Reader Profile

Reader Profile Research

A reader profile tells us the statistics of the audience of a type of magazine. It is important for a magazine to understand their audience and profile their readers because they need to publish content that will entice their readers so they sell more and keep existing.

I also found from my research that the social class bracket of Kerrang! is mainly middle and working class.

Kerrang!'s subscribers can save up to 66% when subscribing to Kerrang! print and Digital Magazine package. This may also reinforce reader profile age of 15-24 as most young people use smart phones , tablets and laptops. Also the saving of 66% will appeal to them financially as most are in full time education, or have low paid jobs (part time and apprenticeships). By being available in digital form it can reach a much wider audience that could otherwise have limited access to the printed version. This can work both ways in that consumers that have limited internet access can also get the a printed copy posted to them weekly.

I think my readers would want to read something that is interesting, modern and well presented. 

Music Genre

DPS Conventions Analysis

Contents Page Conventions Analysis

For any conventions that are included in the front cover of a magazine see, my previous post 'Front Cover Convention Analysis'.

Front Cover Conventions Analysis

Types of Genre

1. RnB
2. Hip Hop
3. Pop
4. Electronic
5. Reggae
6. Alternative Rock
7. Heavy Metal
8. Jazz
9. Pop Punk
10. Folk
11. Classical
12. Opera
13. Dance
14. Indie Rock
15. Country
16. Goth Rock
17. Blues
18. Disco
19. Dubstep
20. Rap Rock

Music Magazine Front Cover Ideas

 For my music magazine, I have decided that I am going to do a  magazine that is aimed at both male and female audiences aged from teens to late twenties. However, at this point I am unsure what genre to base my magazine on.

I have taken some front covers of different music magazines from Google Images to draw inspiration from. I have chosen two front covers from a music magazine company, one with a male artists as the main image and one with female artists as the main images.

Rolling Stones is a rock magazine which is unisex because they have included musicians with a majority mixed gender fanbase and the colour schemes used are neutral and commonly associated with the genre of 'rock'.

Top of the Pops magazine is aimed a teenage girls. I know this because of the use of pink and love hearts that have connotations with love and romance which is what most stereotypical girls are interested in and they've used artists who have a prodominantly female fanbase.

The colour scheme of 'Vibe' magazine has some relation with the main image so for example the cover with Nicki Minaj, the colour of the masthead, her name and some of the text boxes match the colour of her hair and the cover with T.I. has a blue background which matches his clothing. 

We Love Pop magazine is aimed a teenage girls just like Top of the Pops. I know this because of the use of pink and love hearts that have connotations with love and romance which is what most stereotypical girls are interested in. The masthead has a love heart instead of the word 'love' because again, love hearts have connotations of love. Also, they've used artists who have a prodominantly female fanbase.

Main Brief

To design a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and texts used must be original, a minimum of four images must be used.