Research for Magazines

RESEARCH FOR MUSIC MAGAZINES

Here is my initial research for genres for my music magazine, i have decided to look at rock/ heavy rock, pop, indie  and Rnb, which are the top most looked at genres in music.

 This is an example of a music magazine linked mostly at pop and Rnb, this magazine is Billboard - Billboard  is an international news magazine devoted to music and the music industry, is usually mixed with any kind of genre however it is mostly aimed at pop. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis. As you can see that the main image on this picture is Rnb Pop star Rihanna, and it quickly directs the readers. Personally i love this genre, and it lets me think about pop magazines aswell.

This is an example of a music magazine, directed at the indie or rock genre, The New Musical Express, popularly known by initialism NME, created by Theodore Smythson, is a music journalism publication in the United Kingdom, Knowing what Nme stands for, gave me some ideas in naming my magazine, when you see this magazine it stands out with having a massive headline on the cover and it will make the reader look directly at the magazine and would also persuade them to buy the magazine.

This is an example of a rock/heavy genre based music magazine, Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group., Kerrang! was initially devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. You can tell straight away that this is a rock based genre because the colour is black which would connotate dark, and frightning which rock music would be based on. it also has Rammstein, paramore, nickelback, linkin park, lostprophets, biffy clyro, five finger death punch, fall out boy and rob zombie who are Rock bands and singers associated with rock.

This is one of my favourite examples of a pop/rock genre based music magazine.

Rolling Stone is an American magazine published every two weeks which is devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture, it has the most famous pop star adele, and this magazine would sell quite alot, and i like the way that they've made the magazine cover aimed at her, and i know that it hasnt got many pugs or subtitles or barcodes but it is aimed at a pop star and it also shown as a special issue, it mainly focuses on the audience and what they would want to see in a magazine.