music magazine genre researchexamples and conventions of music

magazines of different genres

rock music magazine covers

the main singer of the band is usuallypositioned nearer the front of the image

the colours of the cover are usually quite dark and the facial expressions of the artists

on the front are usually very serious and their facial expressions are quite plain

the usually wear quite plain and bland clothing that are not very attention seeking

the font is not very fancy and is quite standard, it is also quite formal and looksas though it is to address an older target

Audience

as also on the covers of indie rock magazines the lighting is quite dark as a friendly feel

is not required as possibly is on a magazineaimed at a younger audience of readers

the target gender for this genre of music isusually thought to be male therefore the

cover of the magazine is designed to be appealing for men

pop music magazine covers

One major convention of pop musicMagazine covers would be the brightColours of the font and background

the lighting of the images are very brightgiving the possible impression of innocence

and making the artists look their best

all of the artists also look happy and are allsmiling and appear friendly so as to appeal to the

young target audience

the fact that the target audience for this genreof music are generally young and most often

female the covers of the magazines of this genre are often bright colours in order to appeal to them

indie music magazine covers

one typical convention of indie rock oralternative rock magazine covers would

be the dark and subdued colours

the facial expression of the artist or artists that are the main feature on thecover are usually very serious and there

is little expression

the cover is usually made up of one mainimage of the artist or group that isfeatured mainly in the magazine

the lighting of the main image on the cover is usually quite dark giving the covers an

almost mysterious sense and feel

jazz music magazine covers

similar to other magazines aimed at anolder target audience the colours are

quite dull and not bright at all

the font is quite formal and is clear andeasy to read

an obvious convention of jazz music magazine covers appears to be the

presence of the instrument on the coverof the magazine being held by the artistthis may be to make it clear what genre

of music magazine this is

the audience of people that are thoughtto listen to this genre of music are usually

thought to be quite old

rap music magazine covers

these magazines usually feature the mainartist stood with a plain background

to make the image and text stand out

there is lots of text around the main imagein a bold colour of either black or red

usually which contrasts againstthe plain white or nude background

the facial expressions of the artist arevery serious and makes the artists

look almost quite aggressive

the target audience of the rap genre arethought to be quite young as in teens

and this genre is most often associatedwith males hence the dark colours of the font