Hey guys! So, for today's post I finally have my next genre choice up for choosing. And if you've been around for some of my earlier posts, you might remember an assignment I did for class called "Magazine Cover Conventions". If not, in this assignment I had to create a cover for an original magazine of my choosing. And what did I choose? Music magazines. If you haven't caught on, don't worry, I'll just say it. My next genre for research: Music!
Now referring back to my older post, which you may have or may not have read, I mentioned that the music genre for magazines was incredibly vast and arguably one of the biggest. What do I mean when I say this? Well, the genre "music" when it comes to magazines is actually an umbrella term. Almost every genre of music actually translates over to a sub genre of music magazines. In other words, there are MULTIPLE types of music magazine that correlate to a genre of music.
A few of the most popular music genres used for magazines are:
- Hip-hop
- Country
- Pop
- Rock
- Rap
- Grunge
- Alternative/Indie
- R&B
- Metal
- Jazz
- Classical
Generally, their content is focused on the certain music genre and everything circled around it. That means artists, albums/songs, stories, charts/rankings, and features. As for their design, I did have a good knowledge about their covers, thanks to my previous post, but everything else was new to me.
Here is what I found for their most common design:
Cover-
- Main image (usually featuring a popular artist or band).
- Main headline of the feature article.
- Coverlines of other topics featured.
- Puffs/plugs of other topics featured.
- Color scheme that matches the music genre and magazine style.
- List of article titles with page numbers.
- Organized in sections with headings.
- Short descriptions of articles.
- Images to highlight key stories.
- Are more oriented around text than photos.
- Detailed to the story or written in-depth
- Multi-paragraph and quotes.
Example of feature article:
Researching this genre, I learned a lot more than what I had already known naturally, but I'm still shocked by how much. Even though this is my third time diving into a genre, I still wasn't ready for all that information and learning what fully goes into the process of making these magazines.
For the next few days, I'm going to take a step back and evaluate all 3 of the genres I have chosen closely. I want to make sure that my final choice won't be one I regret and will be something I enjoy creating. With that being said, that's all I got for today.
Thank you for reading, see ya next time with an update! :)
Sources:
20 Best Music Magazines in 2025 You Should Know
Table of contents for September 2024 in BBC Music Magazine
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