identify institutions to produce our media text

record label research
there are various record labels that specify with rock music. roadrunner records founded in 1980 and is in partnership with warner records. roadrunner records is a good choice to produce our band because the label works really well with similar artist such as;

killswitch engage

slash

coheed and cambria

machinehead

nickleback

slipknot

kids in glasshouses                

another good record lable to produce our media text is EMI records. founded in 1931 the lable has a wide variety of artist ranging from heavy rock to pop. artist signed to EMI include;
30 seconds to mars                                           

iron maiden

the Beatles

pink floyd

music magazine research 
there is a wide range of music magazines, such as Kerrang, NME, Q, Scuzz etc

Kerrang is a weekly magazine and was first published in 6th june 1981,

kerrang circulates 43,000 magazines.

kerrang would be great to publish our band poster,

there are many bands similar to our that get them selves

featured all the time. kerrang has a big rock audiance
following and uses many posters to adverties new bands

NME is a popular weekly music magazine in the UK, it circulates 38,486 magazines. it features bands from indie to heavy rock, they have a wide audience and cover all types of music. they have covered bands such as

muse

kasabian
my chemical romance

ian brown

blur

paramore

and many other rock bands. NME is a well known, iconic brand and would be a good choice to use to promote our promotinal poster.