My Magazine Proposal

By Lenrick Greaves

BEAT Magazine

For my publication I had to decide on the name in which I would

call my magazine.

I had to bare in mind that I wanted my magazine to be youthful and current, therefore I decided to name my publication ‘BEAT

Magazine’.

The word ‘BEAT’ was ideal for this publication as this word is

associated with rhythm and timing which directly links to my chosen

musical genre.

Musical Genre

For my magazine, the musical genre I have chosen is RnB/hip hop.

This was an ideal choice for me as these are my favourite musical

genres, therefore I believe I would have the necessary knowledge to create a successful magazine with these genres as it’s foundation

I also know that these genres are very popular within my generation,

which would make my magazine likeable, popular and relatable,

which will make them more likely to purchase the magazine

Content

For my magazine, it would mainly feature well established RnB/Hip

hop artists, as this will promote my actual magazine as the

customers will know who the artists will be. However it will also

contain up-and-coming artist

The regulars that this magazine will contain will be concert reviews, free mixtape from up-and-coming artists, the top ten RnB charts,

there would be regular competition for people to wins concert

tickets and top Dj’s music selection and reviews

What makes my magazine different is that it gives unknown artists an opportunity to get some exposure into the music industry and the

members of the public

Design features

For the font of the magazine, I would generally use bold fonts as I would ideally want my magazine to quite striking and quite ‘in your face’ to attract the target audience; this will especially be on my front cover. This mainly will be shown in the mastheads, cover lines and the contents page

These will be the colour which will contribute to the overall house of the magazine:

These colours are quite basic but together the colours would make my magazine very professional and chic as there is not a lot going on with the colour scheme

Publisher

For my magazine, I would ideally want it to be published by time Inc.

publications

I believe this would be an ideal publisher as they specialise in technology which will be beneficial for my magazine as they can

promote my magazine through different social networking sites.

Although time Inc. publishes for NME magazine, I still believe there is

a gap in the market for my magazine as they don’t not publish a

magazine of my musical genre.

Target Audience

For my target audience I have chosen at age range of 16-35 year old

men and women. I think this is a perfect range due to research I have

done before hand on other existing RnB and hip-hop magazines

I also believe that people of this age category mainly listen to these

genres compare to any other, in which will make my magazine popular

The social class that this magazine will be aimed at are people who are

in working to middle classes are they are normally associated with

today’s pop culture and would more likely buy my magazine then

someone of a higher class

The price of the magazine would ideally be £3.00 to compensate to the

quality of the actual magazine and it is also affordable for the target

audience

Flat Plan

main image

Cover Line

Teaser

Teaser

Teaser

barcode

Free

track

DPS

About a artist that just made in into the music industry

Who help them get into the industry?

About their new album

How did they rise to the top in spite of their haters

Who are your inspirations?

What next for you as a artist?

Artist who you’ll love to work with?

Any advise for up and coming artists