This is the research i did into mastheads of real music magazines in my genre and outside of my music genre.

Mast Heads:

Dance music is closely associated with DJ’s and clubbing the wording of MIXMAG symbolizes this using MIX and MAG which cleary identifys it to the target audience of that of a dance magazine. The colours used bright green sygnifies the illuminous bright vibrant colours worn to go clubbing and raving. The black colour anchors this as it as it is dark, bold and aggressive. The fontography of the I has been made to look as if its a microphone to appeal to a young target audience.

Rolling stone magazine is synonomous with rock and roll. Rolling stone sounds rock and roll and fontography used looks formal but is not because it originated a long time ago. The colours used are symbolic to rock red can sygnify love, lust, anger and passion. Key issues brought up in the lyrics of rock songs. Grey is the nuetral colour however not naturally suited to red it symbolifies the rebel nature of rock and roll.

Is a mordern hip hop/rap magazine XXL stands for large and this symbolizes the size of everything represented in rap and hip hop lyrics, clothes, bling, cars. The use of red and white as colours is symbolic of the culture of rap and hip hop. White signifies the white ruling class who undermine rap artists from the “ghetto”. Red is in reference to sex, love and violence connoted in rap and hip hop lyrics.

Kerrang is a rock and heavy metal magazine the wording symbolizes this kerrang is the sound made by a bass electric guitar. The fontography is of a smashed window which connotes the violent imagery depicted in heavy metal lyrics. The colours used black sygnifies the dark and depressive nature of the lyrics in heavy metal and white as a contrast colour.