Comparing three music magazine covers and concluding which I most prefer in order for my future music magazine path and which way to go.

1. Homework: Create a shortlist of at least three possible directions you would like to take
with your music magazine cover.
Marwa Salama 12P

2. I like NME as an example of the type of
magazine which I would say is most my
taste because I feel that each cover fits
the theme of the artists whom it features.
In this case MIA who through her music
and sense of style expresses herself as
quite rebellious and unique. I am a
personal fan of her music as well as
many other artists that have featured on
the covers of NME magazine.

3. My second option of path for my future
magazine cover is Q. I have chosen Q as it
also presents chart music which consists of
multiple different genre of music, making
it able to also (like NME) fit to each artists
personal style/image. The colours, fonts
and all other aspects of each Q magazine
cover vary which is why I think it is
popular because this means it is able to
stay fresh and new to change.

4. For my last option, I have chosen
Billboard magazine. The reason I’ve
chosen this magazine is because I think,
like the others, it is very successful in
expressing each artist through their
covers. Billboard magazine use an
appropriate font colour for their masthead
which is always either black or white
considering the colour scheme of the rest
of the cover, I like this aspect of the
magazine very much as they also use the
chosen colour as the main font colour for
all the text on the cover (cover lines,
subheadings).

5. I’ve chosen Billboard magazine
for the most effective magazine in
which I would like my magazine
to relate to in many areas which I
think are bright and unique.
Although these three magazines
feature chart music in all genres, I
feel that Billboard features the
most which I can relate and link to
my music taste. All artists on
Billboard magazine covers are
artists whom I listen to, giving me
the chance to relate to the
magazine more.
The main reason I’ve chosen this certain magazine is because for each cover, Billboard have used
different camera shots, editing, fonts, colours and layouts which gives me more options to vary my
cover with and also giving me more a chance to give my potential artist more of a character and
present it through the cover.