Mission Statement

This latest magazine produced Kord! Will be a monthly magazine aimed at 15 to 25 year old males. The magazine will cost £3.50 and it will cover most sub-genres of rock, the articles covered in the magazine will range from New bands, CD releases to live reviews and up and coming gigs and music festivals.

The magazine will also attract musicians especially guitarists in rock bands and beginners, with articles featuring simple diagrams of chord patterns to sheet music to the newest big hits.

A free CD featuring up and coming bands will also be featured in every addition of the magazine

Musin Magazine Reader Profile

Male 75%

Students

Interest in playing music

Most readers will keep up to date and have an interest in new and contemporary music.

Readers will be CD collectors who have cd’s in their collection from a wide range of sub-genres in rock  

Readers will buy 6-10 cd’s a month

Readers don’t download much music a month, as they are more interested in collecting/ adding to their collection

Doesn’t buy singles

Has an appreciation of live albums

Will go to gigs regularly no less that once or twice every two months

Music for the readers of this magazine is an important part of their day, and will listen to music 4 hours a day

Will constantly follow the album charts (British and American)    

Music Fan Profile

Rock Star want to be

·         Age   15-25

Most likely to be a male, most likely seen with a pair of headphones on playing his music on his IPod to loud. Has tattoos on his forearms, has long black straightened hair with blonde highlights.

·         What is he wearing?

Jeans, black shirt with favourite bands logo on it, probably from a gig that has gone to. Black leather jacket and “converse” or “Dc” shoes.

·         Listening

Listens to a wide variety of rock music, ranging from the classics such as Led Zeppelin , to the newest music such as The Lostprophets , also listens to up and coming artists . He listens to a variety of genres ranging from punk to heavy metal but his preference is rock music and underground music  

·         Wants to be

Lead guitarist and singer of a famous hard /Alternative rock band.

·         Find Him

In his bedroom which has black walls covered with large posters of his favourite artists, Listening or jamming on his guitar to his favourite songs. Or creating the next killer riff for his band or writing a new bunch of lyrics

·         Interests

Music, Politics, Films , concerts

Music Magazine Questionnaire Results

My questionnaire results show that the masthead which was the favourite was “4/4”, however I thought that “Chord magazine” was the better of the mastheads because u can relate a chord to guitars and music.  I decided that I am going to change the masthead slightly instead of “Chord Magazine” it’s going to be “Kord”. The slogan that I’m going to use is “Let There be Rock” it was the favourite slogan of the people I asked and also my personal favourite. My questionnaire also shows that people are willing to pay £2 to £3 for a music magazine. For my magazines main image I have decided to have the lead guitarist of a band, I’ve chosen this because my magazine is targeting music fans that play the guitar. The Questionnaire results also show that reviews on new bands and Q and A on favourite bands were the most popular topics to be covered.

Questionnaire for music magazine

                                                                            Music Magazine Questionnaire

1)      How old are you?

·         11-13

·         14-16

·         17-18

2)      What Gender are you

·         Male

·         Female

3)      How much would you pay for a music magazine?

·         50 pence-£1

·         £1-£2

·         £2-£3

·         £3 and over

4)      Which of these following mastheads do you prefer ?

·         Chord magazine

·         4/4

·         Rock ‘n’ Roll

·         Rock ‘n’ roll gold

·         Other ... please state

5)      Which of the following slogans do you prefer?

·         For those about to rock....

·         Rock ‘n’ roll domination

·         Let there be rock

6)      What topics would you like to be covered in a music magazine ?

·         Review of new band

·         Coverage of gigs and concerts

·         New album releases

·         Reunions of old bands

·         Music DVD reviews

·         Tours

·         Live albums

·         Q and A with favourite bands or musicians

·         Record collectors feyer

7)      Who would you want to see on the front cover of a rock music magazine ?

·         A Male singer

·         Guitarist

·         A Male band

·         Girl Band

·         Band with a female singer

·         Female singer

8)      What Clothing do you associate with rock musicians? Please state

9)      What colours do you associate with rock music ? Please circle as many choices as you want

·         Black

·         Blue

·         Green

·         Red

·         Gold

·         White

·         Other...please state

analysis of music magazine front cover

The mast head is in the top left hand corner of the magazine with the font in white on a red background with the slogan “A Different Take on Music” also in a white font under the masthead .The sell line “All New Look Issue” would attract readers to buy the magazine to see what changes have been made. The main image is a long shot of a guitarist holding a pose of his trademark move which is recognisable to the majority of rock music fans. The guitarist is wearing a school boy uniform, and his gaze is not at the camera as if he is facing fans at a live concert. The main image covers some of the sell line of the main article this can be done because the guitarist’s image is unique to a certain band and is known worldwide. There is no subsidiary images this could suggest that it could be a special edition of the magazine.

School Magazine Front Cover

This is the main draft of my school magazine front cover. From my original plan ive made a few changes. I was going to remove the wall background and have a light blue one instead the background i found out was boring and it didnt help the picture stand out when the wall background did. The other change i had to make was that i didn't have a boy and a girl as the main image the reason being that the pictures with a boy and a girl wasn't as good a quality as the pictures of the two boys. I think that my masthead stands out and it would attract people to buy the magazine. The sell-line at the top of the page covers the story of the main image.
My subsidary image is good, the image covers the issue of sports succcess, i would of liked to add a couple more subsidary images but i couldn't find eough appropriate space to place them. My sell-lines cover a wide range of topics that a school pupil may find interesting , having them range from "New Staffroom" to "Year 7's Settling in". I am overall very happy with how my front cover has turned out.

Main Image