Friday, 15 January 2010
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
What i have done so far.
Having now done all my research and survey, i have started to put together my music magazine i have decided on a name "outloud", a band, the genre of the band, and i have written the article and taken the pictures for my magazine.
I have used two friends to be the face of my funky/pop duo and we took pictures in the park to portray their glamorous yet casual life style, also thier look is not a london look it is more universal and will appel to fans across the country. here are some of the images i will use in my magazine.
To gives me ideas to how i should write my article i looked at other artcle written in music magazine. this has helped me as i have used the typical langugae used in a magazine but i have changed it a bit to suit my genre.
I have also followed the typical structure of an article, i have given some background knowledge on the band and images on one side and on the other side is the interview. i have also taken quotes from the article and made it big so if a reader were to flick trough this magazine the quotation my catch thier eye which will make them read the whole article.
Friday, 4 December 2009
My article
Here is my article i made up a band called SDH(So Damn Hot) they are a funky pop duo, I got the idea of a duo from an existing called mini viva girl pop group but as their are so many pop group i thought i will make them a funky/pop because there are not many funky/pop bands out there.
i got the questions from looking out other magazine interviews and made them my own here is my interview:
Interview with SDH (So Damn Hot)
From youtube to fame in a month, with their first music video summer on the internet getting over 2 million hit in its first week and now this new funky/pop sensation have a number 1 under their belt.
This duo managed to get UK to fall in love with them in a matter of weeks which is a big task for two young ladies. The question on everybody’s lips though is will this funky/pop duo be another one hit wonder or will they be sticking around for a little while longer.
My first impressions of SDH where they were very fun bubbly carefree girls and were living the life that most teenage girls can only dream of, but once they start talking about their music I soon realised that these girls are very mature about their music and they really work hard even if they play harder.
I talked to Karina Green and Delilah Jones the faces of SDH. 17 year old Karina Green, half of the group and a collage drop out, was studying fashion but wanted to follow her dream of singing “I have been sing since I was a little girl and I knew that was what I wanted to do I mean I love fashion but it didn’t satisfy me I knew if I didn’t do this I would regret it for along time”. The other half of the group 19 year old Delilah Jones was a solo artist and used to be a backup singer for quite a few A- listers such a Rhianna, and our very own Pixe Lott. “Singing for the stars was great but I wanted to do my own thing, I had my own ideas and I wanted to pursue them”
The girls met at an audition for The Saturdays and when they didn’t make the cut they decided to form a duo and they hit it off right away, this was the start of a great friendship and the beginning of their success.
I met the Funky/pop pair at a small café in their home town Watford just outside London. They were a complete contrast to the atmosphere in the café it was like they walked into the wrong restaurant, their designer dresses and shoes were out of place to the paint splattered jeans and the of the chatter of the economic down fall and what was on telly last night.
But the girls looked so comfortable with the people around them everyone talked and laughed with them they even flirted with the guys, everyone within a 5 mile radius of them has a smile on their face even they waitress had a twinkle in her eye everybody loved these girls; they were so down to earth and ordinary yet so fabulous.
So girls how are you?
Yeh were good, nice to meet you how are you?
Good thanks, so how do you feel about getting you your first number?
Yeh yeh were so exited we didn’t expect this song to be this big, we love all the support were getting and all the fans, it so amazing.
When did you realise that your song has been so successful?
We don’t know we just heard our song on the radio everywhere and we were getting load of calls to be doing gigs it’s just so unreal.
How has life changed for you?
Oh it changed dramatically people recognise us everywhere it like so weird because Its like we’ve come from being strangers to like everybody’s friends, people just come up to us and start a convo it used to be so crazy when people used to do that, but now its like Hi how are you stranger (giggles)
What are the fans like?
Yeh their fab, their so lovely and funny, they come up and start sing our song in our face its like ok and they expect us to give them a mini gig and it like I(Karina) only came out to buy pint of milk. But the fans are great.
What is the weirdest think a fan has given you?
Ummm well there has been quite a few, a guy gave me (Delilah) underwear with his face on it (laughs) he was like here is something to remember me by.
Did you take them?
Yeh I didn’t want to be rude so I took them and I think I left them in the taxi on the way home (laughs) at least I still remember him.
Growing up in Watford who was your influences as you grew up?
Well love all the old Skool stuff like bobby brown and Tina Turner. And we loved the UK music scene like the spice girls and s club seven it quite embarrassing but we can’t lie we loved them.
What do think of the UK music scene now?
I (Karina) think that it’s really growing allot more UK artists are breaking through which is great, UK artists are becoming to be known all around the world which is what every artist wants they want to spread their music, joy and they want to entertain the world really and that is what we want to do to.
Are you glad that one of you didn’t get the chance to be in the Saturdays?
“Looked at each other with questioning looks on their faces and laughed.” Well yeh (Delilah) because if one of us did get into the Saturdays all this wouldn’t have happened, and I don think I would have done this with anyone else we have become great friends is a year, plus without the Saturdays none of this would have happened.
So what new stuff are you working on?
We are working on our album which is coming along nicely and we are working with some really cool people like N-dubz, chipmunk, and we just recorded a single with Egypt another funky house artists.
Oh so when is the album coming out?
In March next year
It’s great that you have a very unique individual look how did you come up with it?
Because I am (Karina) is into fashion, I used to buy outfits for gigs and I didn’t want us to look similar but individual so I used put us in the same outfit but using different material or colours or put us into the same outfit using different material which made which gave us an individual but similar.
So Karina as you the youngest so how did you family react when you drop out of collage to get into the music industry?
My mum was quite mad and the beginning because you know im young and I understood why she was mad because she was just protecting me but she came around and became very supportive dad had always wanted me to be a singer so he was very supportive from the beginning and he had a lot of friend in the music industry and he was the reason I got the audition for the Saturdays so if it wasn’t for my dad I wouldn’t be in this position so thanks dad.
I hear you guys will doing a UK tour are you excited about that?
Yeh were going all other the place, were gonna be on tour with girl aloud which is great we love them?
Wow have you met them yet?
Yeh there all lovely, and they give us so much support their like we love what your music and it like wow Girl aloud like us their like the hottest girl band in the UK right now, so it great.
SDH will be going on tour with Girl aloud in June next year and their single ft Egypt will be coming out next month so look out for it!!!
i got the questions from looking out other magazine interviews and made them my own here is my interview:
Interview with SDH (So Damn Hot)
From youtube to fame in a month, with their first music video summer on the internet getting over 2 million hit in its first week and now this new funky/pop sensation have a number 1 under their belt.
This duo managed to get UK to fall in love with them in a matter of weeks which is a big task for two young ladies. The question on everybody’s lips though is will this funky/pop duo be another one hit wonder or will they be sticking around for a little while longer.
My first impressions of SDH where they were very fun bubbly carefree girls and were living the life that most teenage girls can only dream of, but once they start talking about their music I soon realised that these girls are very mature about their music and they really work hard even if they play harder.
I talked to Karina Green and Delilah Jones the faces of SDH. 17 year old Karina Green, half of the group and a collage drop out, was studying fashion but wanted to follow her dream of singing “I have been sing since I was a little girl and I knew that was what I wanted to do I mean I love fashion but it didn’t satisfy me I knew if I didn’t do this I would regret it for along time”. The other half of the group 19 year old Delilah Jones was a solo artist and used to be a backup singer for quite a few A- listers such a Rhianna, and our very own Pixe Lott. “Singing for the stars was great but I wanted to do my own thing, I had my own ideas and I wanted to pursue them”
The girls met at an audition for The Saturdays and when they didn’t make the cut they decided to form a duo and they hit it off right away, this was the start of a great friendship and the beginning of their success.
I met the Funky/pop pair at a small café in their home town Watford just outside London. They were a complete contrast to the atmosphere in the café it was like they walked into the wrong restaurant, their designer dresses and shoes were out of place to the paint splattered jeans and the of the chatter of the economic down fall and what was on telly last night.
But the girls looked so comfortable with the people around them everyone talked and laughed with them they even flirted with the guys, everyone within a 5 mile radius of them has a smile on their face even they waitress had a twinkle in her eye everybody loved these girls; they were so down to earth and ordinary yet so fabulous.
So girls how are you?
Yeh were good, nice to meet you how are you?
Good thanks, so how do you feel about getting you your first number?
Yeh yeh were so exited we didn’t expect this song to be this big, we love all the support were getting and all the fans, it so amazing.
When did you realise that your song has been so successful?
We don’t know we just heard our song on the radio everywhere and we were getting load of calls to be doing gigs it’s just so unreal.
How has life changed for you?
Oh it changed dramatically people recognise us everywhere it like so weird because Its like we’ve come from being strangers to like everybody’s friends, people just come up to us and start a convo it used to be so crazy when people used to do that, but now its like Hi how are you stranger (giggles)
What are the fans like?
Yeh their fab, their so lovely and funny, they come up and start sing our song in our face its like ok and they expect us to give them a mini gig and it like I(Karina) only came out to buy pint of milk. But the fans are great.
What is the weirdest think a fan has given you?
Ummm well there has been quite a few, a guy gave me (Delilah) underwear with his face on it (laughs) he was like here is something to remember me by.
Did you take them?
Yeh I didn’t want to be rude so I took them and I think I left them in the taxi on the way home (laughs) at least I still remember him.
Growing up in Watford who was your influences as you grew up?
Well love all the old Skool stuff like bobby brown and Tina Turner. And we loved the UK music scene like the spice girls and s club seven it quite embarrassing but we can’t lie we loved them.
What do think of the UK music scene now?
I (Karina) think that it’s really growing allot more UK artists are breaking through which is great, UK artists are becoming to be known all around the world which is what every artist wants they want to spread their music, joy and they want to entertain the world really and that is what we want to do to.
Are you glad that one of you didn’t get the chance to be in the Saturdays?
“Looked at each other with questioning looks on their faces and laughed.” Well yeh (Delilah) because if one of us did get into the Saturdays all this wouldn’t have happened, and I don think I would have done this with anyone else we have become great friends is a year, plus without the Saturdays none of this would have happened.
So what new stuff are you working on?
We are working on our album which is coming along nicely and we are working with some really cool people like N-dubz, chipmunk, and we just recorded a single with Egypt another funky house artists.
Oh so when is the album coming out?
In March next year
It’s great that you have a very unique individual look how did you come up with it?
Because I am (Karina) is into fashion, I used to buy outfits for gigs and I didn’t want us to look similar but individual so I used put us in the same outfit but using different material or colours or put us into the same outfit using different material which made which gave us an individual but similar.
So Karina as you the youngest so how did you family react when you drop out of collage to get into the music industry?
My mum was quite mad and the beginning because you know im young and I understood why she was mad because she was just protecting me but she came around and became very supportive dad had always wanted me to be a singer so he was very supportive from the beginning and he had a lot of friend in the music industry and he was the reason I got the audition for the Saturdays so if it wasn’t for my dad I wouldn’t be in this position so thanks dad.
I hear you guys will doing a UK tour are you excited about that?
Yeh were going all other the place, were gonna be on tour with girl aloud which is great we love them?
Wow have you met them yet?
Yeh there all lovely, and they give us so much support their like we love what your music and it like wow Girl aloud like us their like the hottest girl band in the UK right now, so it great.
SDH will be going on tour with Girl aloud in June next year and their single ft Egypt will be coming out next month so look out for it!!!
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Double page spread ideas
For my double page spread i have decided to do Reviews, an interview or have a what hot whats not page. Having looked at examples of other music magazine i have seen that all these pages have been successful in a mangazine, here are the reasons why i would have chosen to do theeses topics or not.
Whats hot whats not - I think this a good idea for a a double page spread as muisc has a big influences on peoples fashion has you can kind of tell what kind of music some one listen to by what they wear, however as my magazine is one genre it will be quite difficult to have styles for all genres.
Reviews - Doing a review is a good idea as it tell the public your thought of an album which may helps people decide do buy an ablum or not.
Interview - I have decided to do an interview because it will be easy to write about an made up band than a made up album and i think it will be better that the front cover has a connetion with the double page spread.
Whats hot whats not - I think this a good idea for a a double page spread as muisc has a big influences on peoples fashion has you can kind of tell what kind of music some one listen to by what they wear, however as my magazine is one genre it will be quite difficult to have styles for all genres.
Reviews - Doing a review is a good idea as it tell the public your thought of an album which may helps people decide do buy an ablum or not.
Interview - I have decided to do an interview because it will be easy to write about an made up band than a made up album and i think it will be better that the front cover has a connetion with the double page spread.
Friday, 27 November 2009
Title options.
Here are the four title options i have which will be on my final front cover. I have numbered them so you can indicate which title i am talking about.
1) The first title is is plain, but i think it it has a memorable look because it is so simple. however i get the impression that id this was on a front cover of magazine the image will overpower the title, also i don't think that the title says anything about the magazine and the music.
2) This title says a lot about the music because i get the impression that the title is like bursting out and the music is explosive and new. Also i think that this title looks memorable and it will not be overpowered by an image.
3)I think that this title is something different and retro, however i think that this title appeals to a male audience more than a female audience, i do think that this title is quite memorable, also i think this magazine says that the music is not straight forward and different and edgy.
4)This title is more feminine and will appeal to a female audience, because of the flare. Also i don't think it is title is memorable and i don't think that the title says anything about the music.
I have decided to go for the second title because it says something about the music and it is something different and not standard and basic.
Friday, 20 November 2009
survey and results
Having done a survey and collected responses from ten people. have been able to come up with ideas for my magazine based around the results of my survey here is a copy of the survey ;
1. How old are you?
2.Gender
5. How many times do you buy magazine
6.What type genre magazines to do read?
1. How old are you?
- 13-17
- 18-25
- 26-30
- 31-39
- 40+
2.Gender
- Male
- female
- Hip-hop
- R&B
- Funky
- Rock
- Indie rock
- Pop
- Pop rock
- All of the above
- Yes
- No
- Sometimes
5. How many times do you buy magazine
- Everyday
- Every week
- Every month
- Every year
- A few times a year
- Never
6.What type genre magazines to do read?
- Celeb gossip
- Gig info
- New band info
- existing band info
- Politics
7. What genre magazines do you read?
- Hip hop
- Pop
- Rock
8. Would you prefer a magazine with one genre or a mixture of genes
- Yes
- No
Having now sent out the survey I collected a response from 10 people here are the result and my evaluation.
1. How old are you?
13-17 - 9
18-25 -1
26-30
31-39
40+
2.Gender
Male - 3
female - 7
The majority of the people who took my survey were female and between 13-17, this with mean that the final results will be from the opinions of 13-17 year old females
3.What music do you listen to?
Hip-hop - 2
R&B - 3
Funky - 4
Rock - 3
Indie rock - 2
Pop - 2
Pop rock - 2
All of the above - 5
All of the above got the highest vote which shows that people listen to a mixture of genres however i cant include all these genres in a magazine because from my knowledge of music magazine, music magazine have a particular genre which they then work around so i have decided that i will use the next highest scoring answer which is Funky and i will muisc which are linked with it.
4. Do you buy music magazines?
Yes - 2
No - 0
Sometimes- 8
5. How many times do you buy magazine
Everyday
Every week
Every month - 2
Every year -1
A few times a year- 6
Never - 1
This shows that not many young people buy music magazines regularly however music is a big part of young peoples life so they must be getting there music infomation else where maybe from the Internet from television.
6.What type genre magazines to do read?
Celeb gossip - 3
Gig info -2
New band info-2
existing band info-3
Politics-0
This show that young people are interested in tabloid magazines and information on existing artist but some were interested in gig info and new band, so i have decided to included all of these topics in my magazine as i think all these think are relevant for a music magazine however i won't include politic because i don't think that young people these days to mix politics and music.
7. What genre magazines do you read?
Hip hop -4
Pop -4
Rock -1
This shows that pop and hip-hop were most popular however i think this is the case in my survey because the people who done my survey like these genres but there is a hug range of rock magazine out there so i dont think there is a gap in the market for this kind of music
8. Would you prefer a magazine with one genre or a mixture of genes
Yes -5
No -5
There was an equal number in the people who wanted mixed genre and single genre which gives me the impression that people don't really mind weather the magazine has mixture of genre or not as long as they get there information.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
music magazine outline
Outline
Name?
I Have decided to call my magazine Out loud, I think that Out loud is a good name for a music magazine because I think that people should celebrate what music they listen to and I don’t think music should be keep to one self but to be shared and played out loud hence the title music Out loud.
Genre of music?
I have chosen to use funky house, hip-hop, R&B and pop, because I know about this music and it will be easy for me to write about them also they were most popular in my survey. Also because these genre are linked and they influence each other.
Why have you chosen to do this?
I have chosen to do these genres because I know about this music and it will be easy for me to write about them also they were most popular in my survey. Also because these genre are linked and they influence each other.
Audience: My target audience is 13-17 year old because most o the people who done my survey were 13-17 year old and it is this people that like these genres and these genres is what they want in a magazine.
Institutions: If I were to publish my magazine I would use IPC because they have the budget to pay for printing and it will be good quality and professional. It will also be more mainstream
Design: For my music magazine I will do a simple font so it does draw attention from the images but for teasers and headline I would use a bright font to draw attention to it. This is the ‘look’ of the magazine will have an image on the front cover and the title in the corner and on the sides will be teasers my ideas for my front cover is to have an image if a band or an artist with instruments in the background with the title in the corner and teasers along the side of the page.
Language
I will use a balance of slang terms and easy to read language so it is easy for all people from all area will e able to understand as slang terms vary from areas. However I won’t use slang too much as I would only be using the old word and will mainly be using easy to understand language so young people will not find it to formal.
Name?
I Have decided to call my magazine Out loud, I think that Out loud is a good name for a music magazine because I think that people should celebrate what music they listen to and I don’t think music should be keep to one self but to be shared and played out loud hence the title music Out loud.
Genre of music?
I have chosen to use funky house, hip-hop, R&B and pop, because I know about this music and it will be easy for me to write about them also they were most popular in my survey. Also because these genre are linked and they influence each other.
Why have you chosen to do this?
I have chosen to do these genres because I know about this music and it will be easy for me to write about them also they were most popular in my survey. Also because these genre are linked and they influence each other.
Audience: My target audience is 13-17 year old because most o the people who done my survey were 13-17 year old and it is this people that like these genres and these genres is what they want in a magazine.
Institutions: If I were to publish my magazine I would use IPC because they have the budget to pay for printing and it will be good quality and professional. It will also be more mainstream
Design: For my music magazine I will do a simple font so it does draw attention from the images but for teasers and headline I would use a bright font to draw attention to it. This is the ‘look’ of the magazine will have an image on the front cover and the title in the corner and on the sides will be teasers my ideas for my front cover is to have an image if a band or an artist with instruments in the background with the title in the corner and teasers along the side of the page.
Language
I will use a balance of slang terms and easy to read language so it is easy for all people from all area will e able to understand as slang terms vary from areas. However I won’t use slang too much as I would only be using the old word and will mainly be using easy to understand language so young people will not find it to formal.
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