Magazine task

For my magazine I’ve decided to base it around the Rock/Garage Band genre The origins of most rock n roll and garage bands come from the old blues and soul musicians in America Garage bands were popular in the 70’s and 80’s and were called that for the fact that most band members were young and amerteurish and rehearsed in the family garage. Many small bands tried to make it by starting in small clubs and bars, many of these being along in the infamous Sunset Strip in LA, home to famous clubs such as the Whiskey This genre started the gig culture of going to see small and upcoming bands in local rock n roll bars. RESEARCH INTO GENRE

The unique selling point for my magazine is that unlike other music magazines I will base it on the gig culture I have seen a gap in the market for this because they focus only on bands and what they have been doing, however I want to focus on the famous bars and clubs that made most of the bands in this genre. For example, I would tell the reader where the best new concert and gig venues can be found Include articles about the top venue of the month Stories and reviews sent in by readers Specials on new garage/gig orientated bands that are not of the mainstream culture UNIQUE SELLING POINT

I plan to challenge most music related conventionalities because I wont have the feature band/musician on the front cover but instead a music venue For example: CONVENTIONALITIES However I will fit into most conventionalities of theses type of magazines by not featuring “gossip” articles. And having the magazine title on the top and the price/ barcode on the bottom I would not have a magazine cover looking like this with the bands name across the middle and the band members as the main image but instead have a venue as an image with the name of the venue across the top and the magazine title across the bottom or middle

My target audience would mainly be teenagers, both male and female from the age range of 17 to 20 + I chose this because this is the age where you mainly develop your music taste and the time when you go to the most concerts and gigs Im aiming for the gig culture of teens, those who go to music venues a lot Im aiming it at those type of people who are really into going to see live music which would most likely be those with a more disposable income TARGET AUDIENCE

Similar magazines that sell the rock genre type of magazines are SIMILAR PRODUCTS