The document contains results from a questionnaire that asked about respondents' ages, favorite indie/alternative pop artists and why, and what type of questions they would ask their favorite musician. Ages of respondents ranged from 16 to 23. Popular favorite artists included Marina and the Diamonds, Coldplay, Alt-J, and The 1975. Questions for musicians covered topics like inspiration, the songwriting process, career origins, experiences on tour, and plans for future music.

1. Questionnaire results
How old are you?
Age Amount
16 4
17 9
18 6
19 0
20 5
21 0
22 0
23 1

2. Who isyour favourite indie/alternativepopartistandwhy?
Option Reason
Riskay N/A
Marina and the
diamonds
Her musichas a strong message anditscatchy
Coldplay I thinktheirsongsare just socatchy and easyto listento.The bandis alsounique in
the way that itinteractswiththe audience andmakeseveryone feel apartof the set.
Alt-j Theyare completelydifferenttoall otherartists
Marina and the
diamonds
Love her voice,andthe lyricsto hersongsare reallyclever,alsoherpersonalitymakes
herreallylikeable andfunny
The 1975 They’re reallyupbeatandmotivatingevenintheirsaddersongs
Bon Iver N/A
NewtonFaulkner His musicischill
Lana Del Rey For herpassionate,poeticlyricsanddreamystyle
JustinVermon Music influencebymanygenres,collaboratedwithalarge varietyof musicians
N/A Too manyto choose from, I like the individualitytheyeachpossess
N/A Don’thave a favourite
Halseyandoh
wonder
N/A
Lorde She isa verygenuine personandisdifferentfromnormal popartists
JeremyLoops Got introducedtoone song(downsouth) andnow I’m hooked
Everything
Everything
Theyare reallyoutthere andjuxtapose alotof the everydaymonotonousstuff
Oasis Theycan change theirstyle tosuitdifferentgenresbuthave theirownspecificquality

3. Why?
Option Reason
A Aestheticallypleasing
A Because it'scolourful andprettyandhas a reallycreative coverthatislessgenericthan
the secondone.It looksmore like artand isaesthetic
A I recognise more bandsonthe cover
A It's colourful andeye-catching;hence itappearsasthoughit will be funanddifferent.
From the cover,there isalsothe suggestionthatthe magazine isgoingtobe livelyand
modern.Itis therefore intriguingandcapturesmyattention;makingme wantto
purchase itand eventuallyreadit.
A Because itstandsout and looksmore interesting.Itmakesyouwanttosee what is
inside.
A Because theyhave informationaboutthingsthatIam interestedin - forexample AltJ
and Gotham- whereasIdon't know as much aboutthe subjectsof optionb
Andoptiona seemsto offer33 free songs
A Drewmy attentionmore thanB because of all the colourand picture,the formatis
more organisedsoI can see the mainarticlesstraightaway.PlusI love JessieWare
A 33 free songs.
A Love arcade fire!
B Bob Dylan
A OptionB looksslightlytoo'rocky'
B More strikingcover/informationaboutcontent(more bandsIlistento)
B Looksmore stylish
A It’smore eye catchingandcolourful
A Colourful andstandsouts
B (noreasongiven)
B (noreasongiven)
A It looksmore fun
A It's a lot more eye catching. The graphics are more asethetically pleasing. Also the
layout & structure flow better as your eye makes the way down the page, which means
the densest information is best suited in the bottom section of the page, for it can be
processed, whereas the other one is overlooked.
B (no reason given)

4. What type of questions would you like to ask yourfavourite musician?
 mostly 'how' questions
 What motivates you?
 How do you write songs?
 New music releases
 Do you only write the lyrics and song part or do you write for the other instruments as
well?
 How they started and met each other, plans for the future, funny moments
 What is the inspiration behind your music / stage outfits? Have you ever had any
funny / embarrassing tour experiences? Are you releasing anything soon? Who are
your musical inspirations?
 What's your favourite song to sing? If you could do any other job what would it be?
Do ever get tired of any of your songs? Which ones? What inspired you to start
making music? What they've got planned for the future?
 What song started your career?
 Why did you decide to become a musician
 How have they been able to power through any though times or setbacks that they
have faced
 How many instruments can you play?
 probably questions about the start of their musical career like how old were you when
you first started singing and what inspired you to become a musician
 When's the new album, and what should we expect from it? How do you get your hair
to go so good all the time? Who/where did you get the inspiration for the first album?
 What inspired them to strive for success and fame in their chosen instrument? Is the
'spotlight' as exciting and amazing as it is portrayed to be? If they could decide
whether they would
 focus on becoming a musician again would they? Do they actually get enough time to
truly focus on their instrument and talent or does the concept of fame and the
expectations of fame hinder them from achieving their true potential?
 What inspires them to make their music? Which other artists are the influenced by?
Which other artists would they like to or are they going to work with in the future?
 What's it like to be a musician? What's it like if you fall short of your expectations in
the charts or sales of your songs?
 Do you write your own lyrics and produce your own music?
 How do you find the motivation to carry on in a society where there is so much
criticism? Also especially when you were starting out did you know what you were
doing was going to be a success? We're you personally happy with it so you put it out
there and hope others like it? Or was it research and advice from the industry?