Here is a moodboard i created from my research of different music magazine covers.
This is to give me inspiration during my own music magazine design.
Jazz music genre seems to be a very interesting music genre to focus on so i will focus my magazine design based on this genre.
Here are some examples of different music genre magazines.
R&B music magazine. Rap music magazine. Pop music magazine
Jazz music magazine Blues music magazine Gospel music magazine.
Most of these magazines have a medium shot, or close ups,
All these music magazine cover pages are very appealing to me as they are professionally structured in a very simplistic way whilst being very relevant to its genre. This is because depending the genre of music, each magazine establishes stereotypical features making it very personal to its purpose so it is able to easily entertain and interest the audience.
Rap music conventions portrayed in magazines.
The styles that are portrayed through rap music can be shown through clothing that include of known branded loose-fitting clothing (usually hoodies and tracksuits), jewelry :mainly shiny diamond chains, gold or diamond rings and shiny earrings. Baseball caps which are mainly representatives of different areas of countries or sports teams and sometimes beanie hats. Another convention is tattoos and hairstyles, most rap artists have tattoos on their body that are shown in the video and some magazines in my mood-board. This often Influences the people who watch the videos or read such magazines to get tattoos similar to the artists. Jay-Z has been presented with most of the rap conventions in this magazine .
pop music conventions portrayed in magazines
The artists are normally dressed in very mainstream, fashionable and stylish outfits. They are also portrayed as happy individuals who seem to be very fond of life. Most pop magazines are themed with very bold and bright colours like pink, yellow blue etc. Such colours are used in order to create a positive vibe for the audience. The hair and makeup also makes the audience understand the artists feelings and emotion this therefore creates a connection between the character and artist this then makes the audience to buy the magazine as they are intrigued by the artists emotions and feelings being portrayed through their hair and makeup.
R&B music conventions portrayed in magazines
The conventions found in R&B music are shown in their magazines. The male artists tend to dressed in smart/smart casual clothing. Potentially represents their social class or status in society. Usher and Ne-Yo are examples of artists who follow the Smart/Smart casual look.
where as the women are presented in a classy manner yet with very little clothing.
Women being generally clothed as classy but revealing clothes, makes them attractive to the males, who are the main target audience for the conventional R&B music magazine. It also encourages young girls to aspire to look in a classy yet sexually appealing Jewellery is also the most conventional piece of clothing shown on R&B magazines. there is always a form of jewellery on the artist whether that being a watch, earring, or a necklace, these jewellery on most artists also represents their wealth and status in society, so the audience of the magazine would be inspired to be an R&B artist too as they will gain great wealth and a higher status in society.
Rock music conventions portrayed in magazines
Rock music magazine covers usually have black and white images for older model artists older whilst simple colours for text, black or white or a colour that fits the common colour scheme.some inconsistent colour scheme, are usually specific to each issue/artist. The font style used is also normally very simple yet Gothic .This is a reflection of their stereotypical image portrayed by society, as they are seen as being Gothic individuals.The clothing of the artists also reflects the Gothic imagery as they tend to be wearing very dark Gothic like clothing. they usually wear leather clothing with a lot of jewellery e.g. skull skull ring.
Jazz music conventions portrayed in magazines.
Jazz music magazines covers usually have their artists wearing very smart and classy clothing, and with a serious but yet a cheerful facial expressions. the font styles also appear to be very simple yet classy with a very subtle colour scheme. This prevents the cover page from looking unprofessional and cheap, as it will be a very bad representation of the artists as they are stereotypically portrayed to be very classy. Therefore this magazine would be very appealing to the target audience as they will realise that the magazine is going to give them relevant and more reliable information as it successfully highlights all the typical conventions Jazz music artists have.
Blues music conventions portrayed in magazines.
Blues music conventions are very similar to jazz music conventions, as the artists are clothed in similar clothing and accessories they also tend to have props like guitars etc. The font style of the front covers are also very similar to the font styles used in Jazz music as both music genres are stereotypically seen as classic and simple; these reflects the conventions found in music magazines.
Gospel music conventions portrayed in magazines.
Gospel music magazines also have similar conventions to Jazz and Blues music as the artists are usually dressed very professionally and church like, with a delightful facial expression; reflecting the pride they feel for the religious music they are making. The font style used are also usually simple and bold with bright colours. these are to easily remind the artist to read/but the magazines as the information it may have is going to be as joyful as the music made in this genre are. In contrast to Jazz and Blues music, Gospel music occasionally have religious elements/ symbols on their magazine covers to distinct them from other music genres.
these pictures are experimental pictures I took, whilst I was on a short trip to Brick lane ,exploring locations for the most appropriate venue for the magazine photo-shoot. I Decided to take this trip because I needed an inspirational venue for my photo-shoot, because I believe that the location of the photo-shoot is very important as it adds to the quality of the image. This therefore makes the main image appear more powerful.
