Main Task - Rough Sketch of Double Page Spread

Main Task - Rough Sketch of Contents Page

Main Task - Rough Sketch of Front Cover

Main Task - The Content

Front cover image: Jack Clark
Other images: Guitar, fans & microphone
Coverlines: Free hippies on the hill CD, 50 must see gigs. From The Saturdays to Poalo Nutini, Engery awards winners & losers, The fans review on May's music, Ultimate Playlist, X-factor we will be the judge, Guitar lessons with?, Singer sensation Jack Clark
Text from Contents: Energy, Contents, May 2010,Regular: gig reviews, fans letters, hot & not list, Alexa Chung's songs, making the video, gig dates, top 50 songs

Main Task - Article.

Main Task - Research

In order to create my own music magazine I conducted some research. I researched the content of what is in other magazines, the magazines i looked is Q and NME.

Q:

• Price: £3.90
• Frequency of publication: Monthly
• Issue size: 162 pages
• Regular content: access all areas, soap box, New to Q, Q hero, My record collection, Cash for questions, A round with..., Q50, Q Quiz
• Feature articles: 50 gigs you must see, Sting, Green day, Pop babylon, Prodigy, Beastie boys, Rick Wakeman.

NME:

• Price: £2.30
• Frequency of publication: Weekly
• Issue size: 66 pages

Main Task - Publication Plan

Title: ENERGY
Positioning Statement:
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Price: £3.00
Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, music stores e.g. HMV
Rationale: The approach of my new indie music magazine is to give the audience free gifts relevant to the articles and the interviews shown in the magazine. The main focus is gigs dates and reviews to bring the music to the fans
Rationale: The approach of my new indie music magazine is to give the audience free gifts relevant to the articles and the interviews which are shown each month in the magazine. The main focus is giving gig dates and reviews to bring the music to the fans.
Regular content:

• Editors letter
• Music fans letters - There opinion on gigs
• Gig reviews by Energy
• What's hot & what's not
• Alexa Chung's songs - her monthly pick of songs
• Chance to win signed memorabilla
• Photos of making the video
• Gig dates
• Top 50 songs
• New bands
• Energy quiz
• Review on the number one of the month

Feature content:

• 50 gigs you must see
• Festival line ups
• Interview with artist
• Win Arctic monkeys VIP tickets
• X-factor - the good and the bad
• Award shows winners and losers
• Win guitar lessons with Dave Grohl
• Steve Jones' ones to watch
• Greatest songs
• Ultimate playlists
• Fabs review of Novemebers music