Title Evaluations

After a lot of thought into what my music magazine should be called and from a lot of research through song/album titles, I have narrowed it down to 2 possible titles; Eclectic and charged.

Eclectic - The definition of eclectic is "composed of a variety of components drawn from a variety of sources and styles". I was already very familiar with what the word eclectic meant and I use it a lot when describing things, however I never originally thought about it being useful for this project. I thought that "eclectic" was very appropriate as indie magazines tend to study/feature a variety of sub-indie genres within them, for example ranging from classic indie rock featuring bands such as The Smiths and The Clash etc to more recent, newer indie artists such as Jake Bugg and Two Door Cinema Club which both have two different styles. Reflecting this in my own magazine should appeal to a wider audience of many styles within the indie genre fan base.

Charged -  I thought that charged had many connotations with the main one relating to music being an electric charge which may then be suggestive of an electric guitar, which is a main component of an indie bands/artists' instruments that drives the music. Using this as a title would create an image of this to the audience which would be effective as the masthead of an indie magazine.

From these two title decisions I have finally decided to call my music magazine eclectic. After weighing up the signifier's and effectiveness of both I concluded that eclectic had more of an appropriate appeal to a wider audience range within the indie genre and had a more effective meaning behind it. The word is also often used as terminology referring to artistic subjects and so this would further appeal to a lot of my target audience as the style of many indie artists/fans of such music tend to be quite quirky, artistic and contemporary.