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The target audience for my magazine is 15+ males and females who have a taste in rock/metal
music. The language is quite similar to the likes of Kerrang! Magazine, with the informal, comfortable
language along with some swearing. I haven't really thought of it being biased towards one gender,
but if it was I guess it would be aimed more at males as the front cover model is male and they would
aspire to be like him, along with the crude language used, it's not something most people would
consider a 'girl-ish' trait.
I have interviewed a couple of people for an Audience profile which can be found under the tagged
links, but my magazine is mainly aimed at people who have a sense of humour and sarcasm, as well
as being interested in the genre, new music, posters/photography, reviews and learning some
instrumental skills. These are people who possibly would be playing instruments, buying/downloading
music and listening to it a lot. I know a lot of people who are at my college who read these magazines
wither play an instrument or are in a band of some sort. These kinds of people are rather laid back,
enjoy a good party and hanging out with their friends, but sometimes being fairly responsible. 
Creative subjects are usually paid attention more to such as art, media, music, dance and design and
technology. Most of this audience range would spend a lot of time at gigs or festivals such as
Download Festival which is huge in the rock/metal genre. Band t-shirts are a wardrobe item as most
people can spend a lot of money on newer CD's and fans like to show their support through photos
and blogs on the internet to make new friends who have similar interests. If they spend more time on
the internet searching for new bands and looking at their favourite bands, they wouldn't spend much
time watching TV - if they were to, they would more likely be flicking through the music channels such
as Kerrang! orScuzz. If they were to listen to the radio as well, it would be Kerrang! A lot of people I
know enjoy watching u
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virtually unknown to this genre e.g. Katie Price and 'glamorous' celebrities. A lot of people have stated
the fact that it's unfair that people become instantly famous compared to some bands and artists who
work really, really hard - and that's a reason why they don't watch them. 
èf course here I am referring to teenagers which might not have a job yet (Audience 15+) and get a
fair bit of pocket money. èlder fans would be interested in the older iconic musicians, which also
would be presented in the magazine, along with some facts about the music industry and the timeline
of music history - which has to be generally interesting. If I'm going to be stereotypical, I have noticed
that such people that fit into this description have more of an interest in tattoos, piercings and body
modification as well as brands such as Vans, Converse, Criminal Damage and Famous Stars and
Straps. Although these brands can be kind of expensive, shops and websites such as eBay and
Primark would be involved somewhere.
They would probably buy my magazine because it stands out quite a bit from other magazines, along
with the eye catching gore look on the cover. There is also direct eye contact attracting them and the
look of the model in his element of anger. I think moods like this can sometimes attract moody
teenagers because they can relate to the cover star and look up to him.