Question 1: sixteen people answered my survey and exactly half of them were male and half were fe-male. this means that i have to include content that would interest both genders.
Question 2: 68.8% of people who answered my questionnaire were aged between 16-19; 18.8% were aged between 20-24; and 6.3% were aged between 12-15 and also 25-29. This means i have to have content which is best suited to old teenagers between 16-19 and include articles that might interest people of this age bracket.
Question 3: 31.3% of people questioned fovourite genre is metal; this is the highest percentage. 18.8% liked indie, 12.5% liked rock, 12.5% liked R n B, 6.3% liked techno, 6.3% liked pop and no one liked hip hop. this means that my magazine will be based on the genre of heavy metal because it is 12.5% more popular than the second highest genre.
Question 4: the answers for peoples favourite bands do vary but there are 2 bands that are most popular, metallica and paramore. they are only up twice though. Pantera, Parkway drive and as i laying dying which are all metal bands are in aswell. Most of peoples favourite bands fall under the metal or rock category so therefore my magazine should include mostly metal bands but possibly some rock bands aswell.
Question 5: 68.8% of people visit gigs less than once a month, 25% visit gigs between once and three times a month, 18.8% go to gigs over 7 times a month and 12.5% go between four and six times a month. This shows that people are not interested in gigs that happen all the time. But that some people are interested in a lot of gigs, to solve this problem, in my magazine i would write about festivals as they are big events but not about small gigs. However i would include adverts that advertise bands touring scheldules.
Question 6: 56.3% of people questioned would spend £3-4 on a monthly magazine, 25% would spend between £1-2 and 18.8% would spend £5 or more. This means that the magazine has to be a better quality magazine; for example it would have to include better paper like magazines such as Q or Metalhammer where as cheaper magazines such as Kerrang have thinner paper. Also the articles have to be a lot better aswell; Metalhammer articles are always highly edited and have been thought about a lot where as Kerrang its not edited and all the articles are similar in layout and content.
Question 7: 43.8% of people questionned favourite magazine is Kerrang, 25% said NME, 18.8% said Metal Hammer, 6.3% said Mojo, 6.3% said Mix Mag and no one said Q. This shows that people like reading a magazine which is simple and cheap. It also shows that they don't want a big magazine they want a small compact magazine.
Question 8: 56.3% of people watch music videos on youtube, 31.3% of people watch music videos on tv, 12.5% voted they don't watch them and no one voted for band websites. This shows that online is by far the most popular place to watch music videos, this could be taken advantage of making a youtube page and uploading band videos could be good publicity for the magazine.
Question 9: 87.5% voted that they buy a magazine because it features bands they like, 43.8% said interesting pictures, 37.5% voted for interesting articles, 37.5% voted for an eye catching front cover and 18.8% voted for competitions. This very clearly shows that people will most likely only buy a magazine if it features band that they like in it, this means that my magazine will feature a wide variety of bands, spanning through diferent sub-genres and also big bands and small bands alike. Interesting pictures are also looked for in a magazine because it grabs peoples attention and determines or not if they want to read the article.
Question 10: 56.3% of people wanted bright colours on a front cover, 50% wanted a natural image, 43.8% wanted an edited image, 37.5% wanted very little text, 12.5% wanted dull colours and 6.3% wanted lots of text. This shows the front cover needs to be brightly coloured to grab peoples attention, I think with the use of and edited image instead of a natural image because you can make it more colourful. People would rather look at an image and little text on a front cover instead of lots of text because that makes it too crowded.
My reader profile shows pictures of popular bands of the genre and also were the favourites in my research. there is also pictures of instruments because a lot of people who listen to metal music do play instruments. also there are pictures of gigs which my research shows that people like going to. there is also pictures of alcohol because the target audience can be firmly asscioated with alcohol
