewees were intrigued to know what the freebie would be so when I explained it could stretch from a free download of an album from iTunes to chewy fruity sweets, they gladly chose that answer.
I again, had to clarify that the image of the band would be a free poster worth A3/ A4 which helped build the popularity of the answer.
In conclusion, the freebie was the best selling answer in this question. Therefore shows that best selling magazines are those who gives away best freebies.
Question 7, would you prefer a monthly or weekly magazine?
I asked this question to see how popular my magazine would be if either weekly or monthly. 12 people preferred it to be weekly while 8 people preferred it monthly. When I asked why, the people who had chosen weekly explained that music charts and released singles could be easily updated and would be easier for the buyer to find out Information about the new released albums and singles.
In conclusion, a weekly magazine would be ideal for my target audience, as it would be easier to read about new releases of albums and singles. From this question, I then had the idea to do a weekly magazine however have special editions at the end of every month or on special occasions, i.e new year or just have special editions three times a year to show whats been happening in music so far from that point in the year.
Question 8, How much would you pay for the magazine?
For this question, I decided not to place multi choice answers because I wanted to see what would be ideal price to pay for the magazine.
The prices I got ranged from 50p to £2.60. However more than one person chose £1.20- £1.50 as an ideal price for the magazine. The reasons for this was because the price wasn’t that expensive an wasn’t that cheap for the magazine.
In conculsion, the right price for my music magazine would be £1.20 to £1.50.
Question 9, what would appeal to you most on the front cover, the dominant image of an celebrity or the publicised interviews of artists?
This question was mainly to do with the style and ideal layout which would appeal more to the targeted audience. The majority of interwiees ( 14) chose the dominant image of an celebrity while a minority of 6 chose the publcised interview of artists.
However all agreed that if the interviews was publicised with ideal buzz words an in graphics which made the interview stand out on the front cover and if it was an exclusive interview, then that would also appeal to them.
Question 10,
What would be a suitable name for a music magazine?
This question I believe was the most important question on this questionnaire. I believe that the name of the magazine is important as it’s the most important piece of information on the front cover, if it’s a really bad name, then I believe most people would not consider the magazine.
Most interviewees agreed to this question however only 4 people could not think of a name:
Micca M.B (Music Beat)
Play Back Music
Sound System M.T.1 (Mic, Take, 1)
M.L.L (Music Life Love) Live beat (L.B)
M.S (Music Suicide) L.S.D ( Love sex drugs)
M.S.L (music Suicide Live) Make out
? Live Kicks
Sound beat
Legend
In conclusion, I have learnt many things that would appeal to my audience if placed in a magazine. I have learnt about what would appeal to my target audience on the front cover, what would attract my audience to my magazine i.e. freebie etc. I believe that if I place all this information into my magazine, my magazine would appeal to the ideal audience.
Question 1, what kind of music genre do you listen to?
Punk Rap RnB Pop Heavy metal Rock Indie Techno MC House Hip hop Reggae Dance I asked this question first as the type of music which appealed to my audience, would be the base of my entire magazine, right down to the bands who appeared in my magazine. The answers i got back were, 2 people said Pop, 12 people said Rock and 4 people said indie.
I did not place this question onto my questionnaire but when i asked the interviewees about their choice, they agreed that it was based upon the artists they like. Katy Perry, My Chemical Romance, Blackout, The Drums and Florence and the Machiene.
In conclusion to this question, Rock is the most popular genre of music listened to from my target audience.
From the extended question, i can also gather that this has to do with the diferent types of artists that belong to that genre.
Question 2, What kind of music magazines do you read?
Kerrang! NME Empire Q Rolling Stones MOJO Rock Sound mag
I asked this question because i can then understand their type of music more and explore the different layouts of the appealed magazines and apply them to my own music magazine.
The results i got from this question were 10 people said Kerrang!, 5 people said NME, 2 people said Q and 2 people said rolling stones.
I believe the reason behind the popular choice of the Kerrang! Magazine was the appealed choice of music. Kerrang! Is a specialised rock magazine so therefore I could have my magazine appealing to one type of music genre.
Question 3, who is your favourite artist/band? This question is somewhat linked to question 1, I asked this to gain an understanding of the music and the fans of the band.
The results I got back were 2 people said You Me At Six, 3 people said Katy Perry, 3 people said 30 Seconds To Mars, 5 people said Rihanna and 4 people said Kings of Leon.
Question 4, Do you copy the artists fashion look?
This question was of course a yes or no mulit choice. I asked this question because I wanted to see what kind of influence bands and artists have over their targeted audience. All interviewees agreed that they didn’t copy their favourite band’s fashion, however has bought from their clothes line and sometimes have a replica of a top worn in a music video or from an awards show.
In conclusion I have learnt from this question that the fashion worn by bands do not have a added effect on their audience, however the merchandise I.E clothes line, dose have an appeal to the their fans.
Question 5, Would you catorgised yourself in any of these stereo –types?
Chav Goth Emo Mosher indie pop princess none
Most of the interviewees had fun with this question, trying to categorise themselves appropriately in the given stereo types.
10 people placed themselves in Mosher, 6 people placed themselves in Indie, 2 people placed themselves in chav , 1 person said none and 1 person said Pop princess.
It helped them to place themselves in the stereotypes when I explained that it was mainly to do with the music they listened to. I.E Kings of Leon, Rock= Mosher, The Neon, Indie= Indie etc. However all interviewees emphasised their choice of stereotype was nothing to do with the fashion, just the music.
In conclusion, I have learnt that the the most popular stereotype is Mosher, however only for the music and not for the fashion.
Question 6, What part of the magazine cover would appeal to you the most?
Image of the band Freebie interviews
I asked this question to see which part of the magazine appealed most so I can therefore, emphasis and sell that part of the magazine with more graphics and effect.
My feedback was a 8 people choosing freebie and 9 people choosing the interview an 3 person chose the image of the band. However, most of the interviewees were intrigued to know what the freebie would be so when I explained it could stretch from a free download of an album from iTunes to chewy fruity sweets, they gladly chose that answer.
I again, had to clarify that the image of the band would be a free poster worth A3/ A4 which helped build the popularity of the answer.
In conclusion, the freebie was the best selling answer in this question. Therefore shows that best selling magazines are those who gives away best freebies.
Question 7, would you prefer a monthly or weekly magazine?
I asked this question to see how popular my magazine would be if either weekly or monthly. 12 people preferred it to be weekly while 8 people preferred it monthly. When I asked why, the people who had chosen weekly explained that music charts and released singles could be easily updated and would be easier for the buyer to find out Information about the new released albums and singles.
In conclusion, a weekly magazine would be ideal for my target audience, as it would be easier to read about new releases of albums and singles. From this question, I then had the idea to do a weekly magazine however have special editions at the end of every month or on special occasions, i.e new year or just have special editions three times a year to show whats been happening in music so far from that point in the year.
Question 8, How much would you pay for the magazine?
For this question, I decided not to place multi choice answers because I wanted to see what would be ideal price to pay for the magazine.
The prices I got ranged from 50p to £2.60. However more than one person chose £1.20- £1.50 as an ideal price for the magazine. The reasons for this was because the price wasn’t that expensive an wasn’t that cheap for the magazine.
In conculsion, the right price for my music magazine would be £1.20 to £1.50.
Question 9, what would appeal to you most on the front cover, the dominant image of an celebrity or the publicised interviews of artists?
This question was mainly to do with the style and ideal layout which would appeal more to the targeted audience. The majority of interwiees ( 14) chose the dominant image of an celebrity while a minority of 6 chose the publcised interview of artists.
However all agreed that if the interviews was publicised with ideal buzz words an in graphics which made the interview stand out on the front cover and if it was an exclusive interview, then that would also appeal to them.
Question 10,
What would be a suitable name for a music magazine?
This question I believe was the most important question on this questionnaire. I believe that the name of the magazine is important as it’s the most important piece of information on the front cover, if it’s a really bad name, then I believe most people would not consider the magazine.
Most interviewees agreed to this question however only 4 people could not think of a name:
Micca M.B (Music Beat)
Play Back Music
Sound System M.T.1 (Mic, Take, 1)
M.L.L (Music Life Love) Live beat (L.B)
M.S (Music Suicide) L.S.D ( Love sex drugs)
M.S.L (music Suicide Live) Make out
? Live Kicks
Sound beat
Legend
In conclusion, I have learnt many things that would appeal to my audience if placed in a magazine. I have learnt about what would appeal to my target audience on the front cover, what would attract my audience to my magazine i.e. freebie etc. I believe that if I place all this information into my magazine, my magazine would appeal to the ideal audience.
