Ellena Rolfe AS Media: January 2017

Monday, 16 January 2017

Audience Feedback

In todays lesson, i collected audience feedback from my MMusic Magazine; Front cover, Contetns Page and Double Paged Spread

Saturday, 14 January 2017

Double Paged Spread Step by Step

In todays lesson, i took screenshots for my double paged spread for my music magazine

Contents Page Step by Step

today i took screenshots for my contents page for my music magazine

Friday, 13 January 2017

Front Cover Step by Step

In todays lesson i took screenshots for my front cover of my magazine and i gave detail as to what i am doing in each image

Double Paged Spread Article

In todays lesson, I wrote the article for my double paged spread:

At first they thought nothing of it, October 2016, moments before Wasted Lights are due on stage at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester. Ben Carney can see the crowd of about 50 teens running to get to the barrier. Sweat running from both his and the rest of the bands face, they realize that it was nothing like what they had done before. This time it was different. The feeling was different this time. The smell was different this time. They actually realized that some people love their music. Success lingered in the air and they were so excited to start. Ben, Jamie, Tom and Hannah where terrified, but what they were about to face was going to be life changing. They got about 4 songs into their set and people were screaming at the top of their lungs, crying, jumping about. The atmosphere was so intense, there was such a buzz and everyone was going absolutely off.

Well 2016 has been a big one for WASTED LIGHTS. From gigging in Manchester, to recording an EP, does it get much better? Set to conquer beyond the North West, the band exclusively told us they are currently at the studio recording! This four piece indie band has caught the attention of a fair few people, and it only gets better from here. ‘Wasted Lights’ is a name we’re sure you’ll become fairly acquainted with in the near future. These four are determined to succeed. But where did they come from?

Interview for Double Paged Spread

I interviewed 'Wasted Lights' for the article in my double paged spread asking a numerous different questions:

HOW DID YOU GUYS BECOME WASTED LIGHTS?

JAMIE: Well we all took music as a GCSE and Ben picked up the drums, Tom and Hannah taught themselves how to play an acoustic guitar, so we just decided one day when we were sat in Bens that we would like to be in a band and play gigs, like that really appealed to us. So then we decided around July last year to actually do something about it.

BEN: We all love going to gigs and the thought of actually performing in front of people and them singing back our lyrics gave me, personally, a kind of lightbulb moment when I was at the Catfish and The Bottlemen gig in 2015, it really inspired me.

HOW HAS 2016 TREATED YOU? ANY HIGHLIGHTS?

BEN: We actually got the chance to record an ep in a studio in Liverpool and it was the most fun process ever. Like when it all came together it was so weird like hearing our own lyrics on a recording other than hearing a cover of ours on YouTube.

JAMIE: I think the coolest thing we done this year was playing a gig in the Ruby Lounge in Manchester, it was completely surreal. We have also done about 6 gigs around Liverpool this year in places like the O2 academy and Studio 2. Gigs are probably my favorite things to like go to and so to be performing in one is 10X better

TOM: We have a twitter account as well that Hannah mostly runs and it’s just fun having people tweet us asking us things like when our next gigs are and when were gonna bring out a new album, it motivates us more.

CAN YOU GIVE US 2 OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS/ALBUMS?

HANNAH: Sundara Karma- She said is my fave song at the moment, no reason just been listening to it loads, and also Songbird by Fleetwood Mac, makes me cry every time

JAMIE: Trick by Jamie T, just got the vinyl, and anything sang by Muse, they are so good

BEN: Humbug by Arctic Monkeys and the self-titled album by the 1975

WHAT INSPIRES YOU AND YOUR MUSIC?

TOM: We all pretty much like the same music so the inspiration was kinda the same for us. For me ‘Circa Waves’ are the best and them being from Liverpool just made me love them that little bit more.

HANNAH: I’ve loved Blossoms since like 2014 and I just find everything about them really cool. But also, we love the big names of the genre like The Wombats and our all-time favorite album that we all rock out to is ‘A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation’. Also, Ben and I went to see Catfish and the Bottlemen last year and they definitely inspired our EP.

HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING PLANNED FOR THE REST OF 2016?

HANNAH: We’re actually playing at the O2 academy on the 9th of December for the ‘Christmas at the O2’ gig, and it should be pretty good, can’t wait.

FINALLY, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURTIE BANDS AT THE MOMENT?

JAMIE: Sundara Karma, they’re so so good and they’re playing in February, which we all just bought tickets for so that’ll should be good.

BEN: 1000% Catfish and the Bottlemen, all-time favorites

HANNAH: I love how David Bowie was just experimental and he like challenged social norms, not just with his music but also with his performance too.