Friday 26 February 2010

Main Task, task 10, Publication Plan

Publication Plan

Title: Live

Genre: Indie

Positioning Statement: We live for LIVE.

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £3.00

Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, Music stores, and gig venues.

Rationale:
The aim of the magazine is to provide indie music fans with regular music reviews, gig listings & guides. The magazine will include articles and interviews with bands or artists; the magazine is based mainly on live gigs and performances.

Style:
Mainly informal, and slang words to rlate to young readers.

Regular Content:

o Gig Guides

o Gig Listings

o Gig Reviews

o Music Reviews

o The World in music this Month

o Short Sets – (small bits of random information about bands/artists)

o Last Requests (fans send in questions to ask an artist)

o Readers Letters

o Lives’ Hero

Feature Content:

o Article on ‘The Genuine Articles’ (interviews with artists will be a regular feature)

o Temper Trap’s Dougy Mandagi- ‘I joined a band so I wouldn’t have to work another day of my life!’

o The Wild Beasts- ‘Sussexy Beasts’, Wild Beasts performance in Sussex

o Vampire Weekend – ‘New FANGled Songs’

o Jamie T – ‘Bored of Battered Britain’

o Mr Hudson – ‘Straight, No Chaser?’

o Tigers That Talked – ‘23 Fears’

o Jack Penate- ‘No Longer Torn on The Platform’

o The Passion Pit- ‘How We Survive On Tour’

o 50 Must see gigs

o Absent Elk – ‘Are they really that absent?’

o The Script- ‘Where are the Irish Idols?

o Devendra Banhart- ‘Folk Smart’

o Japandroids- ‘Young Hearts Spark Fire’

o DeadMau5- ‘Ghosts & Suff’

House Style

Cover lines: Berlin Sans FB Demi & Berlin Sans FB

Headlines: Arial Black

Stand first: Arial 14pt Byline to include standfirst

Captions: Arial 8pt

Features first paragraph: Drop Capital Times New Roman, 3 lines deep.

News first paragraphs: Times New Roman

Body Texts: Times New Roman 11pt

Colour Scheme: Red, Blue & Black

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