Monday, 13 December 2010

Mast head name - Music Magazine

I wanted my magazine to be original and have a unique name that would be memorable and link well with my magazine. I looked at what other magazines so see if it could give me some inspiration for the name of mine. I looked at Q, Mojo, Kerrang, and NME. All magazines that are related some way or another to mine.
I came up with a few ideas for my magazine.

Strum - I liked this name as i thought it worked well with my genera, as it is the sound of a guitar being played softly. I thought about the types of music i would be putting in my magazine and thought it would work well as most 'indi' bands play music and especially guitars. Also like Kerrang it was an onomatopoeia, although was totally different and unique.

Unique: I thought this name pretty much summed up the ideology of my music magazine. It also related to the fashion not only the music. It is associated with my target audience as it is for people who are very individual and 'unique'. 'Indi' music isn't mainstream music so i think this name would work well.

Indie-vidual: I liked the idea of having the name of the genera in the mast head although i think it may be to long to put on the front cover. Its simple and basically states the obvious of what my magazine is about. 'indie' music is very individual and i think it would work well.

Melody: I thought that this looks deeper into the genera and explains what is in the music. Although i think it does sound quite feminine and may not reach out to all my target audience. It could also could fit into any genre, it is a very open name and could come up in any music category not only indie.

Wire: I think this sounds quite origional and it would fit with my genere as it would represent the wires of a guitar.  You would definatly tell what genera the magaizne is from. It would fit with the type of music i am aiming to represent.

D-notes: This name sounds very musical and as it is how music is made. All denotes means to have a meaning. This could show that my magazine has a reason and a meaning. Like all the music in my magazine there is a meaning for it weather it to express feelings or to make others happy, they made the song for a reason with a meaning behind it.

I have decided to used the name strum as i think i would connect to my target audience alot better and it would be for a wider audience as you can stum a guitar hard or soft so it would relate to the split in the 'indie' genere. I think it relates to 'indie' music a lot with the use of an onimaterpiea of music.

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