Background to Indie Rock.

Indie rock is a sub-genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others.
Originally used to describe record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US, and then Britpop bands in the UK, broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective.
In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, a number of indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.

Introduction to Construction.

I have finished my planning and research in my music magazine and will now begin constructing my music magazine, Select.

Introducing My Band or Artist (Models for my Images).

In my music magazine my main model will be Caridee Jones, the new upcoming star in Indie Rock music. 

My music magazine will also feature other well known bands and artists such as:

- Nick Blake, (Solo Artist).
- The Fuse, (Band).

2x Mock-Up of Layout for Double Page Spread.

I have created two mock ups of a potential double page spread.

These are shown below:

2x Mock-Up of Layout for Contents Page

I have created two mock up layouts of potential contents pages for my music magazine.
They are showed below:

2x Mock-Up of Layout for Front Cover.

I have created two mock-ups of my potential layouts for my music magazine front cover.

These are shown below:

Explanation of Chosen Genre and Audience.

I have analysised a number of music genre's to determine which one I would base my music magazine around these are:

- Indie
- Rock
- Country
- Pop
- R'N'B
- Jazz
- Dance
- Alternative Rock
- Classical


After much consideration I have limited my choice of genre to two genre's:

- Indie
- Rock

With these two genre's I will have several different choices.
One: I could mix both genre's together to create a Indie Rock magazine.
Two: I could create a Indie magazine.
Three: I could create a Rock magazine.

My target audience will be both genders aged roughly 15+.

Ideas for Colour.

I will consider a variety of colours when creating my music magazine. These will include:

- Black and White (To keep the magazine simple, and to express a vintage, theme).
-  Blue and Yellow (As these are both calm and collective colours using these together would create a cool tone).
-  Red and White (This would contrast the colours as white is a innocent colour and red could be portrayed as anger or passion).
-  Dark Shades (This could portray a genre of rock or a more hard rock side to indie, depending on what genre I choice).
- Pastel Shades (This could illustrate the softness of the genre).

After much consideration I will come back to my colour scheme when constructing my music magazine, to analysis which colour scheme will suit my magazine the most.

Ideas for Font.

I have considered a number of fonts to use throughout my magazine.

I will use a variety in my music magazine.

The fonts I have considered are:

 

- Arial

-  Bauhaus 93

-  Californian FB

-  Goudy Stout

-  Kristen ITC

-  Trebuchet MS

-  TW Cen MT

-  Freestyle Script

-  Century Gothic

-  Tahoma

Ideas of Masthead Names.

I have constructed several different music magazine mastheads these are shown below:

- Base
- Pluck
- Turn It Up
- Pulp
- Select
- Dance
- Step Up
- Just Dance
- Rock
- Flow

After much consideration I have decided to name my music magazine Select.

Analysing a Music Magazine Double Page Spread.

I have analysed three double page spreads from music magazines.

Analysing a music magazine double page spread

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Analysing a Music Magazine Contents Page

I have analysed three music magazine contents pages, I identified and analysed several different devices on the contents pages, including, mastheads, text, colour, target audience etc.

Analysing a music magazine contents page

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Analysing a Music Magazine Front Cover.

I have analysed three front covers of a music magazine, talking about the masthead, image, headlines, pugs, taglines and other devices shown on a magazine.

Analysing a music magazine front cover

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Introduction to Music Magazine.

I am about to begin researching exsisting products of music magazines.  This will eventually lead to me creating my own music magazine.