Research and planning for my music magazine :)

My music magazine 

The genre i chose to base my music magazine on was pop, however i do not want to aim it at just one age group, i would like it to appeal to a range of audiences. It may only appeal to young adults, however i will try my best to place aspects in my magazine suitable for all, therefore would add people such as take that and Micheal Buble into it as i feel many age groups enjoy these artists.

I would like to aim my magazine at mainly girls, as i feel pop music tends to generally appeal more to girls, however i will not just focus on pinky colours i will add a variety of colours to ensure that if males do enjoy the music i am publishing they can quite happily buy my magazine.

I have chosen to call my magazine BOOM which stands for 'best of our music' i chose this as it doesn't show a sign of focusing on a certain type of audience and doesn't necessarily focus on a certain genre of music, therefore gives me different varieties of artists i can add in if seems necessary, or if i happen to change my mind whilst creating my magazine.

College Magazine contents :)

Most contents pages consist of an image or several images and writing telling you what is in the magazine. I plan on doing a similar thing with my magazine. Using an image that links somewhat to the the front cover and using colours that also link to what I did with the front cover, using a certain colour scheme that will be remembered for example the college colours consist of yellow and blue therefore using these colours within the magazine would create something the audience would remember and know when they see it in the future.

I plan to put my writing along the left hand side getting straight to the point of what the magazine contains, then putting pictures either around or on the right hand side of the contents page creating columns for the reader to follow so that the page is not to busy and confusing keeping everything in line simple but effective.

This is a picture of the contents page of one of the worlds best selling magazines, as you can see they have used two images and used the first paragraph of a feature in the magazine to interest the reader and make them want to read on. NME have also headlined particular parts of their magazine such as 'NEWS', 'REVIEWS' this pin points the most important factors that this magazine has to offer showing the reader their main focuses with music. This shows me how I could have made my magazine in a more professional, headlining way to en-order that the main focuses of my magazine get across to the reader straight away.

Music Magazine Comparrison

The creation of my magazine needed to be thought about through analysing several different genres of magazines and looking into what would sell best on the market today. In order to do this I picked several different genres of magazines looking at how they have pin pointed different audiences in order for their magazine to sell.

I first looked at 'Kerrang' which clearly shows an interest to people who like rock music. Kerrang is one of the biggest selling weekly magazines therefore is a magazine I should look at from a selling point of view. Kerrang revolves around the audience it wants to attract therefore offering competitions and general information telling the audience what they want to know therefore encouraging people to want to buy it as they always know they are in the interest of the people who create the magazine.

I then looked at the magazine 'Vibe' this is also aimed at a particular audience, which seems to be a trend as I look through different magazines which indicates to me that I need to ensure I pick a clarified genre and stick to it to ensure my magazine would sell at its best ability. Using the biggest artists of hip hop music and the right information about whats happening in their life at that point brings the reader in as an interesting headline always interests the reader.

In conclusion to creating my magazine the clear aspects to creating a successful magazine is to always think about the reader and the genre of music you are using in your magazine and what you can do to interest them thinking about what would interest you but also finding out what would interest others therefore you have more than one opinion. Also to always have a selling headline with big artists of that type of music that draws the reader in straight away, ensuring they come back next week top buy more.