My first draft for my article.

Ellie has now released her new tour dates for ‘new life’ check them out at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ Now! As most of you fans of Ellie, she had taken a break form the music industry. We have invited Ellie to have an interview with us so that we can understand why she has decided to come jumping back in the music industry and why she left for so long. So to keep you up-to date with her exciting up coming events we have put together a number of questions to ask her.

　

Ellie, why did you take that break from the music industry?

I took that break from the music industry because I thought it would give me time to realise what I wanted to achieve in my life. I also feel like I am a young artist who could be going to university or could be getting a job. I just felt like I needed closure to whom I wanted to be and to become. I have realised that not just from family and friends but fans too that I can't see myself being anyone else and I have I have to grab whatever opportunities come my way to make my life and other people's lives better.

　

Why do you love music so much?

I love music for a number of reasons. Music, I feel gives me the sense of freedom of whatever may be going wrong I. My family or just generally in the world. I feel as if I sing all the bad things are not there anymore even if it's just for a second. Music also gives me comfort, it makes me happy it also puts a smile on my face. I my eyes music is very passionate. I see that makes me help other people who are just like me but don't get heard.

　

Why have you decided to do another tour?

I have decided to get myself back to where I was that by doing another tour would show people that I back for good. I have also decided to do another tour because I am changing my music slightly and to do this I need as much support as I did before. I also really want my fans to be proud of my decision that I have made.

　

Are you saying that the music affects your fame?

Well it's kinda half and half because I choose to become a singer so really I can't blame the fame really. Don't get me wrong I love music and I love performing but there comes a point when you wish that you weren't famous because you just want to be able to walk don't the street without been known. I know this sound selfish but it's the truth. I mean the music does affect my fame for good reasons too such as it encourages people to get involved and sing and I like to think that my music provides this.

With having your new tour and your new album out, we ask every artist what is your favourite song and why?

If I had to decide I would choose stay with me which I am having a duet with Sam Smith, this is because I feel like this is sending a message to people out there that are in relationships that aren't going well and they don't know what to do whether to stay or leave them. I find that with my new tour my fans will understand more if they come to see me in concert because there is a hidden message that I can't tell people just yet. Also I feel as there is a lot of competition where as from where I am standing I see none because I love making music because it's what I do best. I think I have chosen this song because I hope its inspirational and I just love working on this particular song

Out of the whole music industry who would you see your self becoming and why?

This one is a hard one because I see everyone as equal and different and I also feel like everyone has a different sense of music and I know that there are different genres of music, pop ect but what I am saying is I can't put a name because everyone different. I don't think I would be able to say anyway because I can never make decisions myself. I think the only people that could really answer this question is the public because it's for the public eye.

This was a tester to see if it would work as I used my phone because I downloaded word

My first draft for my article.

Ellie has now released her new tour dates for ‘new life’ check them out at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ Now! As most of you fans of Ellie, she had taken a break form the music industry. We have invited Ellie to have an interview with us so that we can understand why she has decided to come jumping back in the music industry and why she left for so long. So to keep you up-to date with her exciting up coming events we have put together a number of questions to ask her.

　

Ellie, why did you take that break from the music industry?

I took that break from the music industry because I thought it would give me time to realise what I wanted to achieve in my life. I also feel like I am a young artist who could be going to university or could be getting a job. I just felt like I needed closure to whom I wanted to be and to become. I have realised that not just from family and friends but fans too that I can't see myself being anyone else and I have I have to grab whatever opportunities come my way to make my life and other people's lives better.

　

Why do you love music so much?

I love music for a number of reasons. Music, I feel gives me the sense of freedom of whatever may be going wrong I. My family or just generally in the world. I feel as if I sing all the bad things are not there anymore even if it's just for a second. Music also gives me comfort, it makes me happy it also puts a smile on my face. I my eyes music is very passionate. I see that makes me help other people who are just like me but don't get heard.

An example of my questionnaire

This is an example of one of my questionnaires and its one that been fillled out to show evidence of my work. I then took these questionnaires and made pie charts to show my results. 

Front cover layout

This is my main image for my music magazine. My main image I have chosen to do is a female artist, this is because my target audience is for the female gender and the age range I will be trying to reach is the teens who are interested in female artists. My main image is more to the right of the page than the left and it takes up most of the space on the page. My splash ' Ellie back on the road again?'   I have chosen this because this will catch the readers eye and then they'll want to read that article then they are more likely to purchase that magazine as it looks appealing and worth the money. 

'Sound' is going to be my masthead of my music magazine I have chosen this masthead because I feel it was the most appropriate and it suited my magazine cover the best. As you can see on my questionnaire 'Sound' wasn't a choice that is because I was going to use 'Sow!nd' I did like the idea of this masthead and as you can see from the questionnaire results that it was the most popular masthead but I felt like it was misleading because it looks like two separate words 'sow!' Is a female pig and my music magazine isn't anything to do with pigs! With my masthead I wanted to make sure that it wasn't misleading and I didn't want to draw the readers attention to any negative points about my magazine. 

This is my barcode for my magazine, I have chosen to put it on the right hand side of my magazine cover as it wasn't only filling up any dead space I had I also wanted it to be on the right hand side because I felt like it was more appropriate to be on that side. I have also put the price of the magazine right on top of the barcode because I did some research and that is where most of the prices are on any type of magazine. 

The picture above is a picture of my pug, I have chosen to have in my pug 'FREE POSTER inside today's magazine' I have chosen this because I wanted to draw attention to my readers and I also did it because most readers will be paying for a magazine that they may throw out so I want to give them something for value of the magazine which they may keep. I also think with my pug that because it is bold it is going to be one of the first things that they will notice. 

The sell lines that I have chosen are the one that will appeal to my readers which are bands or artists such as 'The Vamps, Sam Smith and James Bay'. I have also included lifestyle and other British songs. I have chosen to this and include this because it bold and clear. I have also separated the with black and red lines to show that my work is organised and clear and that my readers are able to see that you can see that the different topics there are. 

The last picture is the banner line, I have chosen this because as I have said I want to draw the attention to the readers and by saying that it is 'THE UKS BEST SELLER' its implying that you can't get any better than that. I have also chosen to have this in a clear background and have black text as it understanding and not confusing. I have also put the issue number underneath the banner line so the readers know if they have the right issue. 

Magazine audience research