This document discusses genre in the music magazine industry. It defines genre as a style or category of art, music, or literature. It notes there are many genres represented in print media, from classic and modern rock to folk, soul, country, reggae, electronic, and experimental. The document also discusses how audiences expect a certain style or content from a magazine based on its genre, and that an indie magazine would have a different artistic style than one like Mojo. The chosen genre for this magazine is described as a mainstream indie music magazine similar in style to Mojo or NME.
2. What is genre
• Genre is a style or category of art, music, or
literature.
• There are many different genre's in the print
industry
• From classic and modern rock, folk, soul,
country to reggae, electronic and
experimental.
3. Audience
expectations of genre
• We as the consumer buy a magazine and
knows what genre to expect we all ready feel
like we know the certain style or content of
the magazine even down to the art style of
the front cover for example an indie music
magazine would have considerable different
art compared to some thing like mojo.
4. My chosen genre
• My chosen genre is a mainstream indie music
magazine, an example of this would be mojo
and NME , I’m going to base my print work on
this style of magazine.
• Mojo is a music magazine which covers many
different music types for example : classic and
modern rock, folk, soul, country to reggae,
electronic and experimental.
