1. Target Audience
I used SurveyMonkey to create a survey asking people
different questions based around music magazines.

2. In question 1 of my survey, I asked
people what genres of music do they
listen to. The answers were varied.
The most popular genre collected was
Rock and the 2nd most favourite was
Alternative. However, Classical, Urban
and R&B all had no votes. This shows the
span of music young people listen to
these days.
In the other section, there were 3
answers; Industrial, Metal/Screamo and
Metalcore/Deathcore. This shows that
most people I asked listen to genres of
music that most people do not listen to.

3. In question 2 of my survey, I asked people what kind of music magazines they buy. As I knew
the people I asked to do this survey are young, I kept the choices minimal between Rock, Pop
and R&B. This gave out very interesting results.
8 people said they bought Rock music magazines and only 1 said they bought Pop music
magazines.
This gives me the knowledge that when I am creating my magazine, I should make sure it
aims towards the right genre of music and age group.

4. In question 3 of my survey, I asked people what do they expect in a music magazine. This
gave out very varied results.
7 people said they expected images, 6 said articles and reviews, and only 4 said concert
list/index. This shows me that when it comes to creating my music magazine, I need to
make sure I have images so they capture the eye of the correct audience.

5. In question 4 of my survey, I asked people how much they would expect to pay for a
weekly music magazine. None said less than £1.50 which shows me that magazines these
days are more highly priced. 9 people said £1.50 - £2.50, and 2 people said £2.50 +
This shows me that some magazines can be highly priced but the price range of £1.50
and above is the correct price range to be aiming for.

6. In question 5 of my survey, I asked people what attracts them to a front cover of a
music magazine. 9 people answered with an image of a musical artist/band which
shows me that I need to use a large image on my front cover when it comes to the
construction part. 3 people said interesting titles, 2 said colours, and only 1 person
said competitions.
This shows me that overall, images are more important at capturing someone’s
attention.

7. In question 6 of my survey, I asked people if they would rather have a hardback copy
of a magazine or would they rather read it online. Everyone answered with hardback
copy and none to online copy. This shows that people prefer having a hardback copy
compared to reading one online.
Overall, my information I have collected from my survey has told me what I need to
take into mind when it comes to making my own music magazine.