This document discusses how the author's music magazine, "The Musically Alternative" (TMA), uses and challenges conventions of real music magazines. The author establishes conventions of magazines like NME and Ray Gun, which focus on genres like rock music. TMA's title references being alternative in a sarcastic way. Its house style rules include the colors purple and black/white to represent sarcasm and directness. Layout and design conventions like the magazine title placement are followed, but images of people are excluded to challenge celebrity worship. The interview format provides more context than typical question/answer, making it more conversational. In these ways, TMA both follows and challenges conventions of real music magazines.