My questionnaire for the title of my magazine

From my results i found that the majority found that hardsound was the best choice for a magazine. closely followed by crabcore magazine.

So my magazine will now be called Hardsound i want to have a distressed effect on the font for the front cover.

Equipment to be used

equipment list:
1.Mac
2.Photoshop CS3
3.My sony Bridge camera
4.guitars in photoshoot like my ESP EC1000 which i will also review
5.In design program
6.websites like www.dafont.com for different fonts and also google for general research

My outlined idea

My magazine will be called "Hardwaves" and is going to feature alternative/hardcore unsigned bands who need the advertising, to get more intrest in an attempt to allow more musicians to be noticed.

colour scheme will be white and blue. with a album design and posters shown on the front.
photos will be very much in your face with alot of energy and bright colours to attract the reader.

this will be completely alternative.

Unique selling point

my unique selling point is a weekly free CD and poster collection of featured bands inside the magazine some magazines do this but mine will be different as it promises to feature underground bands. this is what makes my mag different and appeals to a completely different audience, therefore allowing my magazine to sell something that is currently not available.

questionairre

My results have shown that most people i asked to do the survey liked magazines such as Kerrang and Rock sound and read them once every now and again, genres that feature in this eg. Rock Metal and pop punk, bands that are typical to feature include A day to remember, Bring me the horizon, Enter shikari etc.

Download chart

I dont believe the download chart gives my genre justice, the bands i would feature in my band would not be in the chart. the majority of hardcore bands believe in actually doing it for the music not for the benefit of earning more money. bands faetured in my magazine will be underground bands.

as you can see from this image the charts is dominated by mainstream pop, and does not give "better" bands justice.

Band images

This is a poster marketed for the band "A day to remember" they used a similar design for there 3rd album for easier recognition as there fame grew. what i like about this design is everything appears to be reaching out or chasing you, the image is low key aswell which really emphasizes the pink font making us focus on the name of the band. also is very "in you face" hinting at the bands genre of hardcore punk.

This is a live photo of Bring me the horizons vocalist Oli Sykes. its a low angle shot making him seem powerful and we all know when the vocalist says something live we most likely do it, pictured just at the right moment aswell, as he screams into the microphone.

This is rise against's 5th album entitled appeal to reason. this is my favorite album cover ive seen, its very controversial with the character in the gas mask holding a gun to his head, and especially the rifle in the top left surrounded by flowers, all the colors are danger colors reds yellow and black.