Questionnaire

I have decided to put together a questionnaire to hand out to 20 people to find out what age group is most likely going to purchases a magazine so I can get my target audience. I would also like to find out what music is most popular so I can get an idea what genre of music I am going to represent. I will include some answers as to what would also make my magazine stand out to the rest. I am planning to give these out at a music group that ranges from 13-30+ with both male and female.

Here are my Questions I will include:

Male/Female- F (11) M (9)

Age- 12 (1) 16-18 (15) 30+(4)

• What is it you look for in a music magazine?
• What kind of music genre do you like? Why?
• If there was something free that came with the magazine, would you be more tempted to buy it? If so what kind of things would you like?
• What draws you in mostly about a magazine? Why?
• Do you buy a music magazine for the celebrity on the front? 

Here are a few of the replies I got back.

1. What is it you look for in a music magazine?

>When looking to purchase a magazine I look for the singer/band on the front and if I like them enough that I want to read about them then I would buy it but if not then I see what else is written down to see if that interests me. Although I regularly buy Vibe magazine as I am always interested to find out what new music there is. 

>I think it is the celebrity that they represent that gets my attention, I am a massive music fan and I listen to all different kinds of people and different genres so if it was someone I really liked and would like to know more about them or things they plan to do then that would definitely be a winner for me.

>I am a fan on posters, my room is covered in them, so each week I look for a magazine with the best poster to plaster on my wall, my genre of music is old/new rock however there isn't many magazines for me to choose from so that's upsetting but there are still some good ones. 

2. What kind of music Genre do you like? Why?

>My favourite music genre must be 'Indie.' its a new type of genre, a lot of old songs have been put into this music group and a lot of newly found singers have taken up this type. It can be very chilled out but then there is also some really happy ones so whatever mood you are in there is a Indie song to go with it.

>Rock, especially the old rock like The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. I like these the most people the songs actually mean something unlike all the new 'R'n'B' rubbish all they sing/rap about is love and getting their heart broken by some 'shawty.' Music is supposed to be meaningful and inspirational and I think old Rock does that well!

>County is my favourite type of music, this is probably because I was brought up around it and there wasn't all these different types, some of them I haven't even heard of! But I think the singers have lovely voices and I do like the sound of someone playing the guitar. 

3. If there was something free that came with the magazine, would you be more tempted to buy it? If so what kind of things would you like?

>As I mentioned in the first one it's posters that make the magazine a winner, so if there was a couple of good posters of my music taste then I would be more tempted to buy it.

>I have a huge mix-tape collection growing of all the old and forgotten bands and songs that I have gotten out of magazines and I would like to keep that going, but there isn't many that do that now as everyone downloads there music and no one really listens to CD'S/tape and records anymore. So giving free music would be good for me.

>I'm not fussed about getting anything with the magazine, I look for what is in them not what comes with it but I suppose is something came with it, it would be nice. I would have anything really, free money would be great ha-ha!

4. What draws you in mostly about a magazine? Why?

> Image is what grabs my attention, when I'm looking for a magazine I couldn't care about the brand I look for the people that I am interested in. Magazines are known for putting beautiful people modelling on the front but none of that bothers me, I just want to read about the people I enjoy listening too and I will only do that if they are on the front cover.

> I'm doing A-level art so I am so used to being around colours that it has become a habit of looking at things that are colourful so if there are colours that compliment and contrast each other then they are most likely going to be picked up by me. 

> I like to get a lot for what I pay for, so when the cover has plenty of information on the front i know it has a lot inside, so if I see a magazine with plenty on I will most likely pick it up to see what there is to read about but because i's getting old it's hard to see so when they have all the colour and big fonts it's a lot better for me.

5. Do you buy a music magazine for the celebrity on the front? 

'Everyone said that they had answered this is previous questions, so if I was to hand this out to different people then I would remove this question'