Audience Profile -

Dean performing live on stage. 

Name -
Dean Welch

Age -
17

Gender -
Male

Background - 
Dean was born in the city of Leicester on the 31st October, 1996. From a young age, Dean was a bright child and throughout his school life acclaimed many fantastic grades, including several A*'s at GCSE. Dean now attends a highly rated sixth form college in Leicester City Centre.

Likes -
Although Dean is a huge football fan, who enjoys watching and playing the sport, his number one passion is music. When dean is not listening to his favourite bands, such as the Arctic Monkeys, he is playing their songs himself. For the past 2 years dean has been the lead singer/songwriter and guitarist of numerous different bands, all of which have performed live in front of over 100 people. Not only has he performed at gigs but he has also attended many and so has experienced his favourite bands live. Dean recently attended Leeds festival 2013 and so managed to soak up the atmosphere and whatever else he could find.

Dislikes -
Dean is a man with so many dislikes it would be impossible to list them all. However after searching through the list i have managed to find a couple of examples which are suitable to share. Firstly, Dean detests pop music and manufactured 'bands' such as One Direction. As a musician, Dean believes that real talent should be portrayed by either singing without a backing track or miming, and being able to play a 'proper' instrument. Dean also dislikes arrogant, pretentious people who believe that they themselves are above any other, as Dean has been brought up in a working class manor.

Musical Preferences -
Although Dean enjoys tracks from all corners of the music spectrum his preferred style is Indie rock/rock. As mentioned before, Dean is a massive fan of the Arctic Monkeys, but also enjoys listening to the likes of Oasis, The Stone Roses, Kasabian, The Smiths, The Courteeners and The Who.

Idol -
Alex Turner is by far Deans idol because he quite literally wants to be him. Not only does Dean listen and play his music, but he has seen him perform live on numerous occasions and also bases his appearance on him, although, he was not impressed when Turner opted to go for the bryl cream style.

Clothing -
As mentioned before, Dean bases his image on the likes of Alex Turner and Noel Gallagher. Dean wears a selection of band T-shirts as well as skinny jeans, hoodies, leather/denim jackets and vans or Adidas originals. Dean often states that he would be more adventurous with his appearance if he could "pull it off."

Ambitions -
Deans main major ambition is to perform in a band, tour the world and get paid for it, just like his idol. However, Dean of course can not afford to rely on this dream and so his plan B is to pass his A level, gain a degree and earn an extremely high wage.

Media Consumer Habits -
Dean is a film fanatic and has seen nearly every film ever made. When he is not playing his guitar or writing music, he is watching a film or the TV. Dean thinks of himself as a proper 'bloke' and therefore believes that his ability to watch horror films and not get scared awards him that title. As well as horrors, dean also enjoys action, comedy and of course, Sci -Fi. Like many others his age, Dean also uses other forms of media, such as social networking sites like twitter and Facebook as well as Spotify and his Iphone.