Audience research (spoken)

This is research from my questionnaires, it is spoken by 3 out of the 20 people who took the questionnaire for my music magazine.

The article write up for my double page spread!

This is the write up of my article for my double page spread! the finished double page spread will be layed out differently and will not be a block of text!

On Saturday the 22^nd of October 2011, Brit award winning artist Jessie J graced the Mountford hall stage as part of her Heartbeat tour 2011. Jessie J is the newest and by far the freshest thing to come out of the UK, it’s only been a year since her debut single ‘Do it like a dude’ and she’s going from strength to strength. There is absolutely no stopping this 23 year old Londoner. There was speculation she may have be forced to pull out of her UK tour after previously suffering a broken foot while performing. Jessie was forced to have surgery which meant she would need to go through rehabilitation to get her back to performance ways.  However like the true performer she is she didn’t let her foot get in the way of making her ‘heartbeats’ happy. (Heartbeats are what Jessie calls her fans). It was the first time Jessie J had performed in Liverpool and she made it one to remember.                                                                           She performed all the songs from her number 1 album ‘Who you are’ including the number 1 smash ‘Price tag’ which featured American rapper BOB.       Moments before Jessie was due to come onstage, the audience were full of excitement and adrenaline. They were cheering her name and singing parts of her songs. As the lights darkened the screams filled the room. The first song was ‘Big white room’; this was one of Jessie’s more emotional songs. It had the audience singing every word and drawn in from the very start. After the song had ended Jessie was silent but the screams never stopped.                                                                                                  Jessie has always said she prefers the audience to sing Price tag and she did just that. She handpicked 2 lucky girls from the audience and brought them up on stage to perform with her. Halfway through the performance she brought another special guest on with her. It was none other than British rapper Devlin who was one of her amazing support acts that opened the show. The Essex boy, 22, featured as part of his and Jessie’s official remix, in place of BOB. Jessie was back and forth with the audience, taking turns in singing. Throughout the whole song the audience were in full voice to a point were even Jessie couldn’t hear herself. During her performance of ‘mamma knows best’ she admitted this when she was forced to stop, tell the audience ‘I can just hear you, I can’t hear the band, you’re so loud.’ She soon got back in the groove strutting her way across the stage, which one fan Michaela Price said was ‘quite small but the way she used the stage was good’ at one point Jessie lay down on a platform and belted out the biggest part of the song.                                                               Jessie was not afraid to show off her scouse accent to the fans. Throughout the gig she changed from her hometown accent to Liverpool slang. During the performance of her brand new single ‘Domino’ she asked the Liverpool crowd ‘Liverpool, are you ready to f***kin dance?’ this was probably her best attempt which was backed by the people of Liverpool by their almighty screams.                                                                                                     Jessie is all for looking after her fans; she made sure everybody was hydrated by giving the security cups of water to pass around the audience. She did this during her performance of ‘who you are’ as one of the girls in the front row looked a little flustered. She asked if she was ok and handed her the water. This shows how down to earth Jessie really is. But she made sure it didn’t affect her epic performance, getting back into the zone to finish of the song. During this song which her album is named after she also flaunted her tattoo on her hip, it said ‘don’t lose who you are in the blur of the stars’ these are the lyrics from the single. She was also not ashamed to say it was spelt wrong, she says it is perfectly imperfect.                                                                                    The Essex girl had great interaction with the crowd, telling them interesting stories from her past. She also started signing different thing people had thrown up on stage, from t-shirts to hats. She also showed how she was down with the fashion trends by putting on certain things from the crowd, such as a pair of geek glasses which she wore as she performed. These props added to her mesmerising outfit which was a revealing sky blue cut out. While her trademark bob, which was purple for the night showed her character.                          Jessie showed her determination as she didn’t take one break throughout the whole show. She performed solid for 90 minutes, you’d never of know she’d only just recovered from a broken foot. She had no costume change which just shows she is all about the singing and not trying to break fashion boundaries. As the fans sipped water Jessie sipped her Vitamin water which she is now the new face of, she was also seen giving her band some to keep them hydrated. Her interaction with her band was also incredible. You could see the chemistry between them all as they fed of each other’s energy.                                    During her performance of her first single ‘Do it like a dude’ she showed her attitude by wear a metallic gold cap. After one person threw another hat on stage she incorporated this into the song, putting it on as well has her own. She danced her way around the stage as it was one of her more up tempo tracks. It had the packed crowd jumping and singing every word.                            Halfway through the show Jessie showed us how she didn’t need backing music or any other interference as she played acoustic for 3 of her songs. It was just her and her guitarist as she belted out ‘Technology’, ‘L.O.V.E’ and a snippet of ‘Up’ which is her brand new track with the amazing James Morrison. During ‘up’ she let her humour shine through as she screwed up her guitarists face and attempted to pick his nose.                                                                            Jessie had promised her fans she would perform brand new tracks during her tour and she done just that. ‘My Shadow’ was a song nobody had heard before so it was nice to hear Jessie and not the whole hall singing with her. Jessie confessed how much the song meant to her in the build up and you could see this in her performance as she was fighting back the tears. The crowd eventually joined in the chorus. It was a memorable moment for all.                                                                                                          Then finally it was time for the last song and what a song to finish on, ‘Domino’. Jessie’s brand new single in America. It is by far the most upbeat song she’s done and the audience showed that too. Singing at the top of their lungs and moving like they’ve never moved before. Jessie carried this epic gig right till the end, she cut a few shapes on the stage, most importantly the robot dance she done towards the end. As the confetti of hearts fell on the singing and dancing audience it left them yearning for more as Jessie exited the stage. It was most definitely an all-round amazing performance by one of Britain’s most exciting new artist. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for this Essex girl.

Images for my front cover (music magazine)

These are the images i took for the front cover of my music magazine. I have chosen the 2 i think look the best and will decide which one will feature on the final production of my cover.