What is a Music Magazine ?
A music magazine is magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Many music magazines typically include music news, interviews essays, recorded reviews, news about famous artists, concert and festival reviews.
The History of Music Magazines
The very first issue of billboard magazine was printed in 1894, however it did not become well known until 1936. This gradually evolved into radio airplay and recorded sales charts. Over time different genres of music were introduced and it wasn't long until NME ( New Musical Express ) was first issued in 1952. In the 1970s NME became the best selling british music magazine. Now there are a range of different music magazines with particular genres including rock, pop and classical music magazines.
Below is a short part of a documentary called 'Inky Fingers: The NME Story'. This part of the documentary shows a brief summary on how the world longest weekly rock music paper became so popular and how NME created a magazine that reflected and shaped our musical culture.
Genres
Below is a short part of a documentary called 'Inky Fingers: The NME Story'. This part of the documentary shows a brief summary on how the world longest weekly rock music paper became so popular and how NME created a magazine that reflected and shaped our musical culture.
Genres
There are a variety of different genres that consist with music magazines, such as....
. Rock
. Pop
. R&B
. Hip Hop
. Heavy Metal
. Classical
Popular Music Magazines
Music magazines have been publishing for over a century now. One of the best and well known magazines of all time is NME. Other popular music magazines within the UK include Kerrang, MOJO, Q. Major music magazines in the United States include Vibe, Rolling Stone and Class.
The Future of Music Magazines
Music magazines seem to have very little hold for the future. With new technology being introduced over the years such as computer websites and mobile phone apps, people are able to retrieve the same information for free as they would buying a music magazine and because of this the sales of music magazines are decreasing each year. They do not really have much more of a future unless they start making the items available in a magazine, not available on the internet. However in some cases they do stand a productive future as a magazine and internet product because some people like to have a 'solid' copy and read.
What Audience do the Music Magazines relate to ?
Most Music Magazines dedicate themselves around rock and R&B like NME. From looking at the front cover page of NME a lot of young artists are displayed. This reveals that the target audience are aimed at the younger generation of adults. The front cover reveals a lot about the content of the magazine and what the magazine will be about. By showing more well known younger artists on the front cover, the larger the audience it will attract to the product.
My Post:
The front page magazine cover on the right side of the page reveals an image of my favourite music band 'Mumford and Sons'.
I consider NME to be a magazine to buy. This is because I like a variety of indie rock music and NME dedicates itself around different areas of rock music.
The content of the magazine includes exclusive features such as an interview with the band shown on the front cover 'Mumford and Sons'. Other features include music events such as festivals and music concerts, information featuring the band on the front cover and articles about other artists and music bands.
The target audience for this magazine is aimed at elder teenagers/ young adults because there is a well known band on the cover featuring 'Mumford and Sons' that would attract attention and is specific to the demographic age group.
The Future of Music Magazines
Music magazines seem to have very little hold for the future. With new technology being introduced over the years such as computer websites and mobile phone apps, people are able to retrieve the same information for free as they would buying a music magazine and because of this the sales of music magazines are decreasing each year. They do not really have much more of a future unless they start making the items available in a magazine, not available on the internet. However in some cases they do stand a productive future as a magazine and internet product because some people like to have a 'solid' copy and read.
What Audience do the Music Magazines relate to ?
Most Music Magazines dedicate themselves around rock and R&B like NME. From looking at the front cover page of NME a lot of young artists are displayed. This reveals that the target audience are aimed at the younger generation of adults. The front cover reveals a lot about the content of the magazine and what the magazine will be about. By showing more well known younger artists on the front cover, the larger the audience it will attract to the product.
My Post:
The front page magazine cover on the right side of the page reveals an image of my favourite music band 'Mumford and Sons'.I consider NME to be a magazine to buy. This is because I like a variety of indie rock music and NME dedicates itself around different areas of rock music.
The content of the magazine includes exclusive features such as an interview with the band shown on the front cover 'Mumford and Sons'. Other features include music events such as festivals and music concerts, information featuring the band on the front cover and articles about other artists and music bands.
The target audience for this magazine is aimed at elder teenagers/ young adults because there is a well known band on the cover featuring 'Mumford and Sons' that would attract attention and is specific to the demographic age group.
Try to include the video on NME as part of this research or Smash Hits, we watched it last year; it will add something extra to this post.
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