my music magazine

the magazine genre i am going to use will be mainstream because this is the music i listen to.
I could add elements to the magazine such as

• specials section - x factor which is extremely mainstreme
• uk top 40
• top 10 downloads chart
• upcoming future releases.
• music celeb gossip, news on upcoming tours ect.

I want the style of magazine to be laid back and easy to read.

there arnt currently many magazines i can find on mainstream music. This means my magazine will have a wide audience rather than a niche with it being mainstreme.

I also want to add a section of different music to appea to more taste's. For those who take an interest in a diversity of music.

mock up of music magazine.

mock up of contents

mock up of double page spread

mock up of front cover

mind map

This is a mind map i did to get some ideas together for a magazine.

researching 2 magazines in depth

I am going to analyse to music magazines "Q January 2008 edition" and "Uncut November 2002 edition"

Q magazine as you can see by the front cover is about music that’s currently out now. Where as "Uncut" is more about old retro music. As you can see the edition I have picked to analyse is a "rock legend" edition.
Q magazine. UncutWhen you open Q magazine the firs thing you see is a double page spread of an advert. The advert is for a BMW car. This clearly shows that the magazine company have aimed for a target audience of at least 17 or above.
The contents page doesn’t actually start until page 9 due to various adverts.
The article I think that sticks out most in the magazine is whats on the front cover "kings of Leon break through" This is because it must be relevant to the target audience because it’s the dominant photo & article on the front cover. Also at this time "January 2009" Kings of Leon had just come about. Therefore it was something new and exciting for the magazine’s target audience.

This is the double page spread of kings of leon.
I think the heading provides escapism "step inside rock and rolls own fight club" Its saying "step inside" get involved in rock and roll. This article would appeal to those who like to immerse themselves in rock & roll. Therefore it relates to that target audience in that way
Although Q is a music magazine, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the full magazine revolves around music alone. This wouldn’t interest the readers. The magazine digs deep into some of the bands personal life’s, providing a form of personal relationships with the band to the audience. The audience then feel they can relate to various bands on a personal level that can be applied to their everyday life.
This particular article also provides surveillance because the article carries on through 7-8 pages. All about each individual member of the band and their "rock ‘n’ roll own fight club"
I think this article is seen as a bad influence because its about violence and also the coilours and main dominated picture all suggest the same. The background picture is black, associated with bad or scary. In the main picture they all have serious faces and full of cuts and bruises.
I would think this article would appeal more to men than to woman. This is because the stereo typical male would be interested in fighting and male dominated activities. Also most if not all of the adverts seem to appeal more to male than female, for example one of the first couple of adverts is a watch advert with a male dominated picture, Also adverts for gears of war 2 (a form of x box/play station game)
However I also think this magazine could appeal to girls because there are many that stray from the stereotypical teenage female, Also there is an article on pink who is a role model to many woman. But mostly men I think would read this magazine.

Uncut This magazine's ideology I think focuses on mainly old retro bands movies and books. mainly living in the past
Again like in the Q magazine the target audience is clearly 17 and over as the advert on the first two pages is of a BMW car.
Because the magazine is mainly old music it may appeal more to older people the magazine costs £3.90 which isn’t incredibly dear but more likely to be paid with adults with paid jobs.
The magazine provides a diversion to normal reality because its set in the past and includes detailed precise articles some may say form "back in the day." for example the main article in this magazine is a detailed tribute to John Lennon. Talking all about his life until his last day. Because he came from an extremely successful band and became famous on his own, this will attract a lot of people to this magazine. The front cover says it’s a "rock legends special edition" and 200+ reviews on music movies and books. There’s a wide audience that would cover this from teenagers to very old people that were around at this time.
The magazine has a rock legend dominant image on the front. the feel of retro rock legend is carried out throughout the magazine. The contents page has alot of pictures of old rock bands and throughout has various old articles.
The magazine has a special section under the name dispatches, this is "news, views & oppinions from the music and movie frontline. It starts off with rolling stones back the years. Again this is appealing to a huge target audience.

-I think that the colour of the title sets the scene for this issue. The colour to me seems an old worn colour that would have been used back in the 60's which is what this magazine is based on.

contents pages

the conventions of a contents page in a music magazine.


NME contents page has a special section for bands called 'band index'


this makes it more convinient for the reader if there just interested in a


particular band.


It has a big section in te middle that takes up most of the page about Oasis. This may be that when the consumer looks to buy the magazine if they flick onto the contents page this will be the first thing they will see. therefor making them want to buy it. the articles are set in chronalogical order. the band index is in alphabetical order. this is because it helps the reader find the band they want quicker.


The contents page also has a an advert at the bottom saying subscibe today save 33%. this is there to encourage the reader to buy more of their magazine.


majoraty of the background colour is white. This is because the page is fulled with so much information it would look to over crowded if the backround was a dark colour.










On the Q contents page, like the front cover its not as busy as the NME front cover and contents page.
-the colours are simple and co-ordanated. the main picture is dominating and eye catching. the colour clothes he's wearing contrasts with the background and title. This is so it looks like it fits in more. The date is clearly written at the top, this is to show exactly when this was published and how in date it is.

textual analysis of music magazines.

This magazine is very revealing of lily allen. The dogs are symbolising she's in control, Also this is associating lily allen with these predators. this goes against stereotypical female, as does the ideology of the magazine. "& her wicked wicked ways" written in red to stand out & makes the reader want to know what her 'wicked' ways are. The colours are vey co-ordanated, & not to bright and busy.'Lily Allen' is written in black and white, this could represent she has a good and bad side. the Layout is sample and has a centre headline image & title. 3 band names have been written in bold at the top right to give an insight into what type of music the magazine contains.

The NME cover with beth idtto is designed to grab peoples attention. This shows the magazine is different from mainstreme because a conventional magazine would have a stick thin model. The title "kiss my ass" shows that the magazine has new and exciting articles in there that attracts a wide target market. becuase its different. The name NME stands for new music express. the way your pronounce "NME" sounds like the word enemie. This could mean its an enemie to all mainstreme type musics. The colour of the magazines is warm yello's and red's. the black around the title and at the bottom mimacs her hair colour.

key concepts

Plan for researching effectivly

• Must be a music magazine
• photo's taken by yourself
• primary and secondary research
• analysis of conventions of a magazine

LIIAR

• Language,- the type of language a music magazine would use
• institution, - industry, how its made etc
• Ideology, - how the magazine wants to be portraid as
• audience, - target audience.
• representation - advert

TEXTUAL ANYLISIS

• Existing media products that are a simular genre
• conventions of a) magazine b) music magazine

MIND MAPS

• plan of action
• plan for double page spread

TARFET AUDIENCE

• decide on yours: 3/4 Factors

1. Main task: the front page, contents and double spread of a new music magazine. All images and text must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.
2. LIIAR
3. Textual Analysis- existing media products that are a similar genre- conventions;magazines music magazines-
3 analysis of a contents page- 3 of a front page- 3 of a double page spread

main task: the front page,contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be origional, produced by you - minimum of four images.

presentation of your work
the presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:
- a presentation using slideshow software such as powerpoint;
- a blog
- a podcast