Survey Results

100%

Would you like to here from unsigned bands?

YesNo

This show that every body would like to hear from unsigned bands so that means I will have an unsigned band in my magazine.

100%

Would you like freebies?

YesNo

This show that every body would like to receive free gifts in the magazine so that means I will have freebies in my magazine.

7%

20%

23%

33%

17%

What colours would you associate with indie magazines

Purple BlackGreyPastel ColoursOther

This shows that people recognise an indie magazine with pastel colours over the colour purple most people chose pastel colours of they chose the colour grey which would represent a black and white picture so I will use both colours in my magazine because they were the most popular.

50%50%

For a magazine front cover do you prefer

Coloured front cover picture Black and white front cover picture

This shows that the font cover doesn’t matter if it is coloured or not because an indie magazine is recognise and preferred for both. I will choose to do my magazine cover in pastel colours because I think that’s what is most related to an indie magazine according to this survey

23%

63%

13%

How many pages would you like

4060100

Because the number of 60 pages I will make my magazine 60 pages because that is what the majority of people wanted for my magazine

39%

49%

6%6%

What is a reasonable price

£2.00£3.00£4.00More

Almost half of the people who took this survey this that my magazine should be £3.00 and over more just over a third would like this magazine to be £2.00 so therefore I will make my magazine £2.70 because 10% more people choses £3.00 over £2.00

23%

30%3%

43%

What do you think an indie magazine needs to make it indie?

Cirtain PicturesThe coloursthe layoutthe content

Because almost half of the people think that the content is what makes an indie magazine indie I will focus on that the most then because 30% chose the colours I will make sure I have indie colours in my magazine such as pastel colours grey black and other colours that may look indie. Because 23% thought it was the pictures I will make sure my pictures will reflect the indie look.

Name one indie artist you like the most

• Alt-J Chet Faulekr• Artic Monkeys Cant pick• Of Monsters And Men Kodaline• None Not sure• Halsey The XX• The Smiths I don’t know• Circa Waves Artic monkeys• Kodaline Kodaline• FIDLAR Not Sure• Fidlar Artic Monkeys• Kodaline Imagine Dragons• Not sure Cant pick• The XX Haim• I cant pick N/A• The Cure The Smiths

One of the thing that people did not like about other magazine is that the artist were not indie enough as you can see more that two a lot of people know these bands so I will find other bands that are really indie meaning that less people will know about them.

20%

60%

20%

What age do you associate indie artists?

TeensTwentysThirtysOlder

Over half of the people who too this survey thought most indie artists would be in there twenties so therefore I will make sure my band looks young and will be in there twenties for the front cover. Nobody associated the age over 40 with indie artist so I will make sure that my bands and artists will be under the age forty.

Rolling stones Under the radar Qmag NME Mojo None

15.56%

17.78%

15.56% 15.56%

6.67%

28.87%

Have you ever bought one of these magazines

Have you ever baught one of these magazines

This shows that moat of the people who will read my magazine will not have read other magazines or they would have read at least one of the other. The most popular magazine is Under The Radar.

20%

33%22%

25%

What attracts you to these magazines

PicturesContentColoursFreebies

Most people are attracted to the pictures so I will make sure all of my pictures are appetizing and good so that people will want to buy my magazine.

10%

90%

How often should it be published?

WeeklyMonthly

Only three people thought that my magazine should be published weekly but 27 people thought that my magazine should be published monthly so this means that I will in fact publish my magazine monthly because almost all of the people who too my survey would like it to be published every month.

13%

3%

83%

Who would you prefer on the cover

A manA womanEither

This shows that who ever I put on my front cover it wouldn’t bother anyone but they would prefer it to be a man if anything.

Poured out Pendant Chill other

10.00%

66.67%

20.00%

3.33%

What is a good title?

The majority of people think that the name Pendant is the best name for my magazine. This means that I will call my magazine Pendant because it is the most popular.

21%

38%

21%

17%

3%

What content would you like?

PostersInterviewsArticlesGamesother

The most popular content subject is interviews so this means I will include a lot of interviews in my magazine will lots of different bands and solo artists. The next most popular thing is posters an articles so I will make sure I include some of them in my magazine so that I can make everyone who reads my magazine happy. And I will also include some games.

11%

15%

14%

16%

22%

23%

Give 3 word related to indie

SlowDeepGreatBeautifulCoolGuitars

The most popular three words associated with indie are; Guitars, Cool, and Beautiful. This means that I will use these words a lot whilst I and writing my articles and other things in my magazine to keep it indie

16 - 20 21 - 24 25 - 30+

90.00%

6.67%3.33%

How Old Are You?

How Old Are You?

The majority of people who read indie magazines are at the age of 16-30 which means that my magazine will be aimed at the age of 16-30 which also means that my magazine will most likely be informal because that’s what most teenagers like to read and it is also the type of language other magazines use.

Male Female

30%

70%

Gender

Gender

This shows that the majority of people who will read my magazine will be female and the male will be least likely to read my magazine

27%

60%

13%

How often do you read indie magazines

RarelySometimesA lot

This information shows that over half of the people who took my survey read indie magazines and that they will most likely read my magazine

If you read current magazines what do you dislike about them?

• They should have more interviews Not sure

• Not sure I don't

• Not sure The content

• The pictures could be better I don’t

• Not sure n/a

• There all similar n/a

• The layout is hard to read sometimes Sometimes there is too much text

• The content Don’t know

• N/A When its just about looks the magazine has no purpose

• I don’t Unneeded information

• Not sure The bands are not indie enough

• Page number The artist is not always indie

• Not sure The content isn’t that good

• The contents page The type of pictures they put in

• Covers The layout

This will tell me what not to include in my magazine and what I can improve in my magazine so that people will like it more.