Brain Storm
- Music Magazine:
- directed at a teenage+ audience. (14 - 25s?)
- interviews of bands - 'clever' titles? - band/music/lyrics related titles?
- maybe contain gossip.
- advertisements - clothing, piercings, gigs/concerts etc.
- features - whole page on a band
- genre: rock/alternative
- a few bands: Paramore, Stereophonics, Muse, Snow Patrol, Keane, We The Kings, Evanescence, Foals, Nickelback, Flyleaf, A Day To Remember, Enter Shikari etc.
- names: rhythm, tunes, plec - may research parts of guitars, amps etc.
About Music Magazine
I plan to design and make a magazine based on the music genre/s rock and alternative that would be directed at a teenage+ audience (14 - 25s) of both sexes. Rock and alternative are some of my favourite genres and my magazine specifies this audience because most young people listen to these genres of today.
On the other hand, alternative music (also called alternative rock, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as grunge, Brit pop, gothic rock, and indie pop. These genres are unified by their collective debt to the style and/or ethos of punk rock which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the 1970s.
My magazine will contain several advertisement articles for subjects such as clothing, body piercings and gig/concerts coming up in the year. I hope that it will also have several pages of gossip, features and interviews. The reason is chose to include these articles because they are all very popular nowadays, especially for young people. I will make sure that there is a certain section of pages, in my magazine, for advertisements so that the audience can either skip or head straight to that section if they are in need of contact details for that marketing or want to have a look at what there is to offer. It will not contain too much information on these advertisements but enough for a person to be able to contact the businesses. I have also decided to include gossip, features and interviews in my magazine because they are also very popular to the audience I have targeted my magazine towards. I am hoping to have music related or 'clever but funny' headings for the features and interviews so that they are still related to the band/music and they will capture the audience.
I'm planning to use a colour scheme of mainly black, blue and white as well as big, bold writing for the heading that hopefully will capture the eye and become recognisable. I want my magazine to look 'trendy' as well as having a formal structure that is easy to read. If you were to stereotype my magazine as a colour, you would automatically think black because of the genre/s of music and the bands used so I'm going to continue with that stereotype. I've chosen blue and white too as I like the idea of bright over dark so that it stands out and captures the audience more. Although doing this, it could be considered slightly masculine despite my aim being towards both sexes.
I have considered several names for my magazine, such as; Rhythm, Tunes, Crunk, Plec and have researched parts of guitars, amps and several other instruments/technology that relates to the genres of music I have chosen to base my magazine upon. I originally chose 'Amplifier' as my magazine title but unfortunately another magazine had called it that. In the end, I chose Lyric as my magazine name, although I may change it soon as I'm still unsure. I chose this because lyrics are the meaning of a song, the story behind it. Lyrics are very important in a song to express their feelings, stories etc.
I have several bands that I have considered to be in my magazine, bands that are obviously within the rock/alternative/alternative rock genre/s. Some of the bands I have chosen will also advertise (in the advert section) their merchandise, gigs etc and others also help charities which can also be mentioned. Charities such as 'To Write Love On Her Arms' (TWLOHA) will also be considered and mentioned in my magazine to help promote, this will most probably be in the advertisement sections. Bands such as; Paramore, Stereophonics, Muse, Snow Patrol, We The Kings, Evanescense, Foals, The Killers, Linkin Park, Nickelback, Flyleaf, A Day To Remember, Enter Shikari and many more.
