The Enjoyment of Music and The Effect of a Visual Image

In order to understand first-hand, what consumers of music feel about aspects of the music industry, I conducted a survey of questionnaires. I gave the questionnaire to a range of people from different age groups to enable me to obtain widely generalisable results and accurate conclusions.
My questionnaire aims to focus on two main things: 1) Why, as consumers of music, we enjoy music and what uses and gratifications it fulfils, and 2) What effect the visual appearance of an artist has on their audience.

Music questionnaire

1. Are you:

Male

Female

2. Would you consider music as a fundamental or important aspect of your everyday life?

a) Yes

b) No

3. What music genre would you typically listen to?

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4. Why do you listen to this type of music?

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5. Do your friends have any influence on the music you listen to?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Somewhat

6. Do you feel that the image of the artists’ you listen to is reflected in your own appearance?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Some of the music does

7. Does this music ever have an influence on your emotions?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Sometimes

8. Do you listen to music for: (tick as many boxes as you wish)

a) The sound

b) The lyrics

c) Because you like the artist

d) Other (please specify)………………………………………………………………

9. If you had to choose, who would your favourite artist/band be?

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10. Do you, in any way feel as though you identify with this artist/band and share their values and beliefs promoted in their music?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Somewhat

11. Does this influence the way you would prefer to be seen physically? (Clothing, Make-up, Accessories?)

a) Yes

b) No

c) Somewhat

How?

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12. Do you think that this artist’s/band’s values and beliefs are conveyed in through their visual image?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Sometimes

13. Do you think an artist’s overall image, aid’s the decision you make in liking a particular artist and buying into their music?

a) Definitely

b) Never

c) Mostly

d) Somewhat, but not much