Existing Music Magazines

This Image is the Kerrang music magazine. Usually associated with rock type music. It follows the codes and conventions of a general music magazine for it's genre.
For example, using a smashed masthead, implies the music is loud, and full on, which the bands in this genre are.
There is a main image of an artist who is well known too the genre, making the audience recognize that he will be the main story within the magazine.
There are also smaller images of famous artists from this genre, this attracts the readers attention.
Using large headings increases the importance of the magazine as a whole. It uses the technique, 'puff' this is where using words like 'greatest ever' to puff up the importance of what is being said.
There is also the needed barcode, date and issue number along the bottom right hand side of the magazine. This is included in any good well known magazine, no matter what genre the magazine is.

This image is of the magazine spin, this magazine is usually associated with the similar yet milder music as kerrang As seen again, a well known band to the genre are on the front, however, they are in front of a white background, which suggests the music is calm and clean. These would be the main attraction from an audiences point of view to buy the magazine.
The fonts used in this cover are bold and simple straight to the point, this would imply that the music is simple and to the point.
There are also some other well known bands too the genre written on the cover, however not as important as the main cover story.
The magazine cover also holds a barcode, date and issue number, like any magazine should.                                                    

This is a typical cover of a pop alternative music magazine.
The main story is clearly shown on the front by using a large picture and big bold writing running over the top of the image.
The image is overlapping the masthead, which suggests the importance of the main story. Having a very well known person on the cover is also an audience attraction.
The colour scheme is kept at a red and black kind of theme. This could relate to the british theme as shown through a picture on the right hand side of the cover.
This magazine appears to have the barcode near the top of the cover, which isn't really typical of a genral magazine, usually they are placed in the bottom right hand corner.
Overall this magazine isn't nessersarily the easiest of genres to spot, however the colour scheme is stuck to and is eye catching to an audience.