Band Profile: The Genesis

Name: The Genesis
Style: Indie/Alternative, Dance-Punk, Alternative Electronic
Influences: The Drums, Passion Pit, SBTRKT, Foals, Disclosure, The XX, The Maccabees
Members: 3 members, All male.

• Vocals and Guitar- lead man, energetic, lively and confident on stage (similar to Yannis Philippakis from Foals, Thom Yorke from Radiohead and Justin Young from The Vaccines)
• Synthesiser and secondary vocals- more confined on stage behind synthesiser, dances and hypes up the crowd (similar to Jamie XX from The XX and Howard Lawrence from Disclosure) 
• Bass guitar- energetic and lively on stage (similar to Rupert Jarvis from the Maccabees and Kevin Baird from Two Door Cinema Club)

Front Cover: Either 2 or 3 of the band members depending on how overcrowded it looks as I want to keep the cover clean and simplistic. All members will be wearing clothes that fit my chosen genre of Indie/Alternative so will be dressed in a vintage style of clothing such as tight fitting jeans, casual button up shirts and canvas/leather shoes. I want the band to be perceived as lively so the pose the band members will perform will reflect this. 

Double Page Spread: All of the 3 band members shown in two pictures, one large picture covering half of the double page spread and one smaller picture incorporated within the text. I want to make sure that in these shots, each members whole body can be seen so the audience can view the band's outfit's as this will show the audience how modern and current the band are through their clothes which will be appealing the target audience as the band will dress similar to the audience so they will be able to easily relate to the band. 

Target Audience Profile

INDIVIDUAL/'INDIE' MALE

Name: Charlie Manchini
Clothing:

• The majority of the time he will wear button up shirts (done up to the top) and the occasional t shirt with sleeves rolled up high nearly revealing his shoulders
• Tight skinny jeans rolled up revealing either bare ankle or bright socks (weather dependant)
• Authetic Vans, Creepers, Nikes. Any shoe with a 'retro' look
• Old, tattered bracelets and scruffy festival bands accommodate his wrist along side his retro Casio watch 
• Long scruffy hair covered by either a beanie hat or a snap back 

Interests:

He enjoys to attend as many gigs as possible seeing bands who are relatively unheard of but will love to see the more mainstream indie bands also. Charlie is also a regular attender to as many festivals as he can afford on his wage packets from his part time job at TopMan with the rest of his money being spent on his music collection and filling his wardrobe. Regular trips to the local shopping centre is his favourite way of passing time and he enjoys finding the second hand shops that sell knitted jumpers at cheap prices whilst also finding being the top customer at the vinyl store and benefitting fully from his discount at his workplace, TopMan. He is an avid blogger on websites such as Tumblr, blogging photos of mainly clothes he has/wants, half naked women and his favourite bands. 

Music Taste:

Charlie will listen to a wide variety of indie/alternative music and try to portray himself as someone who only likes non mainstream artists who are undiscovered but will secretly love the bigger indie bands such as The Vaccines. He downloads all his music from iTunes for his iPhone but also has an extensive collection of vinyls to show off to his friends. 

Magazine Buying Habits:

He used to buy NME and Q before they became too "mainstream" for him and he will occasionally buy an issue of Complex or Dazed and Confused as he has a minor interest in those genres of music also. He is now on the look out for an up and coming, new magazine in the indie/alternative genre which focuses both on large bands but also undiscovered bands.