With the help of the results from the questionnaires, I can now form a reader profile for the typical image of a person who listens to my genre of magazine, which is R'n'B, and also, can relate to the music, and has a passion for it.
Yazmin is young and energetic. She's always up for trying new things, and loves an adventure. Her friends label her as a 'dare devil,' and Yazmin certainly lives up to this title. She believes that these are the most important years of her life, therefore, each day should be lived to its fullest. She spends her free time watching TV, such as MTV, browsing online, or going out with her friends, whether that's just to the local park, or parties.
Fashion. Yazmin tries to create her own look, not following the stuff you see in fashion magazines. She wants her own identity, which stands out from everyone else. However, she will look at what artists such as Christina Aguilera, Ciara, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, wear on a daily basis, and then customises it to suit her style. This will consist of skinny jeans, t-shirts with logos, jumpers and hoodies. Occasionally, she'll wear dresses, but it depends on where she's going. However, she will have days when she decides to wear boyfriend jeans and tracksuits. She likes to experiment with different looks, such as grunge look.
While Yasmin's out, there are some essentials that she could never leave the house without. This consists of her BlackBerry, iPod Touch, headphones, money, bus pass, eye liner and house keys. Her most prized possession has to be her iPod, as this contains all her music from all her favourite artists such as Akon, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Drake, Jay Sean, JLS, Rihanna, alongside many others. When these artists are touring in the UK, Yazmin tries to attend as many gigs as she can. When listening to R'n'B / Hip Hop, Yazmin finds herself far from reality, as she becomes deeply engrossed in the music. Whenever she has the opportunity, she will take her iPod out and stick in her headphones. If she could have it her way, she'd do this while at college too.
Even though Yazmin is flexible when it comes to music, this particular genre of R'n'B / Hip Hop appears to inspire her the most, as she can connect with the lyrics. Music has always played an important part in her life, as she grew up listening to all types of genres. However, as she grew older, she found R'n'B / Hip Hop different from the others, as she found it unique, and instantly began to develop a keen interest in it. At college, Yazmin really wanted to continue studying music for A Levels after doing it for GCSE, and thoroughly enjoying it. Unfortunately, her college didn't give her the opportunity of taking music, as they don't teach it there. But, determination is one quality that Yazmin carries strongly. She daily goes on music tutorials online, such as www.jamstudio.com, to compose tracks. She loves playing around with new beats and creating music. She then uploads these tracks onto her MySpace and YouTube page, and tweets about her thoughts on the song and the process of it. Furthermore, she can also sing and rap, so adds this into her music as well. Yazmin learnt how to play the guitar and piano at a young age, which are instruments used in R'n'B / Hip Hop music, and she uses this to her advantage when creating music.
In the future, Yazmin plans on studying music at university, then to go to America to pursue her career in music. Yazmin is courageous, and wont let anything get in her way when it comes to something that she really wants.
I will base my magazine on this reader profile, attracting my target audience, such as the use of colours and the overall format of the magazine.
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