Music Magazine Questionnaire

(1) Age:                      Gender:    

(2) How often do you buy music magazine?

(3) How much are you willing to spend on a music magazine?

 - £0 - £1

 - £1 - £2

 - £2 - £3

 - £3+

(4) What genre of music do you regularly listen to?

 - Hip Hop

 - R&B

 - Pop

 - Rock

 - Indie

 - House

 - Instrumental

 - Classical

 - Other

(5) Which magazine name do you like most?

 - Auburn

 - Muse

 - IdN

 - Walla

 - SAINTS

 - Luminaires

(6) Would you like interviews and posters of your favourite artist? 
(7) Would you like information on gigs and concerts? 
(8) What colours do you think is best used for indie/rock genre?

(9) Can you name some Indie/Rock artists?

(10) Would you like a cover mount in a music magazine?

     (Cover Mount: Package product which is part of the music magazine e.g. vogue magazine - mascara)

From this questionnaire I am trying to found out more about my target audience and more information on music magazine and the genre. I have chosen indie rock as my genre for my music magazine. I chose this genre because there are many magazines which I can use as reference when creating my magazine for instance NME or Q magazine. Also I listen to a lot of indie and rock and I enjoy the genre so this would be something I would enjoy creating.

As I am targeting my magazine at teens and young adults I have ask the opinions of people with the age range of 16 – 18. In total, I have asked 20 students to complete my questionnaire (8 Males and 12 Females). Overall most students never buy music magazines while only a few said that they sometimes buy it but rarely do.  The few that said they do buy music magazine studies music technology therefore they are more interested in buying music magazine than others. Also students within this age range are not willing to spend a lot of money on magazines. More than half said they would spend between £0 - £2 therefore I should set the price to be a reasonable price.

 

There was a wide variety of genre that the students listen to. The genre they listen to most is pop and the genre they least listen is classical.

I have listed a number of names that I could possibly use for my magazine. From the results I have narrowed I down to which one I would like to use for my music magazine. And they are Auburn, Muse or Luminaires.

Everyone said yes that they would like posters and interviews with their favourite artists. Also they were very interested in information on gigs and convert. As they are between 16 – 18 year olds they are interested on what’s on and any interesting concerts with popular artist or low down indie artists.

In my double page spread I could possible add information on gigs and concerts but I would definitely add it into my contents page.

For the colour that I could use for the indie rock magazine many have said red, black, white, yellow green, gold and so on. They have listed many colours but depending on my photo shoot my colour scheme would change. I think I would definitely use red are part of my colour schemes as it’s a good indie rock colour to use.

A lot of the student said that they would like a cover mount. A cover mount is a really good way of attracting customers into buying the magazine because they can get something some it. I could use a cover mount is it help cover spaces of the magazine.

From this questionnaire I have found out some useful information that can be beneficial. Also because of the students opinion I have narrowed the list of name that I could use for my magazine. I have decided on some of the colour scheme that I will use and additional ideas for my contents page and front cover.