Music Magazines

Image: Music magazines usually have an image of a singer or a band. Some music magazines have an up and coming band or singer on the front cover to help publicise them and to introduce them to their audience. However some music magazine have old bands on, or very famous singers and bands on to appeal to their audience. NME magazine usually has bands or singers on which appeal to their target audience of young people.

Title/Name: The name of a magazine is usually at the top or in a place were it can be seen easily by the reader. Each music magazine has their own design for their name which makes the magazine instantly recognizable. The name is usually in bright colours to attract the audience and to draw theuir attention to the cover.

Cover lines: Each music magazine has cover lines on the front cover to attract the audience and to persuade them to buy the magazine. The cover lines have to be interesting and relevant to the magazine as they are what encourage the reader to buy the magazine as the stories are what interest the reader. The cover lines have to be relevant to the magazine so they are appropriate for the target audience, e.g on the front cover of NME you can't have a cover line talking about chemistry as it wouldn't be suitable for the type of magazine it is.

Selling line: Each music magazine has a selling line to attract their audience. The selling line relates to the specific target audience and it is chosen to describe the type of magazine. The selling line shows the reader what the magazine is about and therefore the reader can decide if the magazine interests them and if they want to buy it.

Date, Price and issue number: These are put on the front cover to help the readers of the magazine. The date and issue number are put on the cover so if the reader needs to refer back to a past issue of the magazine it is easy for them to do so. The price is on their obviously to show how much the magzine is, but also the price represents the target audience. If it is free or quite cheap it is most probably aimed at young people and students as they don't usually have much money. If the magazine is expensive and good quality it is probably aimed at people in good careers.