Music Magazine Propsal

I am aiming my music magazine at teenager from around 16 to early to mid tweenties. Predominately, the magazine will be aimed towards females, because of the female artist used, but it will still include male artists and bands too.     

My magazine will be Indie genre based, which will be shown to the audience through use of props and costumes associated with that style of clothing. It will also be apparent by puffs and coverlines on the front cover and contents, which will feature Indie bands and artists. 

I have decided on the title "identify" as this has many connotations with the genre. Indie music is mostly of independent music labels, or just an artist or band who aren't signed to any recording label, this means they base their music on their identity. I had also had other titles such as "independent," "jukebox," and "unsigned" but I decided to not use these names as I feel they don't have the same impact or connotations.

They main font I have decided to use is called "impact" and its quite big and bold, which fits in with the identity theme as they need to grab peoples attention with it. For the coverlines, I have used the same font but without the effect of a shadow which means the coverlines do not take attention from the main headline. 

I have not decided to use a tagline as I feel the title "identify" speaks for itself and doesn't need anything to reinforce the idea of gaining identity. 

The kinds of images I am using are quite moody ones using my female model as an individual artist. I have pictured her in front of a brick wall which gives the connotations of the artist not being flassy etc and just being about her and her music. I have also pictured her on a scooter, a stereotypical indie way of travelling, on the floor and in front of a shed, which also gives the same connotations as the brick wall. 

From looking at the prices of other music magazines, I have decided to price my magazine at a reasonable £3.50 as this isn't too expensive but still enough money to produce good quality paper and interviews with bands, artists etc. 

My ideas for coverlines include an interview with an up and coming artist but also including more well known artists and bands such as Kodaline, The xx and alt-J. This will then attract audiences that are interested in those bands, as well as introducing them to new ones and forming a bigger fanbase for up and coming artists. I will also include gig and festival reviews on my coverlines.