10 Examples of Music Magazine 1) Kerrang Magazine
2) Classic FM Magazine
3) Q Magazine
4) New Musical Express Magazine
5) Vibe Magazine
6) Billboard Magazine
7) Classical Music Magazine
8) Rock Sound Magazine
9) Rolling Stone Magazine
10) Classic Rock Magazine
Rock Sound is a music magazine that focuses on rock, pop rock,
post-hardcore and other similar genres of music. The magazine
contains interviews with famous artists and bands of these genres
as well as festival updates and news from the genres they cover.
Most issues contain posters of bands and artists for the buyer and
sometimes come with CDs. On this cover the masthead is behind the
image of the artists and is not as prominent as the image. The
image itself is almost the size of the cover. The cover lines are
in a large font and are uneven in size and have a pattern on them
that looks like smashed glass to enforce the phrase we predict a
riot. The language used is aggressive and also uses slang as they
shorten Britains down to Brits The image on the cover contains
several artists and they are all in aggressively positioned with
dark clothing and are holding weapons. To go with the dark clothing
the colours on the cover are mainly white and grey. Yellow is also
used as a font colour and stands out from the rest. The magazine is
published through its own publisher, Rock sound Ltd every month for
3.99. The magazine is aimed at 15 -21 year olds which is evident
from this cover by the artists on the cover who are quite popular
with people in this age range.
Q magazine doesnt have a set genre of music and opts to cover
new music of any genre that they like. The magazines contain lots
of reviews such as reviews on artists/bands, albums and festivals.
The magazine often includes CDs or books with their issues. The
masthead on this issue is in the top right corner with its slogan
going across the cover. The image on this cover is in the middle of
the cover and spills over on either side. The image shows the lead
singer from Muse, Matt Bellamy. He is positioned so that it looks
like he has just used his guitar to smash the Q logo. He is wearing
dark clothing with red detailing and his guitar is a dark colour.
The cover lines are bold white fonts that are in caps, as the less
important headings come under the cover lines the smaller the font
becomes. The cover uses red, white, black and grey for its colours
which all stand out against each other. The magazine is published
by Bauer Media Group monthly for 3.90. The target audience for this
magazine is around the late 20s+ with its average viewership age
being 29. You can tell this by the cover as it mentions older bands
that younger people may not be interested in.
Kerrang! magazine is focused on the genre of rock music. The
magazine includes interviews with bands and artists of the rock
genre, tour dates, posters and competitions. The masthead goes from
left to right at the top of the page and has the largest font on
the page which is white, with cracks/lines, and bold. The cover
lines are also bold but in a smaller font, the second largest on
the cover, and black to stand out against the white background.
There are several images on the cover; the largest is Hayley
Williams, lead singer of Paramore, and who the cover lines are
about. The other images are relevant to the other headings on the
cover. Hayleys body positioning is with her hand on her hip and her
other arm going over her head so she seems confident/ aggressive.
Shes wearing a bright yellow tank top with security written across
the chest which shows less rebellion and more shes found her place.
The colours on the magazine fit with the colours in Hayleys image;
yellow, black and white. Kerrang! Is published by Bauer Media Group
weekly for 2.20. The target audience is 15-39 year old men.
