Audience profile

Audience stats

To find out what my audience want i did a survey, one of them can be seen on my blog. The age range for this sample group is 16-20 this is what i say would be the optimal age range for my audience.
So what have i learnt?
My audience want to see things in my magazine like : Charts, new releases, rising stars and promos.

The charts will consist of the magazine readers votes on this weeks top songs, the votes will be collected from the magazine website.

New releases, these will be new song that have been released, the genres will be varied every week.

Rising stars: these can be people or bands that have only jsut started, however they must have talent.

Promos, these are things that could be like free tickets or discounts.

Masthead

Double page story

Here is an article people from the forums have been begging that we publish for years! Who is/are the king or rock? Let’s look at the contenders, Queen, Slash from guns n roses and U2. Let’s start with queen one of the most misconceived bands there is, did you think it was a band or like most people did you think it was the stage name of the legend Freddie mercury? The band consists of Freddie on the piano and lead vocalist; Brian may on the guitar and vocals, John deacon on the bass and last but not least Rodger Taylor on the drums and vocals. Why does queen deserve the title of kings of rock? Lets see what the band has achieved over the years, approximately 300million record sales this has made queen a house hold name, there is hardly a single person that has never heard a queen song. They must have done something right, their songs have been used in multiple multimillion viewer adverts, like team GB’s celebration video, Cadburys dairy mik advert., and Google’s advert with under pressure, this is just a few out of hundreds of ads that queens songs have been used on.  But back to personal favourites id have to say that my favourite is Don’t stop me now, it’s just such a pick up song , no matter how your feeling queen will cheer you up ! I think Freddie would be proud to have known that he is regarded as the 58^th greatest brit of all time, what a accolade to have! Going up to the girl (or boys in freddies case) and saying hey I’m the 58^th best person in the history of Britain.

Slash… what can i say I personally think he is the basis for the rock star stereotype, that curly hair the top hat the glasses that hardly ever seem to come off and the Pièce de résistance being his leather jacket. The accolades he holds? Times voted him the 2^nd best electric guitar player of all time behind the one and only Jimmy Hendrix oh btw you lot know how we at Freat love riffs well the Guns N’ Roses song “ Sweet child o’ mine” was voted to have the best riff of all time, now that is something to be proud of something that we at freat really find impressive! So we decided to test these findings on some unsuspecting victims around the freat publishing office, from journalists to editors and even the winners of last week’s competition to win a guided tour of our head office even harry the 7 year old son of one of the winner recognised and went full in on an air guitar solo of biblical proportion, hmm I think we might have to start a competition up on the forums looking for the best of the best air guitarists. Sales wise? Well Guns N’ Roses first studio album appetite for destruction has reached sales in excess of 30 million worldwide, now that is something to be proud off not only has it sold a lot it’s done amazing with critics, its been featured in the book 1001 albums you must hear before you die now that is something that you should have put on your headstone “I made one of the greatest albums ever made”.  My personal favourite I hear you say? Sorry to say I have to go mainstream and say “Paradise city” its just so catchy sorry guys that I bought it up but hey you’re going to be humming a great song for the next week!

Now to the band that contain what could be one of the biggest humanitarian there is can you guess? No? Well its U2 containing Paul hewson better known as Bono, comparing them to Lead zeppelin you guy must be asking why I picked U2 over them? I just think that U2 have a lot more emotionally deep lyrics, like the songs written about the loss of his mother. Not only that but the way they smashed their way into the music industry, in 1978 they won a talent show with a price of £500 pounds and a session in a recording studio to record a demo that would be heard by a record label. Before this they were unheard of now in 2012 they have sold over 150million records setting them pretty high up in the world of music, hmm also they made a statement saying that they were “reapplying for the job of the best band in the world” hmm I think somebody tipped them off about my nomination *scratches chin*, going back to bono the money that he has made he has spent on millions of people, he is a philanthropist meaning that he cares about all the ill and needy this is building up there kudos from me ! Here is a real fact that will get you buzzing out of 34 nomination U2 has won 22 of those that is more than any band IN HISTORY out of all the accolades I have spoken about I must say that is the most impressive I have ever seen!

Now who do I think is the kind of rock? Its simple…Queen. I must say I am very strong minded on this subject, I think that Queen is an amazing band that has deserved everything that they got and more, they spent more time in UK charts than any band including the beatles… that absolutely amazing! Freddie did an amazing job in his short life only living to the age of 45, he died like a martyr, his death from AIDS caused a massive worldwide publication of AIDS the mercury phoenix trust was set up now millions of pounds has been spent preventing the spread and slowing down the effects of HIV. Also I must say I love how in the Olympic closing ceremony that Freddie was shown singing bohemian rhapsody  along with 80,000 other people from across the world.

Contents page planning

Editor note:
Hey guys Phill here editor of Freat magazine just like to thank you for joining some of they coolest guys on earth, here at Freat we try to make our magazine personal, you wont find a article that isn't written in 1st person, we hope you enjoy happy reading < Signature >

Sections:
             Rising stars
             Editor's story of the week
             Readers pick

social media will have link to twitter, facebook.

Magazine planning front page

Sell lines:
            Top 10 songs that changed the face of rock
            "i make music that will make your ears bleed"
            An interview that will keep you aMUSEd
            You wanted Billie we got him
            Do you have what it takes to be a rock star?
            Chesters' rolling in the deep?

Slogan for Freat (threat + fret)
We love riffs, rhythm and ROCK

Plugs:
The A-z of gigs part1

Price i think will do a weekly magazine so should be to thick or expensive around £2:50 or £2 for subscriptions

New media

I will market my magazine in a new media friendly way, this will include making it available for most smart phone, having it it available for purchase on the newsstand on all apple devices. I will also add it onto  website, this will alow you to digitally view the magazine possibly download a PDF version a file that is compatible on most digital devices.

Promo

How will i promote my magazine?

I personally think online adds will be the most effective way, from this i could give possible consumers a small taster bite of my magazine deliberately leaving them on a hook.
Internet adds would be the most viewed advertisement method i could use for my particular audience, i think another possible method could be to give out a free gig guide at gigs making sure that they are written in first person, this should help draw some people into looking further into the magazine possibly starting a subscription.

Colour

These colors are complementary and i think they would work great on my magazine. along with black and grey .

Proposal

Font ideas

MoodBoard

This mood board is a small look into my mind, this will help me pick a genre of music to use in my magazine and possibly name ideas eg. The warning sign meaning danger and the guitar, Danger is a threat to your life and guitar's have frets on the fret board, these two sound the same there for i could so something clever and make them into one word, my magazine name Freat.

Image ideas

Names