Here are my detailed conclusions for each of my questions:

1.Most peoples favourite indie band varied however the top two favourites were Kings of Leon and The Stereophonics.This shows that i should focus on these artists and do main articles about them.

2.The word indie reminds people of many things such as camping out ,drugs,fame and fashion.However the thing it reminds people of the most is festivals,make-up ,skinny jeans and alcohol.This means the reader will respond positively if I include these topics in my work.

3.The most popular colours chosen by my target audience were black and purple.This effects my work because these are the colours that will attracted my audience to buy a product so I should incorporate these in my colour scheme.

4.The majority of my target audience seem to buy music magazines once a month so this is how often I should distribute it.

5.Most people would spend £5.00 on a music magazine ,however they were all pretty similar results and my magazine will be a new one which means people are not familiar with it and less likely to buy it so I will set the price it at the lower cost of £4.00

6.This question helps me alot with the content of my magazine I will not feature adverts quizzes and articles that are very opinionated very heavily becasue people have indicated that they dislike them.On the other hand I will include music news,reviews,gossip,come back reviews and posters more because these thing were popular with my target audience.

7.The things that would make people buy a magazine are free things,posters ,gossips ,articles on new bands and artist ,festival reviews and quizzes/competitions and gig reviews so i will include all of these in my magazine .However people seem to like festival reviews and articles on news bands the most so these should feature on my front cover.

8.The thing people enjoy reading the most is "Who's Dating Who?" and "The Best Ever (Bands,Music,Artists ECT) so these thing should also feature on my front cover, I do all of these thing to attract people to buy my magazine and make a profit.

9.The majoirty were female by a narror margin.

10. The majortiy age of people who complete my questionnaire were between 15-21

I gave out 20 quesionnaires to my target auidence and here are tally charts for my results.

1.What is your favourite band?
Kasabian 3
The kooks 2
Kings of leon 5
Stereophonics 4
Muse 2
The dykeenies 1
Paramore 2
Blink 182 1
Blue october 1

2.What three words do you asscocaite with indie music?
Skinny jeans 9
Make-up 7
Fashion 5
Gigs 7
Festivals 11
Drugs 6
Alcahol 7
Big hair 3
Mud 1
Fame 1
Camping out 3

3.What is you favourite colour?
Purple 4
Black 4
Red 2
Blue 3
Green 1
Pink 3
Yellow 2
White 1

4.How often do you buy music magazines?
Once a week 5
Every two weeks 3
Once a month 7
Not often 5

5.How much would you pay for a music magazine?
£3.00 6
£4.00 6
£5.00 7
More 1

6.What do like and dislike about muic magazines?
Dislike
Adverts 8
Quizzes 5
Articles that are to opinionated 4
Nothing 3
Like
Music news 4
Reviews 5
Gossip 3
Come back reviews 6
Posters 2

7.What special feature would make you buy a magazine?
Free stuff 4
Posters 1
Gossip 3
Articles on new bands/Artists 5
Festival reviews 5
Quizzes and competitions 1
Gig reviews 1

8.What tpye of thing do you enjoy reading about?(Please circle)
Celebrity gossip 3
Festivals/Gigs 4
Whats hot ,whats not? 2
Whos dating who? 5
The best of... (Bands artists ect) 6

9.Are you male or female?
Female 9
Male 11

10.How old are you?
15-17 7

18-21 6

22-24 4

25-27 3

To conduct my audience research i produced a questionnaire by asking a variety of questions this is to help me make decisions on the design,content,prices and frequency of publication
Here is my questionnaire:

1.What is your favourite band?

2.What three words do you asscoiate with indie music?

3.What is your favourite colour?

4.How often do you buy a music magazine?

5.How much would you pay for a music magazine?

6.What do you like and dislike about magazines you read?

7.What special feature would make you buy a magazine?

8.What type of thing do you like reading about (Please circle)
Celebrity gossip

Festivals/Gigs

What's hot ,what's not?

Who's dating who/

The best ever... (bands,music,artists ECT)

Other (Please state)
__________________________________

9.Are you male or female?

10.How old are you? (Please circle)
15-17

18-21

22-24

25-27

Thank you for completing my questionnaire.

The codes and coventions of a double page spread are:

-Strapline
-Strap quote- Get the readers attentions
-Beggining -Short summary -Stand first
-First letter is larger
-Large image
-Limited use of colour.For example black and red
-Eyecatching colours
-Artists names are highlighted
-Pictures of journalist -By line
-Text in columns
-Page numbers
-Title of article
-Title of magazine

Next i had to create the codes and coventions of a contents page:

Codes and conventions

-Dominated by pictures
-Layed out in columns
-Number of page next to topic
-Subtitles
-A little explanation
-Date
-Credits
-Editors Letter
-Webiste
-10-12 size font
-Magazine title
-"On the cover"
-Subcription details.
-Different sized pictures
-One main image
-Title
-"Contents"
-Generally two pages.

Next we had to do the codes and concentions of a music magazine by looking at a number of music magazines

Codes and conventions

-Main title - direct mode od address - unique
-Main picture
-Bar code
-Price
-Date
-Puff
-No writing on the face
-Buzz words
-Postitioning statement
-Supporting images
-Colour scheme
-Coverlines
-Masthead
-Issue number
-Headline
-Tag line
-Familiar faces
This would all help me in creating my own music magazine.

Main task

The type of music magazine I am going to produce it Indie “Q”
My target audience will be 15-25 year old, both male and female, who enjoy Indie music.

Task two: Kerrang (Special edition)




Price: £6.00 special edition or normal £2.20
Frequency of publication: Monthly
Issue size: 130 pages

Regular content:
Festival tours
News on different stars
Things to win
Live reviews of a number of artists
Gig guides
Album reviews

Features:
Band interviews
Big stars best moments
Gig adverts

Classic rock magazine

Price: £4.99
Frequency: Monthly
Issue size: 138

Regular content
-Classic rock online
-The dirt
-Questions and answers
-The story behind the song
-What’s on your CD?
-Reviews
-Subscribe and save
-Letters
-Honour of the week - special concerts
-Ever met Hendrix?
-Rock back pages

Features
-Similar music from the 70’s
-150 albums you really should here before you die.
-Come back acts –take that, west life etc.
-Where they the ultimate band?

Q

Price: £3.90
Frequency: Monthly
Issue size: 162

Regular content

-Access all areas
-Soapbox
-New to Q
-Q Hero
-My record collection
-Cash for questions
-A round with …
-Q50
-Q quiz
-Last requests

Features
-Sting
-Green day
-Pop Babylon


Decisions for my magazine:

Price: £4.00
Issue size: 170 pages
Frequency: Monthly

Regular content
-Gig guides
-Editors letter
-Music forum letters
-Letters
-Subscribe and save
-Small ads where fans can buy and sell CD’s and music etc
-Access all areas
-My record collection (A look at a certain celebrity’s records)
-Quizzes

Feature Articles:
-Gigs you must go see
-150 albums’ you must see before you die
-Articles about bands
-Interviews with artists
-T4 search for the next up and coming band.
-Do’s and do not’s of music festivals
-The ten best artists of all time
-Big stars best moment