Research of other music magazines

This contents page is from Q magazine. This magazine covers all genres of music as opposed to just one. On my contents page, I planned on putting more than one picture on it so that people can see images of what is in the magazine instead of just words, Whereas on this contents page, there is only one picture. I assumed that, because the only picture on this contents page is of one person, then the main story in this magazine is about him. The picture of Richard Ashcroft is very eye catching, it makes you feel as if he's looking at you. Although the picture seems quite threatening, I like it because I think it looks like he's in control and like he knows that he's important which is why he's the main story.

This contents page is from Flavour magazine. It's a very different magazine to Q in many ways, you can tell this by just looking at the contents page. Flavour Magazine is a transcultural youth lifestyle magazine for the young ambitious and cool dedicated to showcasing the latest trends in music and a platform for emerging and established creative talent. You can tell from this image that the magazine is mostly aimed at young females because the pictures are all of women and the background of the main picture is bright pink. As a young teenage girl, I prefer this contents page as opposed to Q magazine. I like the colours used and the layout is simple but the pictures are interesting so I dont think it matters.

For my music magazine, I think the audience would be young females aged about 14-21 or so. I think girls tend to buy magazines more than men do which is why Im going to aim my magazine at that type of audience.