Questionnaire

To get the views of others on music to help me with my final piece of research, I conducted an online survey and distributed it.

It reached 29 people; 19 female and 10 male; twenty six 16 to 18 year olds, one 19 to 24 year old, one under 16 year old, and one person whom is 45+.

This graph shows that pop, rock, indie, and dance are the more popular genres, with alternative close behind. This is great for my band because the its genre is a mix between rock, indie, and alternative.

 

 

 

 

I asked this question because I thought it might be worth thinking about a possibly tour to add into the digipack for my band. Nearly 50% answered that they go to around 1 to 2 gigs a year, which means that I will have to promote the tour a lot more effectively and more widely than I otherwise would have.

 

 

 

I then asked the question: The name of my 'band' is "Little Gone Life". What genre(s) would you associate with this name?

 

15 people said that they would associate the band name with the indie / alternative rock genre, which is exactly what I was going for. Others said they would relate it to pop or metal, which isn't too far from the genres I was hoping they'd pick.

 

 

 

For the next question, I got a lot of different answers, but I have picked out a few answers that relate to exactly what I was looking for:

 

What words do you associate with the band name 'Little Gone Life'?

• Kid growing up, life being hard
• Small, death, wasted
• Colourless
• Alone, loss, loneliness
• Sad, lonely, pessimistic, depressed
• Tiny, Sad, Pessimistic, Insignificant, Lonely, Colourless

 

These answers were perfect for me, especially when people used the word 'colourless', as my band's whole brandity is based around a black and white colour scheme.

 

 

I then asked a question which was "What was the last music video you remember watching? And where did you see it?".

 

12 people said they saw the music video on YouTube, and the others said they saw it on a music channel. Therefore, these will be the platforms that I will target when trying to get my video to reach the audience.

 

 

The last question I asked was the following:

 

 

It is clear from the above answers that people either purchase an online version of the song, download it from online, or listen to it via music streaming websites such as Spotify, rather than purchasing the album in store or online. This means that I will definitely have to target my audience a lot more specifically in order for them to want to purchase the hard copy of the album, rather than illegally downloading it or just listening to it online.