12 September

After alot of discussion i have decided to do a kind of indie magazine, but with a slight acoustic twist but mainly focasing on local bands with a few slightly bigger names. Some of the local bands who have agreed to be in my magazine are :-

- Pirate Video Company
- Jose Vanders
- Fabian Baker
- Milo Bellamy
- Georgina Sutton
- Liam Mitchall
- Robyn Lezala

I'm still waiting on replys from :-
- Offlimits

I also still need to ask:-
- Patrick Star
- Not Here Not Now

Some of the ideas i have for pages in the magazine are :-

- What music is playing in which shops, and comparing them.
- Boys vs Girls
- 15 things you didn't know and Jose
- Jersey Music

Some of the music magazines that i would really like my magaize to aspire to be like are :-

- NME
- Q
- Kerrang!
- Mojo
- The Wine
- KMag

At a later time i am going to email them and ask about statistics and what they think there target audiences are.

Some ideas i have had for adverts in my magazine is :-

- The latest itune advert
- The Gaymers Festival Guide advert
- The V05 advert
- The Samaritans advert
- The Black Kids album cover advert

All these adverts relate to music or into music in some way, the V05 advert is there because its very astheticly pleasing, and people that are into certain types on music styles and genres feel they need to dress and look a certain way.

I have thought about ideal target audience and it would probably range between 15-30ish or 30+ if theire really cool!
I have also realised that most music magaizines have a higher male to female ratio of magzine sales, so i want to try and make my magazine more femine so that more girls buy it, but not so girlie that boys are to scared to buy it.

Elements that i need to think about is a barcode and a price, because i dont want the barcode to take up to much room, and i would prefer it, if it wasn't the thing that drew peoples eye to. The price also needs to relete to the size, and quality of the magazine, so i think £2.50+ would be a good price.