The music genre I have chose to base my magazine around, is Urban Hip Hip Or R&B as some people would resemble it as, here are some artists , that are currently in the UK top charts:
1) Tinchy Stryder,
2) Chipmunk,
3) Ironik,
4) N-Dubz...
These artists are currently seen as the best british artists around during this period of time.. this music consists of a more local version of rap and hip-hop re enlisted through the artists own expressions, in this day and age R&B is becoming more grime and independant, souly because its reaching to places all over the world, we in the UK are begninning to resemble R&B to a new type of genre ... Grime.
What is Grime Music?
UK Grime is a genre of music which has been developing in London's underground since 2002. Grime's tempo is around 140 beats per minute. Style of flow also varies but its most common for rappers or MCs to "spit" double time or aggressively over the beat.
Grime can often be dark and aggressive, featuring MCs as opposed to singers and getting rid of the R&B influences of earlier the UK Garage music.
Thursday 17 December 2009
Friday 11 December 2009
Questionnaire
Questionnaire.
Please can you fill the Box with the Letter identified with each statement...Thank you using the letters provided, thank you?
1) How much will you be willing to pay for my music magazine?
A) Under ₤ 2.00
B) ₤ 2.00- 3.00
C) ₤ 3.00 – 4.00
2) What Colour Scheme do you expect to see in my magazine?
A) Blue and Silver?
B) Red and Silver?
C) Black and Silver?
3) What would you expect to see in my magazine?
A) Interviews
B) Live Shows
C) New talent.
4) What Type of Magazine would you like to see Manufactured?
A) Urban/Rap
B) Pop
C) Drum and Bass
5) What types of font are you expected to see?
A) Arial Bold
B) Italic
C) Futuristic Look style Photoshop text,
6) Would you be prompted to purchase this magazine of there were any free giveaways?
A) Yes
B) No
7) Would you be interested in a promotional CD should it be included into the magazine.
A) Yes
B) No
8) How often would you be expected to purchase this magazine for?
A) Weekly
B) Monthly
C) Over the Course of Three Months.
9) Who is your Favorite DJ out of the following?
1) Deadmau5
2) Calvin Harris
3) Tiesto
4) Paul Van Dyke
5) Pendulum
6) Da Rude
7) Darren Styles
8) Ultrabeat
9) David Guetta
10) Would you like to see articles about new and upcoming artists ?
1) Yes
2) No
3) Not Sure.
11) Would like to see the inclusion of up and coming tour dates and band gatherings?
1) Yes
2) No
12) What Name would you like the magazine to be named?
1) Ice
2) Oasis
3) Envy
4) Mayhem
5) Bassment
6) BassLine
7) Hype
8) Mashup
9) MixLine
Please can you fill the Box with the Letter identified with each statement...Thank you using the letters provided, thank you?
1) How much will you be willing to pay for my music magazine?
A) Under ₤ 2.00
B) ₤ 2.00- 3.00
C) ₤ 3.00 – 4.00
2) What Colour Scheme do you expect to see in my magazine?
A) Blue and Silver?
B) Red and Silver?
C) Black and Silver?
3) What would you expect to see in my magazine?
A) Interviews
B) Live Shows
C) New talent.
4) What Type of Magazine would you like to see Manufactured?
A) Urban/Rap
B) Pop
C) Drum and Bass
5) What types of font are you expected to see?
A) Arial Bold
B) Italic
C) Futuristic Look style Photoshop text,
6) Would you be prompted to purchase this magazine of there were any free giveaways?
A) Yes
B) No
7) Would you be interested in a promotional CD should it be included into the magazine.
A) Yes
B) No
8) How often would you be expected to purchase this magazine for?
A) Weekly
B) Monthly
C) Over the Course of Three Months.
9) Who is your Favorite DJ out of the following?
1) Deadmau5
2) Calvin Harris
3) Tiesto
4) Paul Van Dyke
5) Pendulum
6) Da Rude
7) Darren Styles
8) Ultrabeat
9) David Guetta
10) Would you like to see articles about new and upcoming artists ?
1) Yes
2) No
3) Not Sure.
11) Would like to see the inclusion of up and coming tour dates and band gatherings?
1) Yes
2) No
12) What Name would you like the magazine to be named?
1) Ice
2) Oasis
3) Envy
4) Mayhem
5) Bassment
6) BassLine
7) Hype
8) Mashup
9) MixLine
Summary Of Magazines.
Competitor Magazines
Here are a Few of my competitor magazines that I found using Google, as you can see there are different types of themes used in each magazine ranging from Colour Groups and Bold fonts, as you can see in each magazine there is a featured articled because that’s what helps sells each magazine, if the audience know what’s inside there are more prone to buy it.
Vibe: - is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. Issued quarterly, the magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture.
On June 30, 2009, it was announced that Vibe was shutting its doors and ceasing publication immediately, although according to Essence, Quincy Jones has stated he would like to keep it alive online.
Urban Network: - The magazine and website's content focuses on artist interviews, radio air personalities, industry gossip, insider record company information, executive interviews, event photos and special interest information. The Urban Network covers contemporary urban music, gospel, hip-hop, adult contemporary, blues and jazz.
It examines the latest in home entertainment trends, cinema and DVD news, TV, gaming and lifestyle products.
XXL:-
Since 1997, XXL has competed with Hip-Hop powerhouse magazines such as The Source Magazine, and Vibe Magazine. It was founded by former Source staffer, Jules Winnfield, as well as others who wanted to create a more critically sound magazine than that of The Source...
This issue of Vibe follows on the same cover lines as the issue on the above page we can see that the layout scheme is very identical and the colour scheme is virtually the same as the above magazine cover but with different colour’s, the overlap of the main image over the title suggests Vibe is a very well known company and doesn’t need to provide recognition of their magazine.
This magazine features R&B star Chris Brown with other stars included the magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture.
Mixmag is British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine"
Having begun 1982 in the United Kingdom, it covers dance events, and reviews music and club nights. Mixmag has coined terms and phrases to describe genres and conventions within dance music. In addition to the change in editorial tone, the relaunched Mixmag features a fashion section, larger size and, according to Mixmag, improved production values.
Mixmag carries a cover mix CD each month by a different DJ or artist.
The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition.
In May 2008 the magazine received a re-design, with the magazine being aimed at an older readership with a less poppy, more authoritative tone.
According to the latest traffic figures, NME.COM now has 3.5 million monthly unique users, making it one of the largest magazine websites in the UK.
Here are a Few of my competitor magazines that I found using Google, as you can see there are different types of themes used in each magazine ranging from Colour Groups and Bold fonts, as you can see in each magazine there is a featured articled because that’s what helps sells each magazine, if the audience know what’s inside there are more prone to buy it.
Vibe: - is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. Issued quarterly, the magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture.
On June 30, 2009, it was announced that Vibe was shutting its doors and ceasing publication immediately, although according to Essence, Quincy Jones has stated he would like to keep it alive online.
Urban Network: - The magazine and website's content focuses on artist interviews, radio air personalities, industry gossip, insider record company information, executive interviews, event photos and special interest information. The Urban Network covers contemporary urban music, gospel, hip-hop, adult contemporary, blues and jazz.
It examines the latest in home entertainment trends, cinema and DVD news, TV, gaming and lifestyle products.
XXL:-
Since 1997, XXL has competed with Hip-Hop powerhouse magazines such as The Source Magazine, and Vibe Magazine. It was founded by former Source staffer, Jules Winnfield, as well as others who wanted to create a more critically sound magazine than that of The Source...
This issue of Vibe follows on the same cover lines as the issue on the above page we can see that the layout scheme is very identical and the colour scheme is virtually the same as the above magazine cover but with different colour’s, the overlap of the main image over the title suggests Vibe is a very well known company and doesn’t need to provide recognition of their magazine.
This magazine features R&B star Chris Brown with other stars included the magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture.
Mixmag is British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine"
Having begun 1982 in the United Kingdom, it covers dance events, and reviews music and club nights. Mixmag has coined terms and phrases to describe genres and conventions within dance music. In addition to the change in editorial tone, the relaunched Mixmag features a fashion section, larger size and, according to Mixmag, improved production values.
Mixmag carries a cover mix CD each month by a different DJ or artist.
The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition.
In May 2008 the magazine received a re-design, with the magazine being aimed at an older readership with a less poppy, more authoritative tone.
According to the latest traffic figures, NME.COM now has 3.5 million monthly unique users, making it one of the largest magazine websites in the UK.
Research 2
Competitor Magazines Research 2
In the following pages I’m going to conclude magazines by looking at their features and comparing them to others through the variation of the connotations and denotations that are most noticeable.
Vibe:-
Vibe magazine has a feature article photograph to provide the buyer of the magazine what can be expected in the magazine should the customer decide to purchase this magazine, the feature article photograph used in the image on the right hand side of the screen is of
The Musical Artist sensation USHER, Vibe have used Usher as their main image because an image of a celebrity can help promote the status of the magazine which will lead to more sales meaning more profit, one way to include Usher into this magazine would be to create a Main Article about a probable upcoming tour or Gig or just a general interview.
The colours we see on the front cover follow a very eccentric theme to promote the magazine the colours we see on the right help make the magazine stand out because the colour blue is very fancy and is a noticeable colour , the red located at the bottom left of the cover blends in with the white so it helps justify its cover line and give the reader a reason to view the sub article within the magazine.
Urban Network:-
Urban Magazine follows the same convention as vibe this time by using G -Unit as a magazine promoter by including them in with a interview or a album promotion again meaning that Urban Network will gain an advantage over other rival magazines when customers see these Artists they assume that should the magazine have a big band included into their Magazine it will be a good read or an enjoyable viewing.
The theme we see in Urban Network seems very metallic and bold, the use of the colour yellow helps fit in with the conventions making the cover seem very attractive and willing to attract attention in this edition of this magazine a celebrity band and a colour scheme to contrast in with the article photograph will appeal to the targeted audience.
The type of audience that would read this magazine would be Urban Hip Hop fans, as we can see this magazine clearly shows its targeted audience through the music genre of G-Unit.
XXL:-
The Music Magazine XXL follows the previous magazines conventions portraying the main celebrity through a main image along with a predicted article or interview inside the magazine, we can expect this magazine to include the promotion of a new album or tour, the Icon we see in this magazine is JAY-Z, He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $150 million, selling over 30 million copies of his albums in the United States alone and receiving several Grammy Awards for his musical work.
The Colour Scheme we see in this issue of XXL (Red, White, Grey and Black) helps define and situate the main image from the scheme, this creates the effect of a spotlight so we instantly attracted to the main image helping the company promote sales.
The font we see is bold and Italic especially the name JAY-Z because it defines itself from the other types of fonts we see on the page, the main reason magazines are layered out like this is to endorse the sales of this issue.
Vibe:-
The Magazine VIBE has a distinct magazine layout within its own brand we can see this through a variety of the same magazines with different layouts, but they all have the same conventions an example of this would be Chris Brown VIBE and Akon VIBE Magazine below, if you look at both magazines the look roughly the same but with different colour schemes and less cover lines.
VIBE promotes its magazine through the use of its main image, because the promotion using a celebrity is proved to boost sales because he is an icon to musical fans and is judged as a celebrity his recent problem with his marriage may have caught the media’s attention.
Second Vibe Magazine:-
This second Vibe magazine is being used to determine if there is any similarities’ between the two magazines, to see if the publishing company use the same conventions over and over again through different issues, we can see that this very true because the VIBE font is the same, because that’s what defines it from other rival magazines, and we can see they use a similar layout along with the theme, the cover lines are situated in the same position on the right hand side of the page, and the mastheads include the artists name, meaning that its used to entice readers.
In the following pages I’m going to conclude magazines by looking at their features and comparing them to others through the variation of the connotations and denotations that are most noticeable.
Vibe:-
Vibe magazine has a feature article photograph to provide the buyer of the magazine what can be expected in the magazine should the customer decide to purchase this magazine, the feature article photograph used in the image on the right hand side of the screen is of
The Musical Artist sensation USHER, Vibe have used Usher as their main image because an image of a celebrity can help promote the status of the magazine which will lead to more sales meaning more profit, one way to include Usher into this magazine would be to create a Main Article about a probable upcoming tour or Gig or just a general interview.
The colours we see on the front cover follow a very eccentric theme to promote the magazine the colours we see on the right help make the magazine stand out because the colour blue is very fancy and is a noticeable colour , the red located at the bottom left of the cover blends in with the white so it helps justify its cover line and give the reader a reason to view the sub article within the magazine.
Urban Network:-
Urban Magazine follows the same convention as vibe this time by using G -Unit as a magazine promoter by including them in with a interview or a album promotion again meaning that Urban Network will gain an advantage over other rival magazines when customers see these Artists they assume that should the magazine have a big band included into their Magazine it will be a good read or an enjoyable viewing.
The theme we see in Urban Network seems very metallic and bold, the use of the colour yellow helps fit in with the conventions making the cover seem very attractive and willing to attract attention in this edition of this magazine a celebrity band and a colour scheme to contrast in with the article photograph will appeal to the targeted audience.
The type of audience that would read this magazine would be Urban Hip Hop fans, as we can see this magazine clearly shows its targeted audience through the music genre of G-Unit.
XXL:-
The Music Magazine XXL follows the previous magazines conventions portraying the main celebrity through a main image along with a predicted article or interview inside the magazine, we can expect this magazine to include the promotion of a new album or tour, the Icon we see in this magazine is JAY-Z, He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $150 million, selling over 30 million copies of his albums in the United States alone and receiving several Grammy Awards for his musical work.
The Colour Scheme we see in this issue of XXL (Red, White, Grey and Black) helps define and situate the main image from the scheme, this creates the effect of a spotlight so we instantly attracted to the main image helping the company promote sales.
The font we see is bold and Italic especially the name JAY-Z because it defines itself from the other types of fonts we see on the page, the main reason magazines are layered out like this is to endorse the sales of this issue.
Vibe:-
The Magazine VIBE has a distinct magazine layout within its own brand we can see this through a variety of the same magazines with different layouts, but they all have the same conventions an example of this would be Chris Brown VIBE and Akon VIBE Magazine below, if you look at both magazines the look roughly the same but with different colour schemes and less cover lines.
VIBE promotes its magazine through the use of its main image, because the promotion using a celebrity is proved to boost sales because he is an icon to musical fans and is judged as a celebrity his recent problem with his marriage may have caught the media’s attention.
Second Vibe Magazine:-
This second Vibe magazine is being used to determine if there is any similarities’ between the two magazines, to see if the publishing company use the same conventions over and over again through different issues, we can see that this very true because the VIBE font is the same, because that’s what defines it from other rival magazines, and we can see they use a similar layout along with the theme, the cover lines are situated in the same position on the right hand side of the page, and the mastheads include the artists name, meaning that its used to entice readers.
Research
Write a Conclusion in report format using media terms and include this into your online blog by uploading as a new post.
My overall competitor research consisted of browsing various internet pages, evaluating different sources of music magazines that I would base my final product, this categorically came in the form of using magazine conventions to summarize each and every type of music magazine, looking at the; Colour schemes , the use of various images to catch the customers attention, the layout and how the use of images help convey and portray how the music magazine is presented. My research consisted of five magazines that were researched throughout the use of Google and Wikipedia in relevance to my own magazine; the five magazines’ I summarized were;
1. Vibe Magazine.
2. Urban Network Magazine. ( Hip/Hop)
3. XXL Magazine. ( Hip/Hop)
4. MixMag Magazine. (Dance/Trance Music)
5. DJ Magazine.
My overall competitor research consisted of browsing various internet pages, evaluating different sources of music magazines that I would base my final product, this categorically came in the form of using magazine conventions to summarize each and every type of music magazine, looking at the; Colour schemes , the use of various images to catch the customers attention, the layout and how the use of images help convey and portray how the music magazine is presented. My research consisted of five magazines that were researched throughout the use of Google and Wikipedia in relevance to my own magazine; the five magazines’ I summarized were;
1. Vibe Magazine.
2. Urban Network Magazine. ( Hip/Hop)
3. XXL Magazine. ( Hip/Hop)
4. MixMag Magazine. (Dance/Trance Music)
5. DJ Magazine.
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