Idea Generating session : on!

Still missing of one member of the group but we manage to agree on certain ideas. We have presented our ideas on the two required task; to improve an existing section on the magazine and to introduce a new section to the magazine.


REVAMPING A SECTION: At first I have to list out what are the content / section the magazine have because both of my members, Amir and Jessica can't read in Bahasa Melayu. After I listed, we decided to pick the one with less words (besides it would be easier for the non-malay reader) and thought about it. Since the last post from the brain storming exercise, I have picked the section before, I would think I have a heads-up on the topic. The section I (and my members) have picked is the lyric / chords section. We decided the show the chords (by strings and fingering) in the lyrics. Also maybe try using different color as for now both chords and lyrics are in the same color.

Something similar to the image above. On every issue will have different songs, following the feature songs of the month with of course includes the song itself. Other than just the guitar guides, we thought of maybe putting with other instrument's chord as well, however that is not fully discussed. 

INTRODUCING A NEW SECTION: We were stuck for sometimes as we didn't know much to put into the magazine. Hence, we search through another magazine (RollingStones) and also the previous issues of ROTTW.

 Amir suggested to do the rockstars gear, where we can show the readers what the instrument (guitar, drum stick and etc), paddle used and much more. Since there are various of rockstars and the variety of instruments, these help in the continuation in different issue. 

After that, I thought of rock fashion (though it's kind of exist before in other magazine), like what are the trendy clothing for rockstars nowadays and whatnot.  Since it's not unusual for fashion to be in the magazine, that was considered as good idea but wasn't much agreed on.

Then, Jessica thought of doing a band comparison section after flipping through RollingStones. Since it can be useful for the fans / reader, we put that under our list too.

Lastly, an upcoming trailer of new bands / songs that are going to be released. Though that is quite ordinary and not everyone will read through it much.

At the end, we go by Amir's idea, that is to feature the gear of the rocker used. Since it would be more ideal for a rock magazine and the target audience would be majority man anyways. So here, we can put the virtual items that the rockstar used so that the reader can imagine or see how does it looked like. Besides, it would attract the readers more than the other section introduced.

Not really like this, but similar, where it shows the gears backstage, shows how the sound was produced and etc.