1) What’s the name of your band? What’s the origin of that name? Have you changed the band’s name before?
2) Please list the name, age, school, and respective instrument of each band member.
3) What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences?
4) How long have you all known each other? How did you meet?
5) When did you form your band? What inspired you to make music together?
6) Do you have a record label? Are you a member of any music organizations?
7) What can you tell me about your instruments? (i.e., Are you subject to brand loyalty or will you play with whatever’s available? What made you choose the instruments you have now? Was it cost or was it a style/model/brand/color preference?
8) Where have you performed? What are your favorite and least favorite venues? Do you have any upcoming shows?
9) Which songs do you perform most frequently? Do you ever play any covers? Do you have a set play list?
10) Who writes your songs? What are the main themes or topics for most of your songs? Do you think these topics will change over time?
11) Could you briefly describe the music-making process?
*What are your rehearsals generally like? Do you have a set time each week in which you practice or are rehearsals more spontaneous?
12) How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together?
13) What has been your biggest challenge as a band? Have you been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?
14) What’s your ultimate direction for your band? Are you seeking fame and fortune?
15) What advice do you have for people who want to form their own bands?
16) How can fans-to-be gain access to your music? Do you have a website with sample songs or a demo CD?
17) Is there anyone you’d like to acknowledge for offering financial or emotional support?
18) Any last words?
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Deconstruction of NME and Kerrang
NME is one of the most popular magazines in the UK. It targets young adults and includes reviews, interviews, posters, latest albums and singles and more. Its genre of music they focus on is new up and coming indie rock groups but they vary what they report on with sometimes they look into R’n’B music. Like NME Kerrang targets young adults but its genre of music specifically being heavy metal rock. It includes Gig reviews, Album reviews, interviews and more.
NME covered Florence and the machine’s breakthrough to America. The mast head of the feature says, ‘USA got the love.’ The words ‘USA is written in bold sans serif with grey capital letters, this takes up about 50% of the whole page. This tells us that the fact they went to America is very big and important. Then it says ‘you got the love’ is written in black lower case serif. It is written in very girlie hand writing, to correlate with the word ‘love.’ It is relevant to Florence and the machine because one of there newest hits was called, ‘You got the Love.’ This lettering is covering about 10% of the whole page, overlapping the ‘A’ in ‘USA.’ Much like NME, Kerrang has written about ‘Biffy Clyro’s’ new album. The mast head says, ‘LOVE- in a cold climate.’ The word ‘LOVE’ is written in grey caps in a sans serif. This takes up about 30% of the page. The word love attracts the eye because it is an appealing word, most songs are written about love. The words ‘in a cold climate’ are written inside the O of ‘LOVE’ this gives an abstract affect. The difference between these two magazines mast heads is that NME has decided to make it much bigger to give an impact to the reader, whereas Kerrang has decided to focus on the information they are portraying.
The subheading of the Florence and the machine is written a black serif; it is the length of two columns. The words ‘Florence Welch’ is written in blue to make it stand out. Kerrang has gone for a different design for the subheading. It is written in white sans serif. It has a grey opaque column behind it to make it stand out. There is quite a lot of information in the subheading which is quite unconventional, it is then separated about halfway through with a picture of a key and it has another larger one at the bottom. This gives you an idea of the type of people in the band; it makes them seem more rustic. It also gives the impression that you can ‘unlock’ something that you didn’t know before.
Bellow the masthead of each feature it mentions who is wrote the feature and who took the photos.
Both magazines have gone for quite large pictures in there features. NME has gone for a big picture of Florence Welch to make an impact; this suggests that there article is going to be big and crazy. Kerrang have done the same thing but there images are slightly smaller and there are more of them. They have made a small collage of images of them all looking happy to show how fun the band is. In NME Florence is sat on a block of steps that have been covered by a white cloth with three thick red strips on. The cloth gives a sign of patriotism that Florence and the machine are going to America for us. Florence is positioned with her body facing the left and her head facing front, with her arm draping over her left knee. She is dressed in black shorts with a black top that has a leather bodis. Her whole outfit gives her sex appeal, this goes with the facial expression she is pulling. She looks like she is ready for anything in America and is going to be a good ambassador for our country. As you can see the whole of her body it is a long shot, this just adds to the impact of the article. Kerrang has got a total of six images on the spread. They are all MLS that were taken on a beach. All of the band members are smiling and laughing giving the impression that the band is happy and enjoy there life. Having pictures of people smiling makes the readers feel interested about what the article is going to be about. All of the pictures cover about 70% of the page, making them the focus point of the spread.
NME covered Florence and the machine’s breakthrough to America. The mast head of the feature says, ‘USA got the love.’ The words ‘USA is written in bold sans serif with grey capital letters, this takes up about 50% of the whole page. This tells us that the fact they went to America is very big and important. Then it says ‘you got the love’ is written in black lower case serif. It is written in very girlie hand writing, to correlate with the word ‘love.’ It is relevant to Florence and the machine because one of there newest hits was called, ‘You got the Love.’ This lettering is covering about 10% of the whole page, overlapping the ‘A’ in ‘USA.’ Much like NME, Kerrang has written about ‘Biffy Clyro’s’ new album. The mast head says, ‘LOVE- in a cold climate.’ The word ‘LOVE’ is written in grey caps in a sans serif. This takes up about 30% of the page. The word love attracts the eye because it is an appealing word, most songs are written about love. The words ‘in a cold climate’ are written inside the O of ‘LOVE’ this gives an abstract affect. The difference between these two magazines mast heads is that NME has decided to make it much bigger to give an impact to the reader, whereas Kerrang has decided to focus on the information they are portraying.
The subheading of the Florence and the machine is written a black serif; it is the length of two columns. The words ‘Florence Welch’ is written in blue to make it stand out. Kerrang has gone for a different design for the subheading. It is written in white sans serif. It has a grey opaque column behind it to make it stand out. There is quite a lot of information in the subheading which is quite unconventional, it is then separated about halfway through with a picture of a key and it has another larger one at the bottom. This gives you an idea of the type of people in the band; it makes them seem more rustic. It also gives the impression that you can ‘unlock’ something that you didn’t know before.
Bellow the masthead of each feature it mentions who is wrote the feature and who took the photos.
Both magazines have gone for quite large pictures in there features. NME has gone for a big picture of Florence Welch to make an impact; this suggests that there article is going to be big and crazy. Kerrang have done the same thing but there images are slightly smaller and there are more of them. They have made a small collage of images of them all looking happy to show how fun the band is. In NME Florence is sat on a block of steps that have been covered by a white cloth with three thick red strips on. The cloth gives a sign of patriotism that Florence and the machine are going to America for us. Florence is positioned with her body facing the left and her head facing front, with her arm draping over her left knee. She is dressed in black shorts with a black top that has a leather bodis. Her whole outfit gives her sex appeal, this goes with the facial expression she is pulling. She looks like she is ready for anything in America and is going to be a good ambassador for our country. As you can see the whole of her body it is a long shot, this just adds to the impact of the article. Kerrang has got a total of six images on the spread. They are all MLS that were taken on a beach. All of the band members are smiling and laughing giving the impression that the band is happy and enjoy there life. Having pictures of people smiling makes the readers feel interested about what the article is going to be about. All of the pictures cover about 70% of the page, making them the focus point of the spread.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
survey results
http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_Responses.aspx?sm=AWFfE%2fYKPOkpz6NjPeJ84g9PwhR84Az6WDuHRCVO2L8t8bR8Ub4zLQVT9iml4HPr
this is the link to my survey results.
this is the link to my survey results.
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Codes and Conventions of Music Magazines
The codes and conventions of music magazines are used to get an audience to buy magazines. There are different categories to the codes and conventions to help target a specific audience. On of the most important is the Genre of the magazine. Once you have the genre of the magazine you can then look at what type of audience would be connected to that genre. To get the correct audience for the magazine you need to follow ACORN. This is the geodemographic tool used to identify and understand the UK’s population for productions and services. This helps magazines understand their customers more. There are different items that help learn what ACORN is. On is learning the social economic groups of your magazine. There are six different groups, A B C1 C2 D E. these refer to people’s occupations, education, economic status and background. Each group stands for:
A: Upper middle class, high ranking managers in industry or the professions like law and medicine.
B: Middle Class, Middle managers in companies or public services.
C1: Lower middle class, junior managers or supervisors in industry.
C2: Skilled working class, skilled manual workers like carpenters or electricians.
D: Working class, unskilled workers
E: Those at lowest level of substances, people on low or no income.
Everyone in these groups are divided into other sections. This determines what there lifestyle and personality is like.
Rebel: Someone who doesn’t play by the rules
Trendies: People that want to have the admiration of people in there group
Cowboys: People that do anything to get money
Utopian: People that want to make the world a better place
Traditionalists/ Mainstreamers: people that follow the popular trend
Purotons: People who want to feel that they have done there duty
Drop outs: people who won’t commit to anything
Innvator: People that want to make there mark on the world
Drifter: People that doesn’t know what to do
All of these groups help determine the audience for the magazine. Having the right audience for your magazine is crucial in selling them.
Another way of determining what audience you are aiming for is to use Psychographics, this is used by looking at the way people see themselves and figuring out what they like. It is used by asking people where they are know and where they thing they will be in the future. It is divided into five sections.
Succeeders: People who think they are powerful, successful, ambitious, bold and like to be in control.
Mainstreamers: People who are average. They don’t want to stand out in a crowed, they enjoy life as it is and just take every challenge as it comes.
Aspires: People who always strive for a better lifestyle. They work hard and want there prospects to become possible.
Carers: People that are loving and caring, they are more interested in there friends family and others than there career.
Individualists: These people are independent, they prefer to be on the own doing there own thing.
A: Upper middle class, high ranking managers in industry or the professions like law and medicine.
B: Middle Class, Middle managers in companies or public services.
C1: Lower middle class, junior managers or supervisors in industry.
C2: Skilled working class, skilled manual workers like carpenters or electricians.
D: Working class, unskilled workers
E: Those at lowest level of substances, people on low or no income.
Everyone in these groups are divided into other sections. This determines what there lifestyle and personality is like.
Rebel: Someone who doesn’t play by the rules
Trendies: People that want to have the admiration of people in there group
Cowboys: People that do anything to get money
Utopian: People that want to make the world a better place
Traditionalists/ Mainstreamers: people that follow the popular trend
Purotons: People who want to feel that they have done there duty
Drop outs: people who won’t commit to anything
Innvator: People that want to make there mark on the world
Drifter: People that doesn’t know what to do
All of these groups help determine the audience for the magazine. Having the right audience for your magazine is crucial in selling them.
Another way of determining what audience you are aiming for is to use Psychographics, this is used by looking at the way people see themselves and figuring out what they like. It is used by asking people where they are know and where they thing they will be in the future. It is divided into five sections.
Succeeders: People who think they are powerful, successful, ambitious, bold and like to be in control.
Mainstreamers: People who are average. They don’t want to stand out in a crowed, they enjoy life as it is and just take every challenge as it comes.
Aspires: People who always strive for a better lifestyle. They work hard and want there prospects to become possible.
Carers: People that are loving and caring, they are more interested in there friends family and others than there career.
Individualists: These people are independent, they prefer to be on the own doing there own thing.
History of NME magazine
New Musical Express magazine has been running for 50 years, it has influenced generations of people, telling them what music to listen to. Launched in 1952 NME was the first magazine to do an official UK record chart. Britain’s very first number one was Al Martino's Here In My Heart. NME has influenced generations of people, telling them what music to listen to, who the great bands are and who the bad bands are. They are renowned for covering rock bands like the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and The Who. They have helped bands on there way to stardom like Oasis being the first magazine to put them on the cover.
NME is now bought by 70,000 people every week, which has fallen dramatically from the 1960s where numbers of people buying the magazine soared to 230,000.
NME is published by IPC Media. IPC media started in 1963 and is responsible for 80 of the UK’s magazines.
The NME’s editors have been male from the beginning but from the 1st of September 2009 Krissi Murison became there first female editor.
Publishing Director: Paul Cheal
Publisher: Faith Hill
Ad Manager: Neil McSteen
Head of Marketing: Tim Pearson
Syndication & Licensing: Andrew Horton
NME is now bought by 70,000 people every week, which has fallen dramatically from the 1960s where numbers of people buying the magazine soared to 230,000.
NME is published by IPC Media. IPC media started in 1963 and is responsible for 80 of the UK’s magazines.
The NME’s editors have been male from the beginning but from the 1st of September 2009 Krissi Murison became there first female editor.
Publishing Director: Paul Cheal
Publisher: Faith Hill
Ad Manager: Neil McSteen
Head of Marketing: Tim Pearson
Syndication & Licensing: Andrew Horton
History of Q magazine
Q was first published in 1986; it started out as a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. The Founders are Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. The Q music brand has expanded to Radio and Television, with Q Radio and Q TV being music entertainment that specialises in indie, rock and alternative. Q also holds annual music awards in the UK, known as Q Awards. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards have become one of Britain's biggest and best publicized music awards, helped in no small part by the often boisterous behaviour of the celebrities who attend the event. Q is published by The Bauer Media Group, founded in 1975. It is a large publishing company based in Germany which operates in 15 countries worldwide. As well as magazine it also produces and has stakes in television and radio. World wide circulation of Bauer Media Group’s magazine titles amount to 38 million. Paul reeves is the editor of Q magazine.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Potential double page spread idea
1) New Boy band make it big!
Images: The main image would be positioned in the centre of the double page spread and it would be quite large. This will draw people’s attention to the band making the image the main focal point of the spread. The image will be of the band performing at a gig of some sort to show people how they perform. Then I would have ‘artist profile’ section, where there will be smaller CU images of the individual band members. There would also be another image of the band practising in a studio.
Text: The main article will be a Q&A with the band, it will include questions on what genre of music they play, personal info and where they will be performing next. In the ‘Artists Profile’ it will include, information of the home life of the band members, there interests, hobbies and there specialist skills in the band.
Colours and Layout: the layout will be quite conventional; it will be in straight columns and blocks. To make it attractive to look at, the artists profile will be stuck on in different places on the spread. It will be on a Polaroid picture of the individual band member with info about them on the rest of the picture. The mast head will be quite large and positioned in the middle of the left page covering about 20%. I will use traditional music magazine colours that appeal to both sexes, Black, White and Red.
2) Fashion on a Budget
Images: The images on this will be of different items of clothing. I will focus on ‘What to wear at a gig?’ There will be about 4 long shots of the same model wearing different clothes, and two celebrity influences, one male and one female. The image will be larger than the others and will be on the left side of the double page spread. The other 4 images will be on the other page they will be the same size and positioned in each quarter of the page. To make it appealing to both sexes there will be two pictures of girls and two pictures of boys.
Text: There will be a main article about what type of clothes to wear to gigs and what not to wear. There will be quotes from a stylish celebrity giving advice. There will be arrows coming off the 4 smaller images with information about the items of clothing and why they are good. They will be four different styles so there will be different titles at the top of each image. All around the double page spread there will be small posts about peoples fashion mishaps. There will also be information about what to wear to different styles of bands.
Colours and Layout: The layout will be like a fashion magazine but keep with the traditional colours of a music magazine. On the side with the main article it will be very structured, with the writing in columns. The mast head will be quite large and positioned in the middle of the left page covering about 20%.
3) Track of the Year
Images: There will be many images on this page to show different peoples styles and interests. They will be quite small MS of people holding an IPOD. There would be about 10 of these images and 2 large MLS of two other people facing each other in the middle of the page. They will be looking at each other like they are just about to go to war with them. They each will be holding and IPOD with their favourite song visible. They will all be wearing neutral colours with a bright IPOD.
Text: There will be a small article bellow the Mast Head informing people of what the page is about. By each of the smaller pictures there will be information on the person and there favourite track and why. This will be the same for the two larger images.
Colours and Layout: the layout of this will be different to most magazines. It will be symmetrical having 5 small pictures and 1 large picture on one page and the same on the other side. The mast head will then be positioned at the top of the spread and the smaller article between the two large images in the middle of the spread.
Images: The main image would be positioned in the centre of the double page spread and it would be quite large. This will draw people’s attention to the band making the image the main focal point of the spread. The image will be of the band performing at a gig of some sort to show people how they perform. Then I would have ‘artist profile’ section, where there will be smaller CU images of the individual band members. There would also be another image of the band practising in a studio.
Text: The main article will be a Q&A with the band, it will include questions on what genre of music they play, personal info and where they will be performing next. In the ‘Artists Profile’ it will include, information of the home life of the band members, there interests, hobbies and there specialist skills in the band.
Colours and Layout: the layout will be quite conventional; it will be in straight columns and blocks. To make it attractive to look at, the artists profile will be stuck on in different places on the spread. It will be on a Polaroid picture of the individual band member with info about them on the rest of the picture. The mast head will be quite large and positioned in the middle of the left page covering about 20%. I will use traditional music magazine colours that appeal to both sexes, Black, White and Red.
2) Fashion on a Budget
Images: The images on this will be of different items of clothing. I will focus on ‘What to wear at a gig?’ There will be about 4 long shots of the same model wearing different clothes, and two celebrity influences, one male and one female. The image will be larger than the others and will be on the left side of the double page spread. The other 4 images will be on the other page they will be the same size and positioned in each quarter of the page. To make it appealing to both sexes there will be two pictures of girls and two pictures of boys.
Text: There will be a main article about what type of clothes to wear to gigs and what not to wear. There will be quotes from a stylish celebrity giving advice. There will be arrows coming off the 4 smaller images with information about the items of clothing and why they are good. They will be four different styles so there will be different titles at the top of each image. All around the double page spread there will be small posts about peoples fashion mishaps. There will also be information about what to wear to different styles of bands.
Colours and Layout: The layout will be like a fashion magazine but keep with the traditional colours of a music magazine. On the side with the main article it will be very structured, with the writing in columns. The mast head will be quite large and positioned in the middle of the left page covering about 20%.
3) Track of the Year
Images: There will be many images on this page to show different peoples styles and interests. They will be quite small MS of people holding an IPOD. There would be about 10 of these images and 2 large MLS of two other people facing each other in the middle of the page. They will be looking at each other like they are just about to go to war with them. They each will be holding and IPOD with their favourite song visible. They will all be wearing neutral colours with a bright IPOD.
Text: There will be a small article bellow the Mast Head informing people of what the page is about. By each of the smaller pictures there will be information on the person and there favourite track and why. This will be the same for the two larger images.
Colours and Layout: the layout of this will be different to most magazines. It will be symmetrical having 5 small pictures and 1 large picture on one page and the same on the other side. The mast head will then be positioned at the top of the spread and the smaller article between the two large images in the middle of the spread.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Proposal
To ensure that I complete this task to the best of my ability I will make sure I manage my time effectively and efficiently. To do this I will create a Gantt chart to record what tasks need to be done, when they need to be done and when they need to be in. This will help me keep on top of all of my work. After that I will create a blog on blogger.com, this will help me record all of my work so that none of it gets lost and I stay up to date.
To determine what target audience I will aim my magazine at I will create a survey. This will help me research what people like about music magazines and then putting that in my magazine. According to my survey my magazine will need to be distributed once a week and cost between £2 and £3.
The result of the survey has helped me establish the audience profile for my magazine. I will aim my magazine at every social economic group. The kind of people I will aim my magazine at will be Mainstreamers and individuals. This is because mainstreamers are the biggest group of people in the market also I will include some different bands that not many people know for the individuals. Most of the people like rock and indie music, so I will make the genre of my magazine indie rock. I will aim it at 16-25 year old students by having young popular bands.
For my images I will use Photoshop to manipulate them so they will be appropriate for the magazine.
Demographic profile of NME magazine
I think the target audience for NME magazine is predominately young male adults from 16 to 25. You know this because the main cover line is about a new young band. I think the magazine would be for anyone who enjoys rock and roll music. I think it is suited for anyone in the country because it shows well known bands like, Fratellis, U2 and the Clash. The people who read this would be individualist because you have to be passionate about music to buy this magazine. Also you have to like rock and roll music because that is the style it focuses on. They probably enjoy going to different gigs because it says on the magazine 574 Gigs UK’s biggest guide.
Demographic profile of MOJO magazine
The target audience for MOJO magazine is predominately men between 25 and 40. You can tell this because the bands named on the front cover are old bands like Genesis and Iggy and the Stooges. The style of the magazine looks quite sophisticated because of the ‘modern’ colours of black, white and red. This suggests that the target audience would be middle class people. I think that the magazine is aimed at everyone in the country from 16 years old and up because it covers very well known bands. I think the type of person who would buy this magazine would be a mainstreamer who is trying to be individualist. This is because a lot of people buy this magazine to try to be individual. If you buy this magazine you have to have a great interest in rock music specifically because that is what the magazine mostly covers. That narrows down the target audience down.
deconstruction of NME magazine
Deconstruction of NME magazine
As opposed to MOJO magazine, NME has gone for a more conventional style having everything in lines and boxes and having the main image not covering everything up. The main image is of ‘Panic! At the Disco.’ It is a MLS. The lead of the band is positioned directly in the middle of the magazine suggesting that he is the most important, with the rest of the band positioned behind him. They are all looking at the audience giving it a more direct approach. This engages the audience making them more interested. They are all dressed in black leather which is associating with bikers which is seen as cool. They all have short spiky hair in a kind of EMO style. All of the members of the band have a different colour around their eyes; this is used as a statement, saying that they are original and different.
The mast head NME is unconventionally small. It is positioned at the top left hand corner of the magazine. The fact that is small makes you feel that magazine doesn’t need to write their name too big because if you have a musical brain you will already know it. It is in a bold sans serif font making it easier to read. It is red and white making it easier to recognise.
The main cover line is about Panic! At the Disco, it is written in a sans serif font with a red shadow. It then has a quote, it uses Stars to cover up the swear word, this makes people think the magazine is cool because they are breaking the rules. It has three other cover lines, they are each done in a different design to make them more interesting and eye catching. In the top right hand corner it has ‘New Pixies album’ then it says ‘exclusive story.’ The fact its exclusive makes it more interesting to read, making you feel that you are the first one to read about it. In the bottom middle of the page it says ‘Fratellis explosion’ and ‘Kicks off, NME rock and roll tour.’ The word ‘explosion’ suggests that the fratellis were amazing. There is a picture of the lead guitarist of the fratellis. It is a MLS of him playing the guitar. This picture looks very cool and interesting and makes you feel like you want to be there.
On the right hand side it has names of different artists. It says ‘plus’ meaning that they have given us all that they have, but because they care about their audience they have given us more.
Bellow the mast head it says ‘574 GIGS UK’s biggest guide’ this tells you that it is the best magazine too read to find out where artists are playing.
Like MOJO magazine the main colours used are red, black, white and also blue. Black is seen as a cool colour and is associated with music. Red means danger, it is also a multi-sex colour so it is suitable for both genders. White is a cool, calming colour, it is very bright and makes everything stand out. The blue in the back ground gives a little bit of colour to the magazine making it look fun.
This is quite a conventional music magazine, what makes it unique is its use of colour, structure and lack of information making you want to open it and read more.
As opposed to MOJO magazine, NME has gone for a more conventional style having everything in lines and boxes and having the main image not covering everything up. The main image is of ‘Panic! At the Disco.’ It is a MLS. The lead of the band is positioned directly in the middle of the magazine suggesting that he is the most important, with the rest of the band positioned behind him. They are all looking at the audience giving it a more direct approach. This engages the audience making them more interested. They are all dressed in black leather which is associating with bikers which is seen as cool. They all have short spiky hair in a kind of EMO style. All of the members of the band have a different colour around their eyes; this is used as a statement, saying that they are original and different.
The mast head NME is unconventionally small. It is positioned at the top left hand corner of the magazine. The fact that is small makes you feel that magazine doesn’t need to write their name too big because if you have a musical brain you will already know it. It is in a bold sans serif font making it easier to read. It is red and white making it easier to recognise.
The main cover line is about Panic! At the Disco, it is written in a sans serif font with a red shadow. It then has a quote, it uses Stars to cover up the swear word, this makes people think the magazine is cool because they are breaking the rules. It has three other cover lines, they are each done in a different design to make them more interesting and eye catching. In the top right hand corner it has ‘New Pixies album’ then it says ‘exclusive story.’ The fact its exclusive makes it more interesting to read, making you feel that you are the first one to read about it. In the bottom middle of the page it says ‘Fratellis explosion’ and ‘Kicks off, NME rock and roll tour.’ The word ‘explosion’ suggests that the fratellis were amazing. There is a picture of the lead guitarist of the fratellis. It is a MLS of him playing the guitar. This picture looks very cool and interesting and makes you feel like you want to be there.
On the right hand side it has names of different artists. It says ‘plus’ meaning that they have given us all that they have, but because they care about their audience they have given us more.
Bellow the mast head it says ‘574 GIGS UK’s biggest guide’ this tells you that it is the best magazine too read to find out where artists are playing.
Like MOJO magazine the main colours used are red, black, white and also blue. Black is seen as a cool colour and is associated with music. Red means danger, it is also a multi-sex colour so it is suitable for both genders. White is a cool, calming colour, it is very bright and makes everything stand out. The blue in the back ground gives a little bit of colour to the magazine making it look fun.
This is quite a conventional music magazine, what makes it unique is its use of colour, structure and lack of information making you want to open it and read more.
deconstruction of MOJO magazine
MOJO magazine is one of the most popular music magazines in the UK. It uses the rock and roll, anarchy factor to draw people in.
The main picture of Iggy Pop from Iggy and the Stooges is the main focus point in the magazine. He is positioned directly in the middle of the magazine holding a micro phone stand, looking into the distance. It is a MS that looks like it was taken from a low angle suggesting that he is performing at a gig. The way he is looking off into the distance implies that he doesn’t care, he is ‘too good’ to look you in the face. Also it adds to the ‘gig; affect. His facial expression looks slightly arrogant and bored which is ‘cool.’ People find it exciting to have a picture of a rebel rock star on the front of a magazine because it is interesting.
The ‘O’ and ‘J’ of the mast head is covered by Iggy Pop. This suggests that the magazine doesn’t need to show us their whole name, because they are so well known. The mast head takes up about 20% of the front cover, it is in a friendly bold sans serif. It also has the words ‘Music magazine’ slightly covered up as well saying that you should know about the music magazine.
The main cover line is about Iggy and the stooges. It written in a sans serif font, it looks slightly worn at the edges giving it a rock and roll look, also implying that the band have been in trouble and have lived rebellious life styles. It says ‘return of Americas ultimate rock and roll delinquents.’ Firstly the word delinquents suggest they are trouble makers and don’t play buy the rules. Because they are the ‘ultimate rock and roll delinquents’ tells the readers that they are the best and always will be.
The other cover line titles are written in sans serif with a red box around each word. It looks like they have just stuck them down in a random way, making the front cover look scruffy and therefore cool.
At the top of the magazine it says ‘FREE CD’ this is one of the main ways to get people to buy the magazine, no matter what the item is people are drawn to things that are free. Also there is a bit more information about what is going to be included in the magazine. This includes two pictures, both close ups of two men looking at the camera with their heads tilted the same way Iggy Pop’s head is, saying they are just as cool as him. Again the words are written in a sans serif font to keep with the fresh unconventional.
There are 4 main colours used in the front cover. Black: this is associated with rock and roll and therefore ‘cool’, this reflects the anarchy image of the magazine. Red: this is associated with danger which draws people in. Grey is associated with metal meaning the magazine is hard and solid. White: this is a quite neutral colour which is also quite modern and clean, this is used as a contrast to the sharp black and red colours going on in the background.
This magazine is like most other music magazines although it is unique in the way they feel they are to distinctive to put titles in lines sections and even show the mast head of the magazine.
The main picture of Iggy Pop from Iggy and the Stooges is the main focus point in the magazine. He is positioned directly in the middle of the magazine holding a micro phone stand, looking into the distance. It is a MS that looks like it was taken from a low angle suggesting that he is performing at a gig. The way he is looking off into the distance implies that he doesn’t care, he is ‘too good’ to look you in the face. Also it adds to the ‘gig; affect. His facial expression looks slightly arrogant and bored which is ‘cool.’ People find it exciting to have a picture of a rebel rock star on the front of a magazine because it is interesting.
The ‘O’ and ‘J’ of the mast head is covered by Iggy Pop. This suggests that the magazine doesn’t need to show us their whole name, because they are so well known. The mast head takes up about 20% of the front cover, it is in a friendly bold sans serif. It also has the words ‘Music magazine’ slightly covered up as well saying that you should know about the music magazine.
The main cover line is about Iggy and the stooges. It written in a sans serif font, it looks slightly worn at the edges giving it a rock and roll look, also implying that the band have been in trouble and have lived rebellious life styles. It says ‘return of Americas ultimate rock and roll delinquents.’ Firstly the word delinquents suggest they are trouble makers and don’t play buy the rules. Because they are the ‘ultimate rock and roll delinquents’ tells the readers that they are the best and always will be.
The other cover line titles are written in sans serif with a red box around each word. It looks like they have just stuck them down in a random way, making the front cover look scruffy and therefore cool.
At the top of the magazine it says ‘FREE CD’ this is one of the main ways to get people to buy the magazine, no matter what the item is people are drawn to things that are free. Also there is a bit more information about what is going to be included in the magazine. This includes two pictures, both close ups of two men looking at the camera with their heads tilted the same way Iggy Pop’s head is, saying they are just as cool as him. Again the words are written in a sans serif font to keep with the fresh unconventional.
There are 4 main colours used in the front cover. Black: this is associated with rock and roll and therefore ‘cool’, this reflects the anarchy image of the magazine. Red: this is associated with danger which draws people in. Grey is associated with metal meaning the magazine is hard and solid. White: this is a quite neutral colour which is also quite modern and clean, this is used as a contrast to the sharp black and red colours going on in the background.
This magazine is like most other music magazines although it is unique in the way they feel they are to distinctive to put titles in lines sections and even show the mast head of the magazine.
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