My magazine (not finished or in order)

First draft of double page spread article

What is my main story?

My story for my double page spread is about 'State of Mind' which are a band I have created to feature in my magazine. This story features there journey into stardom, their successes, tour dates and a release of a new album 'Uncertain'. I chose to make a story about an album release and other events as it is something in which the audience can be involved in, and have ways of finding out other details of the article/band using different types of media.

My Story

State of Mind are the newest young band around with  the members (4 band members names and something about them ie. age and part in the band) After a year of perfecting their newest album they are ready to reveal all. Are you ready for them? ‘Uncertain’ is the bands latest album, covering their entire song list and brand new singles. The young band became famous by working on various collaborations with large artists such as Ben Howard and Mumford and . Our sources say ‘they have worked so hard to get where are today’ Annie from London says ‘Everyone of them has been talented from the start, its amazing that they found each other, and have become close friends’

An interview with the band discovered the band named the album ‘Uncertain’ due to the fact, they don’t know what will happen next in their careers. The young band are hoping to be well-known artists in the future, and will on tour beginning of July 2013, preforming with acts such as Lawson, Ben Howard and many more artists. This is State of Minds first official album full of their songs either old or new. The band have been signed by one of the top music institutions, Waner Music working with them to release their album, available now.

What I've done and why?

• I have chosen to uses rhetorical questions to address and make audience feel engaged with the magazine.
• By using a bolder font I have managed to make certain parts of the text stand out. which shows the main features in the article.
• I have used quotes from different sources to show how magazine uses interviews in their articles to keep the audiences attention. 

Front Cover Analysis/Research

Audience Research

I have researched into different magazines and locations in which they are distributed to find my target audience. I also have researched into the different demographics and psychographics.

The demographics for my magazine are young adults from the age of 20+ with a fixed income, this is so it is possible for my target audience to purchase my music magazine on a weekly/monthly basis without using other forms of media such as the Internet, which is increasingly popular with the representative younger generation.

I have researched the psychographics of my audience and have found that the most common audience that are interested in rock/indie genres are young uprising artists, that may study or have a hobby of music. I have also discovered that the celebrities in the magazine influence whether the audience purchase the magazine. Ie. a fan of the 'Arctic Monkeys' is more likely to invest in a magazine that focuses on that band, compared to artists they have not heard of or does not represent the main genre