Focus Group Questions and Answers for Rock/Metal Magazine.

1) What is your favourite Rock/Metal magazine?

Don't read any- this shows that there is a gap in the market for more rock teen music magazines.

2) What colours do you think represent the Rock genre?

Red Black Grey Purple Silver White

3) What would you want to see on the front page of a Rock/Metal music magazine?

Rock bands and artists because it is relevant and it might be off-putting if it was someone from another genre and it wouldn't be staying true to the magazine.

4)What would you like to be featured of the magazine?

Artists, local concerts, gigs, competitions, interviews

5) What would be a good name for a Rock/Metal music magazine?

Bass-ics, True Rock, Power Chords, Hard Rock, Hard Place, METAL WAVE

6) What sub-genres would you like to see included in the magazine or would you like all of them to be featured within it?

Punk, New wave, different sub-genres of metal eg: Heavy, pagan, groove, electro, death, jazz, pirate... Glam rock so basically all the sub-genres.

7) What news would you like to hear in the magazine?

News of gigs, new albums, chances to win prizes, new up and coming artists, band updates,

8) What sort of prizes would you like to be included included inside the magazine?

Free tickets, posters, chances to meet rock stars, trips, free music, t-shirt.

9) What would set us apart from other Rock/Metal magazines?

The variety of music we show, less mainstream music.

10) Who would be the target audience (age)?

16-25

11) What price would you consider reasonable for a Rock/Metal music magazine?

£2.00

Evaluation

This focus groups questions and answers give me ideas on what to include and what the audience could be and what they want out of the magazine. For example this shows me that there is a gap in the market for a decent 'teen' rock magazines but that could also be assessable to older people therefore I would make my audience 16-25 year olds. Our USP (unique selling point) would be that the magazine would include a variety of rock and metal, because its such a vast genre, and focus on the bands that may not be as well known. Also it would be priced at £2.00, making it extremely good value for money.