What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Music Magazine? Why?
Looking back at my blog post about the summer work i did of summer 2014 and exploring other companies, i have decided that i will distribute my magazine with Bauer Media Group because They have distributed and still continue to distribute some of the worlds top selling magazines such as Take A Break and music magazine Kerrang! Even though they are similar magazines to mine, i feel as if there is a gap in their publications for another music magazine that differs from the current Kerrang! that focuses on Hard rock.
Distribution company
What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Music Magazine? Why?
With my magazine, i am going to try and use social media, such as twitter and Instagram to connect with my target audience. Through this, i will get some of the featured artists in my magazine to post advertisements for my magazine and there will be a competition to win a year's free subscription.
Thinking about future editions of monthly 'Rudimental' I would use a twitter and instagram page for feedback on the months magazine, ask to see which bands my target audience would like to see. I would use worldwide distribution because the bands i would be featuring may be from different cultures each week, it is not specific to one region of the world. Because of technological convergence, Rudimental would eventually have an app that has each weeks magazine in full with extra links and exclusives to subscribers. The app logo would look similar to this Bebo Logo, But would include the R From the rudimental headline on the same Red background
Who would be the audience for your magazine?
From the Research and Planning i did for my magazine, I imagened i would use a long sleeve sweatshirt on one of my models. As you can see from the front page of Rudimental, My model has almost the same jumper as my plan. I have kept this the same because my target audience can relate, as it is in fashion and worn by similar ages to my audience.
Clothing
Similarly, i have used a checkered shirt for another model which was featured in my research and planning. Once again, This is another piece of clothing that my target audience can relate to.
the female side of my target audience would wear something like this. I was going to feature this in my magazine However i was unable to use this model in the magazine because i was unable to fit Her onto the page without overlapping artists. This was because i did not take enough photos.
Who would be the audience for your magazine?
From my readership profile on my blog, i have used the idea of listening to music, and have advertised a free itunes download inside, because 15-30 year olds would listen to music on ipods and iphones rather that cd players and cassette tapes.
Music and hobbies
I also made the link between the keeping up to date with bands, and going to festivals, by including gossip stories in my magazine, and using Callum's Reading festival band to link the picture to my target audience
Festival band
Exclusive story keeping up to date with favourite artists
This is a list of songs and artists that my target would listen to. I feel that thorughout creating my magazine, it has become less of a rocky magazine and more of a indie magazine. Instead of listening to songs such as "Welcome to the jungle" and "Underdog", i would imagine it would be replaced with indie songs that are played at these concerts and festivals such as Imagine Dragon's "Demons" And Bastille's "Pompeii".