This interview is to be placed in a double page spread article in my magazine. Souvik and Rajit are two members of a band named 'The Hooks' who i have created specifically for my magazine genre.
1) ‘The HOOKS’- a one hit wonder: true or false?
Souvik: I wouldn’t like to picture ourselves as a one hit wonder. Unlike all these money and attention grabbing pop stars I want to establish a strong career through my music and personality. I hope to prove to people that I can achieve this however I do realise that I will always gain unwanted media attention such as this.
2) ‘The assumption nowadays is that young artists such as yourselves don’t last long in this industry due to your invulnerability to maintain audience?
Souvik: Assumption…… another view of the media I guess.
Rajit: Listen, any young artists has the potential to be successful, in my view it’s all about the way they go about doing this. I don’t know how the rest of my or Souvik’s career will go, but with the help of our fans and our record label we will be able to prove the critics wrong.
3) When you started out did you ever think that after a year you would have become one of the most loved young artists in the world?
Souvik: To be honest, no I didn’t. I mean who really believes that they will become a world renowned star at just 18. Whoever does is not thinking straight or is heavily gifted.
Rajit: I fully agree with Souvik on that matter however, I’m not taking my current success for granted; I still believe I have a lot to prove amongst my fans and others in the industry
4) Seeing as it is so hard for young stars to gain entrance into this industry successfully what advice or tips would you give to them?
Rajit: Well…….. When you’re young you have to have the mentality that not everything as is easy as you think its going to be. Becoming a musician consists of lots of hard work which takes mass amounts of practice before you could even consider entering the industry. A good idea may be to attend music classes or concerts in order to get a feel of what being a musician is all about.
Souvik: We are proof that hard work at any age can make you into a success.
5) On a lighter note, it has been rumoured that you are to produce an up and coming duet with Anette Olzon of Nightwish?
Souvik: Like much of what the newspapers say, this is again just speculation. But, I may say that it is possible. I mean we and, Anette are very close friends and have considered a duet together. However, she is currently on a tour around America, so it won’t be happening any time soon.
6) What were the factors that contributed to your successful and quick rise to stardom within the industry?
Rajit: There are many factors which contribute to anyone’s success in the industry. Personally it consisted of hard work and dedication. From the age of 10 I have been a musician. I practised every night after school, went to all the classes and concerts I could afford on the weekends. At the age of 16 I was able to start producing music and eventually start getting some gigs together locally. The rest pretty much writes itself.
7) What were the key characteristics you needed to make your voice heard – confidence, creative ability, sex appeal, courage?
Rajit: Personally I would have to say its all about passion, confidence and courage. If you have those three things you can achieve pretty much anything.
Souvik: I had the passion to get better at every part of my act, the courage to post my recordings to the internet and to record companies, and the confidence to go out there and perform in front of thousands of fans.
8) What are your current status involving your record company and your contract status?
Souvik: There continues to be growing speculation that we and our record company have to come to some disagreements, and that I am not going to get resigned. As far as I have been told there has been no change in my contract since I joined the company.
Rajit: We have not engaged in any arguments and are currently negotiating a new contract.
9) At your age and status, how do you aim to defend against media attention? Do you believe you’re vulnerable?
Souvik: Of course. Really no one is free from the media in this industry, as they look to pounce at any issue or speculation that may be of concern to the public. However, most of them never know the true story behind it. I do believe that I am vulnerable, but I’ll just have to find a way to get around the media attention every time such an issue occurs.
10) If you could have brought yourself into the music industry any differently, how would you have gone about this?
Rajit: Well, it certainly wouldn’t have been at this age. I mean, I do enjoy the fact that I have accomplished what I have waited so long for, but, I just believe that I need slightly more maturity before I can establish a solid successful career.
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These are various types of fonts that I have been experimenting with when creating my front cover for my magazine.
I am aiming to create a magazine based on the rock genre and would like to get some feedback on what typeface is the most appropriate for my front cover.
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The choice of band in this magazine is effective in that the genre type and target audience can be interpreted through the way in which the band is presented. The band is presented as being quite evil and dark. This can be related to the gothic side of the rock genre where the dark image is used quite regularly in order to adapt a sense of gothic nature. The use of the band slayer is effective due to the fact that they are a well known rock band. For a quarter of a century the duo have formed one of the worlds most controversial and best loved metal bands. But while they’ve faced and overcome challenges that would derail many a band – from endless concert protests to the banning of latest album Christ Illusion in India.
This shows how prolific their status is amongst the genre and how well known they should be. The magazine uses Slayer effectively to present the target audience, as the audience will be immediately drawn to the well known band in the article.
The type of language in this article is the same throughout the article except for the contrast in the way both band singers speak to the interviewer. Kerry King is somewhat rude through the language that he uses for example, ‘Fucking my wife and doing a shit load of drinking probably’. Throughout the interview there is other evidence of rude language and this therefore suggests that the band wants to aim at a more mature audience, or simply don’t have no concern for the way in which people should speak. In contrast, Tom Araya is quite subtle and uses simple language in response to all the questions put to him. Through his language he can also be seen as being quite kind and considerate, for example, in response to what he would do with one day to live he responded, ‘I’d spend it with my family. It’s not very metal, but that’s the honest truth’.
Colour is used effectively in this article both in the images and the text. The colours green and black are used consistently and are used separately so that they don’t create a clash. Green is used throughout certain parts of the text in the article to publicise certain areas of text that the magazine feels the reader should see, or to separate the interview questions from the answers. This is effective as the reader will immediately notice text that is highlighted in green and want to read it. Black is used in the main image to give an effect of the band being quite dark and/or evil. The black and white image also gives a sense of age, this is backed up by the fact that Slayer are quite and old band.
The double page spread is laid out so that the artists are predominately shown. It is clear that the magazine wants you to notice the band and notice what they are all about, due to the fact that they are so enlarged. This image takes up one whole page of the double page spread which leaved little room for large amounts of text. It subsidizes the text to one page leaving the double page spread split between image and text.
This shows the audience as not being very intellectual in that they value images more than textual references. As with magazines such as ‘The Word’, there is mass amounts of text compared to images due to the audience being slightly older and they value a good read. Whereas Kerrang readers do not wish to be bombarded with reading, they enjoy interpreting images and seeing there favourite artists.
The tone used in this article is differing between the band members. Both band members seem to have a different tone when speaking to the reader yet both aims to create a strong relationship with the reader. However they both have different approaches towards this, for example, Kerry King, is aggressive in some of his answers using swear words such as ‘shit’ and ‘fucking’ repetitively. Whereas Tom Araya is much calmer and talks to the reader as if they were a close friend by using a humorous tone for example, ‘I’d pee on everything! I thin it would definitely make the world a better place’.
The artists are presented as being quite confident and dark through the images. Due to the fact that they are from the 80’s they may be presenting themselves in a way that shows the confidence and morality. It may be that they are presenting themselves in this way as they have nothing to prove to the audience they are merely trying to produce a relationship with the Kerrang age group. However through looking at the interview it can be suggested that they are merely trying to entertain audiences this can be seen where it says, ‘ We’ve always been a band that lives day to day, and I think we’ll continue until someone says that they don’t enjoy it anymore’.
The style of the article is contrasting with that of the front cover due to the vibrant colours that the article uses. Unlike the front cover the article uses the colour green which is quite a vibrant and appealing colour, whereas the fronts cover is quite dark and the layout is dissimilar to that of the article. The front covers layout is aimed to promote rather than to inform this may be a factor which led to the magazine to adapt contrasting styles between their articles and front cover.
To understand or to be entertained by this article you may have to have some prior knowledge of the band in question. Seeing as Slayer is not a very commonly talked about band and the fact that they are from the 80’s suggests that the audience for Kerrang will need some prior knowledge. This is due to the fact that Kerrang audiences tend to fall into the category of teens to young adults.
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