Evaluation question 4

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

I have chosen 16-26 year olds for the target audience for my magazine because my magazine looks at alternative/indie genre and I feel as though the music is quite mature so it targets towards adults (18-26) but also mature 16-18 year olds would listen to the indie/punk genre.

In my planning, I looked on UK Tribes for an audience that I wanted to target my magazine for. I chose the categories, “Scenesters” and “Stylers” because I feel as though they would be interested in the kind of things that would be included in my magazine. More specifically, the Scenesters would be interested in my magazine because the description for Scenesters is that they incorporate fashion and music into trends and their interests. My magazine would feature artists wearing trendy clothes as well as artists that are partially famous for their clothes. For example, Tyler The Creator (Golf Wang), Laurie Vincent (YLC Clothing), etc.  

The other UK Tribes category I chose is “Stylers”. The reason I chose Stylers was because I believe they will like my magazine because my magazine would feature many different trends. One of the descriptives used for Styler is that they “Stay ahead of the cool” and my magazine will feature trends that will stay ahead of the cool. Also, “inspiration for the youth of today” is part of their description so for these to read my magazine may be inspirational to others o also read my magazine.

My audience would have to versatile in terms of their music taste. Although their music taste will be part of the indie/alternative bracket, it would be helpful for my target audience to enjoy the music of rap. Artists like MF DOOM, Rejjie Snow, Loyle Carner and Danny Brown would also be included in my magazine so my audience may not enjoy this music if they are not versatile and only listen to indie music. Not only the rap sides of things, but other artists that have their own partcualr genre would also be thrown in my magazine. Artists like Xxxtentacion, Grimes and Alfa Mist who have created their own audience their own audience would appear in my articles; so, therefore, my audience would have to like a broad range of music to enjoy articles in magazine. Needless to say, they would also have to be into music quite heavily to listen to some of the other Niche artists that would be included.

In conclusion, my magazines would have to be ahead of the fashion game and be incredibly trendy. Would also have to be into niche artists and be quite versatile. This can be related to the indie audience because they notoriously enjoy niche and unheard artists. Indie and alternative audiences also would have a versatile taste I music which fits my criteria.

This is my written answer to my evaluation question 4, I recorded my voice and uploaded to recording to Soundcloud.