Initial Thoughts and Ideas.

I have several initial thoughts and ideas for what I can do for my music magazine. I have decided the genre I will cover is a current music genre. This is because I am interested in all different types of music and don't have one specific genre that I like better than another. I tend to like all kinds of music bar a few such as heavy rock/metal and what is called MC music.

These are two magazines that look at artists listed in the charts. These are both examples of what I look up to as the correct way to lay out my magazine front cover. This is because I am focusing on more than one artist and so I need to list a few artists on the front page, but then the picture will be of an artist that has recently achieved something or brought out a new song or album. In Q magazine Lilly Allen is situated on the front page, this is because within the magazine the big headline of the week is about her. On the front page it is her name that is in the biggest font and bold so most noticeable. Q magazine must have written a big story on Lilly Allen, so for any Lilly Allen fans this magazine would catch their eye first purely because of the front cover. Also on this front cover is listed in the top right corner three other bands that are featured inside the magazine, these are The Stone Roses, Oasis and U2. These three phrases are in a reasonable size font and all in bold so stand out very well and show the reader that there is stories to read about these bands too. In this particular edition of Q magazine it is advertised on the front cover that inside there is the 25 greatest rock movies, this is another bit of the front cover that will attract somebody to buy the magazine to find out what movies are in the top 25. Its arguable that the colour's on the front cover might not work but I think they go well together and the magazine stands out well. In Vibe magazine Usher is featured on the front cover he is placed on a runway background, this will have been done on purpose maybe because the news about him, a new upcoming song about this kind of scene or even just to put him in a scene that shows he is strong and a hero type figure. The title for the magazine is very clear in a big font and bold. Usher's and Soulja Boy's names are both seen on the front cover in a yellow bold font to stand out and attract the attention of the readers. Another piece of information situated on the front cover is 50 Crazy Celeb Tweets, this could also attract the reader to buy this magazine to find out what tweets have been posted and what has been said. The colour used is very attractive and will attract the eye of anyone looking at magazines, it give's the overall front page an exiting side to it and makes the reader want to read into the magazine.