For my project, i have to create a music magazine cover, double page spread and contents page of a music magazine. i am going to research and explore existing music magazines to help me get an idea of what they look like/are about.
more statistics on http://www.nme.com/mediapack/pdf/nme_media_information_full.pdf
1. NME - "new musical express".
NME started as a music newspaper (in 1952) and then gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. An online version of NME, NME.COM, was launched in 1996. Today NME.COM has 5 million users per month. The NME magazine describes itself as "the world's most recognised and iconic music magazine", published to give a "truthful, honest, informed account of what's going down in music". NME includes news/information about lots of different genres of music but focuses mainly on guitar and rock music; Oasis Arctic Moneys, The Rolling Stones and many more.
• 80% of NME readers feel that music is an important part of their lives
• 79% of NME readers like to listen to new bands
• 63% specially choose to listen to indie/guitar bands
• 49% specially choose to listen to live bands in studio
• 52% are interested in taking a musical course/qualification
• 36% are thinking of buying a musical instrument in the next year
more statistics on http://www.nme.com/mediapack/pdf/nme_media_information_full.pdf
Front covers of NME all share the same "NME" logo at the top left corner of the page - usually in red but special edition covers are in different colours. the title is very easy to read as it is bold and stands out. The two front covers i have chosen are 2 of the 10 "special edition covers"and happen to be of much more modern music artists - Magnetic Man and Rihanna. the other artists for the special edition front covers are Jack White, Florence And The Machine, LCD Soundsystem, Kasabian, Laura Marling, Foals, MIA, and Biffy Clyro. Magnetic Man are an electronic music project consisting of dubstep producers and DJ's, and Rihanna, a female r&b role model. the colour schemes for both of them are simple - they only use two colours.
NME magazine are up-to-date and use new media to promote. They have a facebook, twitter and tumblr page which people can 'like' and 'follow' to find out very current news and information about music artists.
http://www.facebook.com/nmemagazine
https://twitter.com/NMEmagazine
http://nmemagazine.tumblr.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment