I carried out another questionnaire during the college term, and after recently looking at the results, the name for my magazine has been decided. I asked my target audience which name they would prefer out of...
a) Jam
b) Unzipped
c) Unleashed
d) Indie Cindy
e) Clash!
f) Ms. Indie
Overall, my audience decided on the name Clash!, so from hereonin I will refer to my magazine as Clash magazine.
I also asked the participants questions on colours and bands that they would like to see in the magazine. Yellow, pink, purple and blue were all popular choices, and I think they will look good, as they confirm the idea of the bright clashy colours. Black was also a common choice, and will look good as it will contrast to the bright colours, and it creates a rockier, edgier look. Popular bands mentioned by my target audience include:
Paramore
All Time Low
New Young Pony Club
(finally some female artists!!)
Cat Power!!
After carrying out more research, other popular indie bands (particularly popular with females)include...
Modest Mouse
Neutral Milk Hotel
Mumford and Sons
The Cold War Kids
TV On The Radio
Mountain Goat
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Apples in Stereo
Le Tigre
The Pixies
Tilly and the Wall
Slightly more mainstream indie bands include:
Bright Eyes
Deathcab for Cutie
The Shins
Of Montreal
I'm currently leaning more towards the Indie genre than the rock, because I think the Indie genre isn't as well covered as the rock genre. Rock music has magazines such as Kerrang! and NME, but Indie magazine has no major magazine coverage. I also like the fresh, new, funky Indie style, as the rock genre has been done thousands of times and isn't so modern. However, as rock is still popular, I felt I should research further into rock music, if I was to continue with the idea of an Indie/Rock magazine...
In my next blog I will make another moodboard combining both rock and indie images and designs to give me further inspiration for my magazine.
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