I asked "Do you prefer to listen to male or female vocalists?" 3 of the responses said that they preferred to listen to male vocalists, 2 of the responses said that they preferred to listen to female vocalists and 9 of the responses said that they didn't mind if the vocalist was male or female. This means that for my project I can use either male or female vocalists and it wouldn't affect the sale of the album.
For the second question I asked "When choosing an album, does the design of the cover influence your buy?" 4 of the responses said that the design of the cover does influence them when buying albums, 7 of the responses said that the cover doesn't influence them, and 3 of the responses said that sometimes the cover did influence them but other times it didn't. This shows me that a lot of the time people will buy an album regardless of what the cover of the album looked like if they liked the band. I think the mixed feelings show that people do take the cover of the album into consideration but if they liked the band then they will buy it regardless of the cover.
For the third question I asked "do you prefer to have a picture of the band/artist on the cover?" 4 of the responses said that they liked having a picture of the artist on the cover, 1 response said that they didn't like having a picture of the artist on the cover and 10 responses said that they weren't bothered about if there was a picture of the artist on the cover or not. Because there is a clear mixed feeling about pictures of the artist on the cover I think I will maybe mix mediums and use both a picture of the artist and some other pictures and graphics making it more of a collage.
For the next question I asked, "what do you like to see featured on an album cover?" most of the responses said that they liked to see things like band logos, eye catching artwork, name of the artist and the album, and impressive photography. This goes with the idea of making the cover a mix of art and photographs, and making the album a collage using a mix of mediums. I see that most of the responses said they wanted to see the name of the artist, and the album name on the cover and I think it is something I will include on the cover.
For the fifth question I asked "Do you prefer to buy hard copies of albums or legally download?" the responses showed me that although people preferred to have the hard copy, it is much easier for people to access and download them. Many said that the cost of albums is too much and even though they want to have the hard copy of the album, they can only afford to illegally download them. On downloaded albums (legal and illegal) only the album cover is download, not the actually digipak meaning that the audience who choose to download will not be able to see and read whats inside.
For this question I asked "how often do you buy albums?" many said that they didn't buy albums alot and downloaded them instead, and others said that whenever they go shopping and they see an album from an artist they like they will buy it. Most did say that they do download albums instead of buying them.
For the last question I asked "if the album cover attracted you, would you be willing to buy the album without knowing the artist?" many said that they would be tempted to buy an album they weren't familar to, but only if they were within the same genre of other artists that they listen to, and if they had heard of a few songs before hand but they wouldn't just buy an album because of the colourif it wasn't similar to music they listen to and if they had no idea who the artist was.
These results show me that overall people don't really mind if they listen to male or female artists meaning that it doesn't matter what gender vocalist I use. On the cover most of the responses said that they would like to see a mix of photographs and graphics, I think I could combine art and photographs, and make the cover a sort of collage. People said that they would sometimes be influenced to buy an album based on the design of the cover but only if the artist was in the a similar genre of the type of music they usually listen to and if they had heard of the artist and a few of their songs, this shows that the cover of the album will help influence people buy an album but only if they were of a similar genre.
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