Music Magazine Questionnaire x2

Q1) WHICH SORT OF BAND OF ARTISTS WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE ON THE FRONT COVER OF A MUSIC MAGAZINE?

Q1) Analysis: In order to find out which kinds of genres of music that people would prefer to see on a front cover, the question asked which grouping of artists the person would prefer to see on the cover. Each group had a selection of artists in it that all create music of the same genre. The most popular group of bands/solo artists was Coldplay/The killers/Kaiser Chiefs/Razorlight/Snow Patrol/Gorillaz with 14 people preferring to see them on the cover. These artists make indie styled music, this shows that people would prefer to see an indie styled magazine front cover rather than the other genres of bands and artists given. It also backs up the results gathered from the first initial questionnaire as Indie was one of the most popular genres packed by people ages 16yrs – 18yrs. This group was closely followed by Linkin Park/Guns'N'Roses/Muse/Pearl Jam/U2/Bon Jovi who all make Rock music with 9 people picking it.

Q2) WOULD YOU GENERALLY PREFER TO READ AN ARTICLE ON A BAND OR SOLO ARTIST?

Question two asked whether people would prefer to see a band or artist on the front cover of a music magazine. Bands were the most popular choice over solo artists with 13 people preferring them. This shows a link between the top genre picked also as Indie music is normally made by bands rather than solo artists. This also shows a correlation between question 5 on the second questionnaire also, as people preferred packed and fussy magazines. With bands on the cover, the magazine can tend to look packed and fussy as there are more people opposed to just a solo artist appearing on the front cover.

Q3) IN A MAIN ARTICLE ON AN ARTIST WOULE YOU PREFER A HIGHER RATIO OF IMAGES OR WRITING?

The results show that there is only one point between people preferring a higher ratio of either more photos or writing in a main article on an artist. More writing over pictures was proved to be the more popular alternative however the results seem to indicate that both pictures and writing are popular so I can gather that a balance of both would work well in a double page spread on an artist.

Q4) WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS?

Question four asked people what pieces of information they would like to read about the artists featured on the double page spread. The most popular information was news on upcoming tours/festivals and events, next was news on the artists new releases which 12 people wanted to see on a double page spread. The third most popular was an interview with the artist. The top 3 show that people like to find out relevant information on the artist featured in the double page spread, people wanted to know what the artist was doing and when they were doing it rather than things they had done in the past. This shows an interested in upcoming and current affairs to do with the artist.

Q5) WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE A MAGAZINE COVER AS PACKED AND FUSSY OR NEAT AND CLEAR LOOKING?

The most popular answer for this question was packed and fussy rather than neat and clear. This again shows that 16yrs – 18yrs prefer the messier looking magazine opposed to something that is clearly laid out. Again this backs up the top genre, Indie, as it is seen to be a bit more of a rebellious genre as artist can explore and create different sounds to what is normally popular.