Magazine proposal
Type of magazine: my magazine is mainly based on the genre
alternative pop/ rock and hip hop/rap music , mainly it focuses on artists that
aren't necessarily thee biggest names in the music industry but have a very
nice feel to their music as well, it will also look at the upcoming artists
that need to be discovered. I would like to involve non mainstream artists so that it has a very
unique style to it and it shows its individuality compared to the other
magazine who do feature the a wide range of
mainstream artists but on the
other hand i would feature mainstream artists that do produce alternative
pop/rock and hip hop/rap to allow my fan
base to grow because once they spot their favourite artists they would want to
buy it but at the same time it would be able to publicise upcoming artists also
some main stream artists (artist that are usually on the TV screen and are
constantly on the radio) do produce very successful songs that fit the genre of
my magazine so i would include them since they fit the image.
Publisher
The company I chose to publish my magazine is Hearst
magazine because they have published magazines such as women’s health, Elle,
cosmopolitan and good housekeeping. These magazines are very well known and are
very successful which would cause my magazine to gain publicity. Hearst
publishing doesn't feature any music magazine so my magazine would be the very
first and Hearst doesn’t cover any hip hop/rap or alternative pop/ rock artists so it would be very interesting to
see Hearst publish its very first music magazine that covers hip hop/ rap and
alternative pop/ rock.
My influence
“CLASH” and “XXL”
XXL explores rappers such as Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar,
August Alsina, Lil Wayne, Nas, and many other hip hop artists. Whereas CLASH
magazine is a magazine that is slightly softer, CLASH tends to look at artists
such as Lana Del Ray, The 1975, Florence and the machine, partynextdoor, Birdy
and other artists. Both magazines
feature artists of the hip hop/rap and the alternative pop/ rock which is the
two genres that are going to be explored
My target audience
My target audience is aimed at those who are interested in
alternative pop and rap/ hip hop music.
The age group will
range from 15 year olds to 35 year olds those who are young or feel young and
like to explore that type of lifestyle. My magazine isn't really aimed at a
specific sex I wanted my fan base to consist of males and females as both sexes
like the genre of the magazine.
My magazine name
I have decided to call my magazine MERGE because it merges
two different styles of music together it fits two complete opposite ends of music together that
actually work really well together for example imagine dragons and Kendrick Lamar’s
collaboration of radioactive and m.A.A.d city and disclosure ft. Vic Mensa-
when a fire starts to burn. It will include:
What makes MERGE
stand out?
MERGE would stand out amongst the other magazine because it
explores two opposite genres hip hop has a harder feel it and to mix and merge
it with alternative pop music would be very unusual and it would also allow my
target audience to grow and expand further because people who enjoy alternative
pop would want to purchase it and so would those who enjoy hip hop/rap music
It’s very common to see magazines that stick to one
particular genre but I've included two opposite genres that work very well
together.
Colour scheme
The colours that are
going to be used in my magazine are going to be neutral colours or very pastel
colours so that the cover star could be noticeable and the cover lines could be
noticeable.
Price?
my magazine will be sold for £3.oo as it is going to be sold
monthly rather than weekly also if my magazine is monthly it will allow my
audience to be ready for next months issue and the excitement it holds as I
want my readers to always be Intrigued about what will come next in my issues
as I will make every issue unique and less predictable like other magazines.
