Thursday, 12 March 2009

Three Ideas For Main Music Magazine

1st Idea

Target Audience:
Niche target audience.
Predominantly male.
Aged between 20-35.

Sub-Genre Of Magazine:
Heavy Metal.

Masthead Title:
Metalhead-connotations are that a person assosiated with heavy metal are often called a metalhead.

Ideas For Main Cover Image:
Heavy Metal solo artist with guitar.

Splash Article:
Heavy Metal artist rise to fame, as inspiration towards the audience.

Other Content:
Tours and festivals, interviews, upcoming artists.

2nd Idea

Target Audience:
Mainstream Rock target audience.
Predominantly male. Some female.
Aged between 16-40.

Sub-Genre Of Magazine:
Rock.

Masthead Title:
Rock’n’Roll-connotations which can refer to populist rock songs. It can also be a term used to describe the rhythm of the song.

Ideas For Main Cover Image:
Band of four posing with guitars and appropriate costumes.

Splash Article:
Interview with the band about challenges in the music industry and how they overcame this.

Other Content:
The start of new rock genre.

3rd Idea

Target Audience:
Electro target audience.
Male Audience, however could be aimed at some women.
Middle aged.

Sub Genre:
Niche Electro Synthpop.

Masthead Title:
Beats & Bass-conotations include the sound of certain instuments make and the rhythm the songs make.

Ideas For Main Cover Image:
Electro synth group holding instruments, looking towards camera.

Splash Article:
Juxtapose the splash article with the main image cover. Such as reasons for choice of instruments etc. personal life.

Other Content:
Advertisements, promotions and future events.

2 comments:

  1. I like the second idea for a magazine. The masthead ties in well with the target audience for a metal oriented music magazine, as it uses the term that they describe themselves by. The splash article and other content both seem like interesting ideas that would draw in the audience.

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  2. I like the first idea, mainly because of the masthead but i also like the ideas for the content and the idea for the main cover image.

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