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Article title: Stacey Silver

Quotes on the left hand side:

'' ALBUM IS A GOOD WAY TO GET CLOSURE, I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERBODY!''

‘’I’M HAPPY MY FANS LIKED MY SONGS I WROTE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER’’

‘’I MAY BE A POPSTAR BUT I’D NEVER GET DRAGGED INTO THE ROCK N ROLL SCENE’

  Good girl gone bad is back! Her new  album, It’s not me, it’s definitely you’ is out now!! Born and raised in Manchester, shes becoming as famous as The Ting Tings and Oasis put
together, hitting the music scene hard and her talent and charm is getting hot, hot , hot!

.After releasing her single, ‘Secret’ last Monday and listening to  the album twice.. maybe three times, it’s fair to say it’s not going to
disappoint any eager fans queuing up in the cold waiting to get a signed CD in Manchester HMV, on the 20th of December. The twenty something Stacey Silver will be there to sign CD’s from 12AM. Also with some huge stars appearing on the album including David Guetta,
 Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding and Labrinth it would be ridiculous if it wasn’t on your Christmas list this Starting out singing in cafes’ and open mic nights she got her lucky break when her cousin put a YouTube clip of her singing on the internet and it went viral. Ever since she’s had agents and record companies ringing her blackberry and since then, her life hasn’t changed a bit. Here she tells
Amplified why she wouldn’t change her life for anything or anyone. Stacey turned up in a hoodie, and barefaced for our photo shoot; ready to tell all to Amplified.

AMP: Hey Stacey, it’s great having you here. You’re looking stunning as ever How are you?
STACEY: Hey, thanks for having me! I
love getting glamed up for a shoot, it makes me feel so glam! *giggles*
AMP: Well you do look glam so our stylists did a good job! Lets start of with the nitty gritty. What’s ‘It’s not
me, it’s definitely you’ all about? Tell us the real story. Did somebody not pick pick up your Cinderella glass
 slipper Miss Silver?

STACEY: *Laughing* Well yeah, I guess you could say that, but it was me that wasn’t picking up his glass slipper in the end! Relationships are hard and having to keep it a secret was even harder. After nearly a year of sneaking around because he didn’t want to be in the press made me realise if he couldn’t do that for me, then he didn’t deserve me.
‘’It was me that wasn’t picking up his glass slipper in the end!’’
AMP: The spotlight isn’t for everybody I guess but I don’t know a single boy who would turn town a picture with Stacey Silver! There is lot of emotional tracks on the album, are you still feeling heartbro
kken?
STACEY: Obviously not. I felt like he just didn’t care for me that much, and If he would of wanted to publicise our relationship I think we would still be
 together now. I was heartbroken when he broke up but after six months of moping about I’m finally getting back to my normal self... finally!

AMP: Well that’s good to hear, would you say the album helped you get over him?
‘’An album is a good way to get closure’’

STACEY: Yeah definitely! I was completley heartbroken, your first love is the worst to get over. The album is kinda in chronological order from the first track being all crazy

in love and the last being completely over him. An album is a good way to get closure, I recommend it to everybody!
AMP: I’ll remember that if I ever break
 up with my boyfriend. Your sell out gig in Liverpool last night supposedly
finished an hour and half after it was suppose too.. which was at half past three!
STACEY: It was all a bit crazy, everybody was cheering for an encore and to be
honest I just really didn’t want to go
home! I sang a lot of songs I wrote when I was a teenager and I had a lot of tweets
the next day asking what track on the
album they were! I’m happy that my fans liked my songs I wrote when I was younger about my dad struggling with a drug addition.
AMP: Ooh does that mean another album next year? You didn’t want to go home?
STACEY: Yes defiantly, well I hope so. It gets lonely living on your own sometimes. I may be a pop star but I would never get dragged into the ‘rock n roll drugs scene and I don’t want any tragedies happening
at my gigs which is why it is a strictly anti-drug zone at any of my gigs.
AMP: It’s great to hear you are trying to help keep your fans safe. It’s been great speaking to your Stacey
STACEY: You too! I hope to be here again soon!
Vistit her website www.staceysilver/music.com to get an
exclusive free download of her single ‘Secret’ by using the code ‘AMP1’
Article by: Lily Rhodes
Pictures: Nathan Tugwell

Final contents page

Final cover page

Photoshop screenshots of my cover page

Photoshop screenshots showing the editing of the cover page.

This shows the editing of my cover page for my 'Priestley News' magazine.

Contact sheet of contents page photographs

Contact sheet of contents page photographs

The above highlighted images in blue, are the images i plan on using for my contents page. They match my coverlines such as 'Achievements' which links to the pe departments trophys. The photograph of the wicked shows regular college life and activitys so it links to my magazine 'Priestley News'.

Contact sheet of cover page photographs

Initial ideas and plans

Type of magazine

The genre of my magazine is a pop/chart magazine. I have chosen this magazine because there is a large gap in the market for a pop magazine that isn't initially for teenage girls.

Target audience

My target audience is both female and males from 16+. I have chosen this because there is hardly any other popular 'pop' magazines other than 'Top Of The Pops', which is aimed at teenage girls. I think older teenagers would be interested in this magazine because pop music is the popular music in the charts constantly so there would be a wide target audience for both genders. The social class could be anything from lower to higher class as the price is £1.20 it isn't too expensive as I am aiming it at mainly a teenage audience. The main music interest would be pop and chart music however; some chart music is from different genres so it wouldn't be all pop music. I would be aiming my magazine at all ethnicities.

Price and Frequency of Publication

The price of my magazine would be £1.20 as it is not too expensive for teenagers to buy as that is my target audience. Also, as it is out every two weeks it would work out £2.40 a month if you bought both issues in a month.

Issue Size

The size of my issue would be 55 pages as I wouldn't want my target audience to get bored of reading the magazine and skip pages. Also, as it comes out every two weeks my magazine would be packed with new music information.

Typical content

The typical content of my magazine would be interviews, gig information, the latest music charts; shocking stories of what 'pop' or popular music artists have been doing; although I don't want my magazine to be turned into a gossip magazine so there would be minimal information.