Finding of results

Conclusion

I researched many types of different magazines for example different publishers make different magazines for example the way they set it out the type of words they use, and the way they have the picture. Some examples of the magazine publishers are Q, Kerrang!, Clash and Vibe. I have also researched the price of the magazines and I explored the musicians that they feature in each magazine .From these range of different genres of magazines I liked rock genre the most.

I decided to make a rock magazine as it was the genre that appealed to me. It will be aimed towards teenagers between the age of 13-18 I think that rock genre has got many teenagers attention. It is going to be aimed at both genders males and females as i feel that rock is not aimed at a specific gender and can be enjoyed by everyone, this is also the same for different social classes. Rock is a genre of 'popular music' that originated from rock and roll.

The price range of my magazines will be around £2 this price is between the cost of the kerrang magazines and since they are a really successful rock magazine publisher i will put the price in the middle. This price is really affordable price for my target audience.

Music magazine research - who are the magazines featuring?

Magazine features

Kerrang magazines feature many famous rock artist some examples of the artists that they feature are:

Twenty one pilots, baby metal, fall out boy, Foo fighters and many more

Music magazine research - Publishers

The publishers

Q MAGAZINES

Q magazines were first published by EMAP then In January 2008 EMAP sold its consumer magazine titles, including Q to the Bauer Media Group. Bauer’s Q fell nearly 20% on the year to an average circulation of 64,596.

CLASH MAGAZINES

Clash magazines are published by Music Republic Ltd based in the United Kingdom.

KERRANG! MAGAZINES

Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music, currently published by Hamburg based Bauer Media Group.

Music magazine research - Cost, issues and published (3 magazines)

Magazines

This magazine was the 1594 issue of Kerrang!

Each magazine is usually published once a week.

The price of Kerrang Magazine in ASDA is £2.20.For each Magazine of Kerrang Magazine the price is £2.20.

This is the 99th issue from clash

clash magazines publishes 10 magazines per year

The magazine costs 4.80 GBP

This is the 353 issue of Q magazines

The cost of this in the UK is £5.99

The magazine publishes 12 magazines per year.

Music magazines research - Music genres that I like.

Music genres

Some of the music genres that I like is:

Rock

Pop

Jazz

I like these music genres because the music is quite fast paced. and they are pretty popular to teenagers at my kind of age.

Music magazine research - Target audiences.

Target audiences

                   Q magazines

The media pack shows the statistics of the magazine and it shows that target audience and other things. We know from the huge amount of number that this music magazine is very popular in the UK. This also gives us a clear survey to show that males aged 29 are the people who read the magazine more than ay other age group or other gender.

                                   Clash magazines

Clash magazines are aimed towards 18-35, they target this audience by alternating between modern bands such as Coldplay, the Prodigy and Oasis to artists such as Jay-Z, Kanye West and the Beastie Boys. It also attracts audiences that have an interest in fashion and film. 

                             Kerrang!

The target audience for Kerrang! are influenced by rock music. Their individuality has been shown within this magazine with the use of language. The audience have many interests. Therefore, they will be interested in the advertisements within the magazine, provided they are related to their interests and also they are aimed towards the age of 17-24 audiences.

Research magazines - Clash

Clash Magazines

Clash is a popular music and fashion magazine and website based in the United Kingdom. It is published 10 times a year by Music Republic. The brand's content alternates between modern bands such as The Horrors, Florence & The Machine and Jamie xx as well as hip-hop artists like DJ Shadow, Kanye West and Beastie Boys, who have all had cover spots in recent issues.

Research music magazines - Kerrang!

Kerrang!

Kerrang! is an Uk-based magazine that focuses on rock music.It is currently published by Hamburg based Bauer Media Group. It was first published on 6th june 1981 as a one off supplement in the sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar.

Magazine researches - Vibe magazines

Vibe magazines

Vibe is an entertainment magazine which features R&B and hip-hop music artists. Production shut down in summer 2009, however Vibe was purchased by the private equity InterMedia Partners. it is now issued quarterly with double covers, with a larger online presences, aided by the Vibe LifeStyle Network, a group of entertainment/music websites under the Vibe brand.

The demographic of the audiences is young urban followers of hip-hop culture between the ages of 18-34.

Magazine researches - Q magazines

Q magazines

Q magazines is an alternate music magazine. Q is different to magazines because of the quality of the printing and photography and also its target audience is aimed for older people in their 30's and 40's. The magazines are used mainly to inform what the music is about and it does not mention what they are wearing whereas other magazines mentions it.

They use a Q in the corner of the page so it attracts the readers easily as it stands out really easily they also use a lot of black colours as most of their magazine covers are associated to rock music. They use a lot of colours that contrast to each other making it look really good.

Task one researching magazine covers.

Magazine covers.

Some magazines that I have researched.