Name ideas.

4/11/08
The name I intend to select for my magazine will have to be a title that appeals to my target audience. I have done some research into the type of styles, wording and imagery the generation I am aiming at would find attractive.I want a name that means something to the readers of my magazine so I am going to look in song lyrics and album titles for inspiration:

"Moby Dick" is an instrumental tune and drum solo by English rock band Led Zeppelin, (http://www.wikepedia.com/) The name Moby Dick, is quite cheek and tongue and creates rebellion to the appearance of my magazine. It is also by a band that would be recognisable to my target audience. Rock was quite a statement genre of music and I think this name suits that statement well.

LIVE WIRE
(1975)(Young, Young, Scott)
Well if you're lookin' for trouble I'm the man to see If you're lookin' for satisfaction I'm satisfaction guaranteed I'm as cool as a body on ice Or hotter than a rollin' dice Send you to heaven Take you to hell I ain't foolin' Can't you tell. (http://members.tripod.com/acdcwillie/high.htm) I like that name Live Wire as It refers to a famous AC/DC song that's lyrics follow. I also think it sounds like a high voltage, up-all-night dancing sort of title. The word LIVE is like a comparison to 'live music' this is also essential to Rock n Roll.

When reading about Kings Of Leon, another appropriate band for my magazine, the word JUKEBOX came across a couple of times and I thought that it was an older familiarity associated with the 60's 70's and 80's. The referral to a commonly used item that was popular in past generations, could encourage the reader to buy my magazine.

My two favourite choise's of the three I have looked at are 'Moby Dick' and 'Jukebox' I think both of these have a finicky ring to them and endow with the impression I am trying to create.

1/12/08

After looking back at these name ideas when flat planing my magazine I decided that they weren't the most desirable names for my magazine, although initially they seemed to suit my style of magazine , I then realised I was structuring my magazine around a specific audience. I then came up with the name 'STRUMMER'. I think this is the ideal name for my magazine as it could be related to the strumming of a guitar, a relative connection to my style of music or the lead singer of the Clash's name which is a more specific title.