1. Mission Statement
Highway to Country is an original and exciting music magazine celebrating the
artists in country music, it is aimed at females who have a passion for country music
and want to become a singer for country music. We want to create a space for all
country music lovers to come together. Our magazine is providing our readers with
the latest news on tours and albums, it will also give them the most recent news on
the artists in country music and what they’ve been getting up to in their free time. In
Highway to Country there will be a section for the fashion lovers who will want to
know the recent country fashion trends, this section of the music magazine will give
you an insight on what a music artist wears and how you can look just as fabulous.
Highway to Country will be on sale monthly due to the detail within the interviews
and gossip columns. We want the best and most recent news for our readers. They
will be able to find Highway to Country in the music section of the magazine part of
well known supermarkets; such as Tesco, also it will be available for them to read
online through our official website. It will cost around £3.50 because of the
producing the magazine will be a large expense and £3.50 a magazine gives a good
income. We believe that our magazine gives our readers their moneys worth; we have
detailed reviews on albums as well as exclusive interviews with popular and new
country singers.
In Highway to Country we will have interviews with new artists who are starting out
in the country music along with album reviews of recent releases. Tour dates and
articles on recent news about artists such as Carrie Underwood’s new song
‘Something in the water’ inside view. There will also be free posters of some of the
artists in country music. We are also putting a style section where country stars such
as Miranda Lambert and Shania Twain release their best tips to look country
fabulous. There will be a section on country themed competitions to make the reader
feel involved, the winners will get published or exposed through the magazine.
Highway to Country promises the readers an enjoyable and updating country
experience, we want the readers to take part in inside competitions and feel part of a
community that are close like a family. Our readers are guaranteed to get inspiration
for country outfits and also advice on writing their own music. All our readers will be
able to find an article that they can relate to and will be given the chance to feel closer
to the country stars published in our Highway to Country magazine.
Highway to Country is expressing the country music that is kept out of news, our
values and beliefs are that every individual should be given the confidence and
freedom to present and be themselves one hundred percent all the time. No woman
should feel undermined or opposed, we want our magazine to make all our readers
feel loved and wanted just as they are. Highway to Country is not going to show that
a glamorous women is the only version of success because most country singers come
from a normal background which is similar to our readers therefore our magazine is
aiming to present that wealth and status does not give happiness but love and
belonging does and that’s what our magazine will provide for our readers.
2. The style of Highway to Country will be tradition and simple it will hold a glam and
sophisticated structure, along with an original design. The whole magazine will be
modern and exciting it will also be informative about the artists. We want our
magazine to hold our reader’s attention and make them feel involved and needed.
Our readers will find the magazine enjoyable and relatable.
Highway to Country will be read by women who are caring and energetic, they will
have a love for animals and nature. She will be single and happy with having friends
and family around her, she will keep up-to-date with the country music and enjoys
writing her own songs and playing her guitar. She will enjoy going on long treks on
her horse through the woods with friends and then spending some time looking
around and enjoying the nature. Highway to Country will be giving these women a
place for them to express their love for country music and become part of a new
community that will feel like another family for our readers.