Music Magazines Conventions

• Most of the colour schemes used relate to the genre of music and target audience. An example is the Billboard front cover. It has a pink background and Katy Perry is wearing a flowery dress which indicates that it is aimed at girls and is not a rock magazine.
• All of the magazines have bold mastheads in colours that stand out. For example the classical magazine has a black background and a white title which connotes sophistication and simplicity.
• Most of the magazines have the artists/composers name in large writing to draw more attention to them and anchorage text about the artists is brighter to make it stand out. 
• 3 out of the 9 covers has black as the main colour but are completely different genres. The classic rock genre is the opposite to classical music but both have a black, white and silver/grey.
• All of the front covers have white somewhere on the page. White is a common colour to use because it stands out on most background colours and pops out to the reader to draw attention. 
• Every single one of the artists on the magazine covers are looking straight at the reader. This is called direct mode of address and it creates a relationship with the reader making the overall aesthetics more attractive and more eye catching.
• Over half of the covers have puff text to tell the reader what is in the magazine and encourage them to read it. 
• 4 of the female artists are using very seductive and dramatic gazes which could appeal more to men whereas the other 3 women look playful and friendly and very unintimidating, the Katy Perry cover especially. These poses do however represent the genre and style of the artists songs. On the other hand, the band on the classic rock front cover look very friendly and 'sweet' which does not represent the rock genre.