Magazine Research

Here are the questions I asked and the answers I recieved from the interviews I did with a few people who fit in to my target audience. I have interviewed a number of people who fit in my identified target audience and have questioned them of what articles and stories they like to see in the music magazines they read. This will inspire and influence the decisions I will make when it will come to making my magazine and to create a good product suitable for my target audience and will attract them.


Me: What do you look for when you look/buy a music magazine?
Mark: I look for intresting articles and interveiws about bands and artist like, I also like it
if there is a chance to win something, such as a festival ticket.
Me: What is your favourite genre of music?
Mark: I mostly like eveything, however if i were to choose a particular genre I would choose Indie Folk such as momford and sons.
Me: What colour theme would you like to see on a magazine?
Mark: Red, Blue and Black as they are both suitable for boys and girls.
Me: What do you prefer images or text?
Mark: obvously I like looking at images, however I prefer to read more as get to find out
information and facts about music, bands and charts etc.

Me: What do you look for when you look/buy a music magazine?
Jordyn: I like seeing articles about artist's I like also its a bounus if there are posters inside.
Me: What is your favourite genre of music?
Jordyn: I would say everything from Florence and the Machine to Fall Out Boy.
Me: What colour theme would you like to see on a magazine?
Jordyn: Colours that don't direct at any specific gender such as reds, white and blacks.
Me: What do you prefer images or text?
Jordyn: I prefer to look at images, as I like to see what people are wearing.

Me: What do you look for when you look/buy a music magazine?
Elliot: I like seeing dates for loads of gigs and events, as well as updates of new bands around.
Me: What is your favourite genre of music?
Elliot: Im in to indie rick bands such as the killers, there my favourite.
Me: What colour theme would you like to see on a magazine?
Elliot: Red,black and white, because they are eye catching and simple.
Me: What do you prefer images or text?
Elliot: I like images, however I do like a fair amount of text to read as well.

From my interveiws and answers I have received, I have come to a decision that my colour scheme will involve black,red, blue and white as they are colours which relate to both males and females. Also that I will have images to look at as well as a fair a mount of text to read, and a coverline that says 'Win a ticket for......festival'. I will also definatley include information on bands and artist, like the killers and momford and sons.