Questionnaire

I conducted a questionnaire on Microsoft Word. I asked questions which related to my music magazine and genre and which would help me to make decisions about the magazine e.g. colour scheme etc. I will print off 20 copies and get a variety of people to fill them in, in order to make the results reliable.

­­­­­­Questionnaire

1)      Are you male [ ] or female [ ]?

2)      How old are you?

­­­________

3)      What genre of music do you mainly listen to?

­­­­_______________

4)      Who is your favourite band/singer?
______________________

5)      What three words do you associate with Indie music?
____________________________________________

6)      What is your favourite colour?
____________

7)      How often do you buy a magazine?
once a week [ ] once a fortnight [ ] once a month [ ] less than once a month [ ]

If other, please specify: ________________

8)      What magazine do you currently buy?
_____________

9)      What do you like about this magazine?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10)  What do you dislike about this magazine?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11)  What articles do you most enjoy to read in a music magazine?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12)  How much would you pay for a music magazine usually?
0-99p [ ]  £1.00-1.50 [ ]  £1.51-2.00 [ ]  £2.01-2.50 [ ]  £2.51-£3.00 [ ] more [ ]

If more, please specify how much you usually pay: ___________

13)  In your spare time, how much do you listen to music?
Daily [ ]  every few days [ ] once a week [ ] less [ ]

If less, please specify how much you listen to music:___________­

14)  What colours do you associate with the indie genre?
____________________

Initial plans

My magazine will be published fortnightly, I chose this for the time of publication as this is how often many other indie magazines publish a new issue therefore I feel that this is what works the best for this genre.
My magazine will be £2.00 because I think that is what will work the best.
My magazine will have 60 pages, because a lot of indie magazines have over 100 pages, however a lot of them also have less, therefore I thought I'd go in the middle because each different magazine has a different issue size.
Regular content in my magazine will include: evaluations of artists live, interview with an artist, facts about different artists, competitions that readers can enter, best single of the week, behind the scenes with a specific artist, upcoming events, posters, readers opinions on specific topics (different topic each week but same column)and an artists opinion on their favourite album of the month.
Feature articles will include festival gossip, free CD, questionnaire on different artists and what people like when they go see someone live, special review on an artist that has been around for years, win concert tickets, survey on the festivals in summer and music award shows.

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