my magazine genre

My previous posts have looked in to different genres of music, by looking at a range of different magazines i have decided to base my magazine on pop.

For my pop magazine i will use the following specifications;

• Age- 13-17
• Gender- female,
• Genre- pop,
• Social status- Teenagers, or students,
• Price- £2.50, because this is what teenagers who have less money will be able to afford.
• In my magazine i will use the following bands such as, Little Mix and One direction, because these are global stars who are recognisable and also appeal to the teenage audience.

Even though this pop magazine is sold for £2.99, my magazine will be slightly less as this will be more affordable for the range of people i am trying to aim my magazine at.

inside the magazines

we heart pop

many artists that star in this magazine are known world wide, they are usually big boy bands, which appeal to girls, or well known girl stars. local stars have not been in this magazine, as many people would not know who they are. they will be known globally. Here are some examples;

Q magazine

there famous people in this magazine are varied, to appeal to a larger audience, it could be people from the 90's or new upcoming artists, by doing this there will be a lot more people who would be interested in buying this magazine, up to now no local bands or singers have been in this magazine as not many people would recognise them, it is usually people known all over the world. mainly global stars. Here are some examples; 

Kerrang 

there is mostly well known rock bands who are in this magazine, because the magazine focuses mainly on rock, this is what they have to show. people who listen to this genre of music will recognise the band on the front cover, this way many more copies would be sold. Here are some examples;

By doing this research it is clear to me that having artists that are globally known, will stand out to many more people, which will sell more copies of the magazine.

The audiance

we heart pop

This magazine is aimed at a teenage audience up to round about 15 year olds, the main gender for this magazine would be females and doesn't discriminate to any social class. The bright girly colours make this obvious as this would catch their attention if it was on a shelf.

Q magazine

Q magazine would appeal to the older over 18 male and females as it contains a lot of unisex content, the social class could be anyone as it is not an expensive magazine and is affordable by many people.

 The style is also kept very plain with red, which men and women both like.

Kerrang

kerrang magazine is there to appeal to male and females who have an interest in rock music, weather you are a 16 year old or a 25 year old, this is also an affordable magazine and is bought by many people with different social classes. Mainly black is used through out this magazine, which men and women both like.

the company

The company behind it.

This magazine is made by a big publisher and is read by hundreds of teenagers.

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Q magazine was published by  EMAP media group in October 1986. just like kerrang magazine it is read by thousands of people. the two people who made this magazine, setting itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing.

kerrang is published by Bauer Media Group and read by roughly thousands of people weekly. Kerrang! was initially devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts.

3 style models

First style model

There is a new magazine out each week, costing £3.99. Up to now there has been 57 issues printed.

This magazine costs £3.90, an issue of this magazine is printed every month and there has been about 500 issues up to date.

Kerrang magazine has a big focus on rock music, it costs £2.20 and is published every week, there has been about 1560 issues.

what genre interests me

The genre of pop music is the one that interests me the most because there is a wider range to focus on, i think with pop music there is more of a wider audience that shows an interest. Pop music is the one i know most about, which is another reason i would like my magazine to be focused on. For example, Q magazine was one of the ones that interested me the most because it included some of the bigger stars eve though there is some rock music in the magazine.

Another genre i like is one that included various music types, just like Billboard magazine, there is a lot more that is included in these types of magazines because it could have a lot of bands from rock to rap music.

The genres of music

1. Vibe magazine is multi genre.

2. Q magazine is pop/rock music.

3. Billboard is a mixture of different genres, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(magazine)

4. NME is a hip hop magazine.

5. The magazine UNCUT focuses on rock music.

6. We heart pop is a magazine based on the latest pop music.

7. ROCK SOUND is rock music.

8. Classical music is based on the latest classical music.

researching music magazines

1. This is an example of vibe magazine.



















2. This is an example of Q magazine.

3. This is an example of billboard magazine.






















4. This is an example of NME magazine.






5. This is an example of uncut magazine.

6. This is we heart pop
















7. This is an example of rock sound













8. This is classical music magazine.











Here are my examples of magazine covers, i downloaded the images and uploaded them.