Monday, 29 November 2010

My music magazine - Unsigned.

My magazine will be about unsigned bands - which play indie/rock style music. Which is why i am naming my magazine "Unsigned".
There are many local bands in the area so i will be able to go to their gigs and get information from there myspace and facebook pages and also personally from them. At this moment, i don't know how frequent my magazine will be and the price of it either, but will later decide on this.

National Enquirer analysis.


National Enquirer (also known as Enquirer)
National Enquirer is an amercian supermarket tabloid, published by Amercian Media Inc. It was founded in 1926. National Enquirer looks like a newspaper, but is more of a magazine for celebrity gossip. It has struggled in the declining circulation figures due to glossy magazines.

Price: £1 (uk)
$2.99 (usa)

Central Dominent Image:
Robert Patterson
Jennifer Aniston
Main Cover Line:
JEN'S HOT FOR ROB
There names are shorterned as they are connecting with them s they are close friends.

Also on front cover:
Paris Hilton
Snooki
Madonna
Eva Longoria
Tiger Woods
Elin (his ex wife)
Kristen Stewart

The layoyt inside of the magazine, the text in seperated by coloured box backgrounds and different headings.

National Enquirer brings newspaper and the old style fanzine magazine into modern day.

Kerrang! Magazine analysis.


Kerrang! Magazine..

Kerrang! is a rock music magazine, published by Bauer Consumer Media. The word Kerrang onomatopoeic and is like the sound of a guitar being strung. Kerrang! started up on the 7th June 1981, the original owner was United Newspaper who then sold it to EMAP in 1991.

Price: £2.20
Issue Number: 1340
November 27 2010.

Central dominent image: Enter Shikari
Also:
Hayley Williams
Avenged Sevenfold
Corey Taylor

Bands or indvidual artists from the band normally refered to by first and last name, exception is the text at the top of this front cover "Bullet & Horizon prepare for a battle". Bullet is shortned for "Bullet For My Valantine" ande Horizon is shortned for "Bring Me The Horizon".

The Magazine is mainly gig orientated as alot of pages are full of gig guides, the magazine also includes alot of information and question and answers to the artists.

Most of the text is written in a simple black font, placed next to the image on that page.