Questionnaire

Please take the time to answer my questionnaire which can be found here.

Research Methods

There are 2 different types of research they are:

• Quantitative 
• Qualitative

Quantitative research is research that involves statistics and usually it will involve numbers, where as qualitative research is usually based on the quality of the information that you find and the facts.

There is also 2 types of data that you can collect and they are :

• Primary data 
• Secondary data

Primary data is data that you have collected and you are not getting it from an external source, for example a questionaire that you create and send out. Secondary data is gathered from an external source such as other magazines or a website, you didn't gather the data first hand.

These types of research and data will help me with the creation of my website because we will be able to group our research and planning and fit it into the required category.

What is a music magazine?

A music magazine is a magazine that is solely focused on music and the music industry, they would typically include music news, photos and interviews etc. The first ever "Billboard" magazine advertisement launched in 1894. The most popular music magazine in the United Kingdom is "The Fly" and the most popular music magazine in the world is "Rolling Stone" according to www.allyoucanread.com. 

In my opinion music magazines do not have a long term future as people would prefer to just venture onto the internet as it is easily accessible and has all the same information and more at your disposal and you do not have to wait for the magazine to be released as the information is always there. 

Music magazines relate to fans of whatever genre the magazine is about, for instance rock fans would like to read a magazine like Kerrang!.

My favourite music magazine OHM (our house magazine).

This is a magazine about house music and obviously the main bulk of readers will be fans of this genre of music or maybe people who just enjoy one artist of this calibre. House music fans will normally be in the mid or late teens and carrying on into there 20's as i believe that they are the partying years. I like house music as it is partying music and it puts you in a good mood.

The reason I have picked House music as my genre type for my magazine is because all teenagers can relate to this type of music as it is is usually put together with partying and that sort of lifestyle. House music is not necessarily always percievced well as people believe it encourages the party lifestyle which obviously involves party drugs and alcohol etc. However I like this type of music as it is up beat and lively.

My favourite House music artists are:
- Steve Aoki
- Alesso
- Sebastian Ingrosso
- Tiesto

Introduction to my blog

Welcome to my Blog.

I am currently studying AS Media Studies and as my coursework task I am going to create a music magazine. The purpose of this blog so that all of my work can be easily found and is easily visible to my teacher and an examining board. The idea of the blog is to upload a day by day update of the progress I have made on the planning and research for my magazine. This blog will include:

• Screenshots of the progress I have made
• Research that I have found from various sources (other magazines, websites etc) 
• Planning of my magazine
• My drafts and final version of my magazine
• Videos of Musicians that relate to my website

In addition to this I have purchased specific music magazines that focus on my chosen music genre. This will hopefully help me to gather an idea of a music magazine layout.

About Me

I am studying Media, Psychology and PE in Sixth Form. When I am not in school my main hobbies are different types of sport, my favourite sport is football which I play 3/4 times a week. I also enjoy playing golf and tennis however the time of year and the elements decides how many times I play those two sports as they are considered as "summer sports." I am very much a music lover however I don't have a certain type of favourite.  My website is going to be about House music as it is a type of music which I enjoy a lot.