All music magazines have a number of elements that are similar to each other. One of these conventions is the masthead. Each masthead has an element to it that suggests the genre of the magazine. The rock style magazines have used bold colours such as red and black which are connotations of rock. The colour schemes that are used by the different magazines are all very similar.
They all use a lot of red, white and black as these are all very bold and eye catching colours. Another convention is that they all include a medium shot of a popular artist relevant to that magazine. The clothing that the artists are wearing are also stereotypical and conventional for that genre of music. They are all also very busy and there are hardly any blank spaces, which creates the impression that the magazine is well worth its money and has a lot of content.
Another typical convention of many music magazines is that their mastheads/ names are quite often just one word, which is very strong and catchy. These words are nearly always music related however some have names that are just catchy words such as Clash.
Many of the music magazines are all very similar. I only found one magazine that was aimed at teenagers, which featured pop music. A lot of the other magazines were aimed at the young adult audience who are into more specific music genres such as rock.
Magazines aimed at the older audience are slightly more pricey and tend to be monthly. The prices of these tend to be around £3-£4. Music magazines that are aimed at the younger audience are generally only £1-£2 and are published weekly or fortnightly. This is because the target audience are more likely to have less money and prefer to read smaller magazine rather than really long thick ones.
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