genre ideas

After reading the questionnaire answers it was clear that people of my target audience don't really like specific genres of music but like a variety of NEW music, because of this my magazine will feature new and up coming artists with a variety of genres but especially focusing on the ones that were ticked the most on my questionnaire. These include alternative rock, acoustic, pop rock, pop folk. This means that I will have produced a magazine that matched my target audience needs as best as possible. Here are a few upcoming bands that are predicted to do well this year; by looking at their style and why they will be popular with my target audience I can then find bands that are similar to these styles.

Chase and Status:

They are Drum & Bass / Breakbeat / Hip Hop band that have recently sang with Plan B. They have quite a cool casual style.

Daisy dares.

She is a pop/alternative rock 16 year old singer and song writer from Essex. She is good looking which attracts males readers and also by holding a guitar shows she's not just a teen pop star but is a guitarist too. Her style is a sexy rock chick and is predicted to extremely well this year.

Ellie Goulding

Starry Eyes was Ferne Cottons chosen track of the week on Radio 1. This acoustic artist has been

noticed by radio one and therefore is an interest to me. She has a different style, a unique voice which shows with her style and she's good looking.

Kid Sister

She's different because she is a female rap artist in a genre mainly dominated by black males. She fits into a gap on the market, and therefore is currently becoming big in the uk.

Owl City

When looking at the singer at first think of the stereotypical indie rock singer however his voice and the style of music produced is a catchy electronica/pop style.

It's clear that from looking at these recently noticed artists, it's not only their music that makes them successful but also their style and looks. As vain as that sounds having a cool artist on the front cover like these would attract a person to buy the magazine.

I did some research and looked at radio ones official playlists:

A LIST.

• 3Oh!3 feat. Katy Perry
• Starstrukk

• Biffy Clyro
• Many of Horror (When We Collide)

• The Big Pink
• Velvet

• Example
• Won't Go Quietly

• Hot Chip
• One Life Stand

• Iyaz
• Replay

• Jay-Z featuring Mr Hudson
• Young Forever

• JLS
• One Shot

• Kasabian
• Vlad The Impaler

• Marina & The Diamonds
• Hollywood

• Mumford & Sons
• The Cave

• Muse
• Resistance

• N-Dubz featuring Mr Hudson
• Playing With Fire

• Paolo Nutini
• 10/10

• Owl City
• Fireflies

• Plan B
• Stay Too Long

• Jay Sean featuring Sean Paul & Lil Jon
• Do You Remember

• Timbaland featuring Katy Perry
• If We Ever Meet Again

• You Me At Six
• Underdog

B LIST

• Alphabeat
• Hole In My Heart

• Danny Byrd featuring Liquid
• Sweet Harmony

• Chiddy Bang
• Opposite Of Adults

• The Courteeners
• You Overdid It Doll

• Jason Derulo
• In My Head

• Glee Cast
• Don’t Stop Believin’

• Gorillaz
• Stylo

• Ellie Goulding
• Starry Eyed

• Calvin Harris
• You Used To Hold Me

• Erik Hassle
• Hurtful (Starsmith edit)

• Ke$ha featuring 3Oh!3
• Blah Blah Blah

• Alicia Keys
• Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

• Naughty Boy presents Wiley featuring Emeli Sande
• Never Be Your Woman (Shy FX edit)

• Rihanna
• Rude Boy

• Sugababes
• Wear My Kiss

• Tinie Tempah
• Pass Out

C LIST

• * Steve Aoki featuring Zuper Blaqh (d/l: 7/3)
• I’m In The House

• * The Black Eyed Peas (d/l: out now)
• Rock That Body

• * Daisy Dares You featuring Chipmunk (d/l: 28/2)
• Number One Enemy

• * Florence + The Machine (d/l: out now)
• Dog Days Are Over

• Gramophonedzie
• Why Don’t You

• * Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce (d/l: out now)
• Telephone

• * Leona Lewis (d/l: out now)
• I Got You

• Pixie Lott (d/l: out now)
• Gravity

IN NEW MUSIC WE TRUST LIST

• * Bombay Bicycle Club (d/l: out now)
• Evening/Morning

• * Giggs featuring B.O.B. (d/l: 21/2)
• Don’t Go There

• Zinc featuring Ms Dynamite (d/l: 7/2)
• Wile Out

• :: This list features tracks that have been championed in Radio 1's 'In New Music We Trust' shows.

These are the current playlists of radio one at the moment which I took from their. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/ and therefore are the most played on the radio station at the moment. By featuring bands like these, which are also similar to the ones listed at the start gives a clear impression of what my target audience are interested in, and what gain peoples interest the most.

I listened to all the songs on the playlist and they fit into a majority of different genres. This also supports my idea that people are interested in different types of music and by radio one grasping this, have made themselves one of the most successful radio stations in britain.

Radio one as mentioned above is famous for playing new songs that aren't very well known, are different and have a unique stye. I will find bands that fit different styles to make sure that i find new bands that would still be interesting to my target audience.

Although radio one play new up to date music they still stay loyal to classic bands and artists and play their music. Likewise I think theres a balance that i will need sustain in my magazine. I will make sure that i include well known popular artists and up coming gigs they are doing etc. as well as promoting new music, because i dont think many will want to read a magazine full of bands they have never heard of before.

Instead of focusing on just listening to music I will consider other different features I could include in my magazine; Maybe something like a playlists for different situations like music to listen to when exercising, skating, working, chilling etc.