For my music magazine, I have chosen to focus on the heavy metal/rock genre as I listen to this type of music and therefore have a knowledge of it. It is also easy for me to use this genre as it can be generalised therefore making it easier for me to produce a stereotypical magazine which will attract my target audience. A lot more thought and planning would have to go into a magazine with a genre such as pop because I wouldn't know how to represent the bands/articles on the cover and inside the magazine.
The key features of this genre include music and band choices (for example listening to bands such as Slipknot and Metallica) and also the physical aspects of rock such as dress and hairstyle choices. However I will focus mainly on the different types of bands and subgenres of this style of music; for example I could do interviews with bands and list the top ten songs in each sub genre (for example thrash metal, nu metal, soft metal etc.) I will make sure I use images that represent the rock/heavy metal stereotype; this includes models wearing black, and guys sporting the long hair with a side fringe, girls having long black hair etc.
I could also have a section where I list the lyrics of the most popular rock song every week.
They are many different magazine publications who promote this genre such as Kerrang!, Black Velvet and Classic Rock.
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