Genre of music magazines

Now i am going to talk about what makes a good music magazine and use examples.

All music magazines follow the same rule whether it is a rock magazine or a hip hop magazine. When producing a music magazine you have to think about the image that will go on the cover, it must fit the content and the target audience. The name of the magazine must also fit the target audience. Whilst thinking about all this you also have to make sure the colour scheme is also very important because you couldn't use bright colours such as pinks and yellows for a rock magazine you would use reds and blacks. These are good examples of the images and logos on music magazines;

Mode of address is important when producing magazines because it is the way a text creates a relationship with its audience. Direct address is most common as it is created when the model on the cover is inviting the reader in. Mode of address can also refer to the writing in a magazine

and how it addresses the reader this is done usually in a friendly informal way. Magazines use stars or celebrities as their model to increase sales and profit this is because stars are admired and are aspirational for the audience.

Magazine covers:
The front cover of a magazine is extremely important as it is the first thing the audience see so it is the main advertisement. It should be bright, interesting and eye-catching to entice the reader to buy the magazine. The colors should represent the style of music magazine you chose to do. The title needs to stand out from the rest of the cover so it becomes recognizable for your audience. A slogan is often used to explain the magazine and for it to stand out from it's rivals. The leading caption is featured on your main article and usually why the audience buys the magazine. This is a good example of a cover of a magazine as the color, image and fonts relate to the hip hop style;

Contents page:
Contents pages should be bright and colorful which encourages the reader to read on. The images on the page dominate the text. It consists of a list of contents usually under sections e.g gig guide, reviews, interview etc...
These are examples of contents pages;











Feature Articles:

The heading and subheadings on the double page spread of your magazine have to explain the story and catch the audiences interest. Also the artist you are interviewing or your main story is about usually has something to promote such as a new album, single, clothes line etc. Always refer to what they are promoting! The images should consist of one large image and a few smaller ones. The smaller ones are usually shot in a different location to the larger image. The writing should be clear and easy to follow and most importantly interesting as you don't want your audience to be bored and give up reading your magazine.

GRASS:
Now i have looked at the typical genre of music magazines and what they consist of. Now i am going to define my target audience my using the GRASS method.

G the gender of my music magazine is mainly female as it is girly pop/fashion.


R my magazine is targeted at any race.


A as it is a girly pop magazine my target age would be between thirteen and nineteen.


S my socio - economic status would be group E or D as it is mainly for teenagers.


S