1st Draft

Double page spread – music magazine article

The Young Gun ….

Over the next couple of weeks as the year rolls to an end James Wright will have come to the end of his first year with his new major record company Atlantic Records. Since being with Atlantic records he has scored a huge three number ones in the UK with his first and foremost debut single ‘love is not enough’.

James was born in a small country house not far from his local town of Abergavenny; his mum told us that she knew he was always going to go far even from the point where he would run around the house in his PJs singing ba-ba black sheep to himself.

Wrights non main stream career started way back in 2005 where he would record his own tracks in his small messy bedroom on some bashed up recording gear which his dad got him for his 16th birthday. By the end 2005 Wright had created his first EP ‘the lonely road’ which went on to lead to six others by July of 2006. He moved to London in 2009 aged nineteen to start playing local gigs sometimes only playing to just ten people, he played a total of 206 gigs over the one year playing three times in one day at some locations. But his big break came in the summer of 2010 where he was spotted and asked to go on tour with Just Jack; Wright commented ‘that was one of the highlights of my career and probably one of the best experiences I’ve ever had’. During the tour Wrights fan group was boosted massively all wanting to hear more of his music and so he signed his first record label with scyo music where he created his first official album ‘Spare Change’ this was very popular selling over 100,00 copies in England alone.

Over the next year James continued to make music and gigs for his fans where he was spotted by the major record company Atlantic Records who signed him up on the 14^th of December 2010. After his sinning James went straight to work on his first debut track ‘love is not enough’ which when released shot up the chart selling over 7000 copies in one week. After two weeks in the charts it was number one and stayed there for an astonishing three more weeks. Later that year wright collaborated with the Kings of Leon scouring another number one, James said ‘all my life I’ve dreamed of working with big artists and working with these guys has been a mind blowing experience.’ Since this calibration Wright has focused more on his new album working in both the studio In London and LA. His new album is set to be released the 4^th of January and he says he has chosen to cover some of his very first songs from when he was younger. Recently he has released his third single which has once again reached number one. Over the last year James Wright has stepped up and has put his stamp on the face of the music scene, he is currently planning on a tour towards the end of next year the dates have not been confirmed but we will know next year so keep up to date and we look forward to the new year and what it has to bring for James and other fellow artists.        

Front cover so far

Front cover drafts

Mission Statement

Edited Front Cover Image

This is the image which i prefered the most and think will best fit my magazine, i have removed the background using adobe photo shop and am now ready to start the magazine fronnt cover.

Possible front cover images

possible mast heads

Using paint i have created some possible mast headsi could use in for my front cover using different fonts and colour sceems.

Evaluation Of My Questionaire

Questionnaire evaluation

I have created a questionnaire based on the ideas for a music magazine and have handed it out to ten members of the public to ask what they would like and would they think would make a good music magazine.

The first question I asked on my questionnaire was “What gender are you…” five out the ten where male and the other five where female, I specifically handed them out like this to get mixed feedback from both sexes. The next question I asked was “What age group are you in ….” Four where aged between 10-15 and six where aged between 16-20 this suggested to me that I would be a young adults magazine aimed at the age range of 15-20.

            The next question I asked was based on genre of the magazine I asked “What Genre of music do you like the most ….”  The most popular was Indie with 5 votes, rap with 2, pop with 2 and R&B with 1 vote. From these answers I have decided to create an Indie magazine. The next question was based on the content of the magazine I gave 6 options and the opportunity to quote any other ideas they could think of and asked them to circle their 4 favourites . The favourite 4 are as follows: up and coming artists, gig/ festival reviews, new albums/ tracks and band artist reviews. I intend to use all these ideas for my front cover and use one for my main article.

            The next question was aimed at the mast head, I asked the question “which of the following mast heads do you like the most …” again I gave the six varied options and the most popular was unplugged with 6 votes followed by beatsix with 3 and infusion with 1 from these results I have chosen to call my magazine Unplugged. The next question “Which of the following slogans do you prefer (pick 2)…” asked them to pick a slogan which would accompany the masthead. The top chosen slogans where “why we listen” followed by “let the music speak”, personally I don’t think these slogans go with the mast head so I may have to think of some other suitable ones.  

            The next couple of questions focused on the front cover. First I asked “What colours scheme should the magazine cover use (choose three)...” the most popular colours where white, red and blue which I would be happy to use on my front cover. The next question asked about the main image, I asked   “What images would you like to see on the front of the magazine…..” the most popular was solo artist with 7 votes followed by bands with 4 vote, from these results I have chosen to go with an image of a solo artist.

            The last question I asked was about the price of the magazine “How much would you be willing to pay for a music magazine…” the majority of people chose the cheapest option which was predictable and because of this I have decided to price my magazine around £2.00 which is affordable for the younger readers while still making a good profit.