Music magazines feature interviews, reviews, and promotions of artists within a specific music genre. The front cover typically features a glamorous image of the main artist being profiled in the lead interview or article. Inside, additional pictures show artists in more casual settings relating to their lifestyle or the piece. Characteristics like a prominent cover artist, rule of thirds composition, and genre-related typography provide consistency across magazines focused on different styles of music.
2. What is a music magazine?
A music magazine is a genre of music portrayed
at a target audience liking that music genre.
Articles and topics feature information. It
focuses on artists and events that focus upon
this genre of music ,and the lifestyles of people
who listen to this music also.
3. What context (text/copy/writing/articles/stories)
would you expect to find in a music magazine
It usually features interviews and a look into a
certain band/artists lifestyle or history. Topics often
feature such as ‘How the band was made’. A main
focus such as ‘exclusive interview’ will be with the
artist of the front cover with small interviews or
articles on others. New information such as reviews
and promotions of new music within the genre are
highlighted. Giveaway’s usually promote the
audience for example a ‘signed CD’. Also events
promoted ,such as concerts educate the audience.
4. What images would you expect to
find in a music magazine
Usually one main image of a artist or band is
presented on the front always relating to the
music genre. In all genres pictures are carefully
thought out as they must portray the artist in a
glamorous lifestyle. Even natural concert shots
that are regularly used are carefully though of
and edited. More pictures of the artists on the
front cover are usually seen inside ,sometimes
playing around with band members or relating
to the article ,typically a more friendly shot.
5. Identify general characteristics/ Features that you
would expect to find in all music magazines
Overall, every time the magazine always focus
upon one main artist to represent the front
cover. Rule of thirds is always used through all
magazine genres complying with convention.
Finally, the style of typography relates to the
genre of music. A clear example of this is the
popular Kerrang rock magazine. The masthead
text looking bold and hard with a distressed look
featuring the rugged and bold idea of the rock
music genre.
