Re-evaluation of my work so far

I have decided to change some things about my magazine so far.

The name of the magazine will be: Soul. This is because the word 'soul' connotates emotions, a higher deity, spiritual beliefs and purpose. These are all associated with the ideologies and purpose of Blues music; which sings from the heart and with passion. Spiritual belief is a subject which is commonly sung in Blues music therfore I think 'Soul' will be an appropriate name. It is also short and catchy, making it memorable.

The name of my created band will be The Expressors and the first album will be called Bluefire. This uses contrasting ideas of blue, which conotates for rain, sky etc and fire which is red and conotates for romance and passion. The use of 'Blue' is also a direct reference to the music genre I am targeting. I have chosen the band name to be The Expressors because it also relates to Blues music and the conotations that are associated with it; expressing yourself etc. .The word 'The' also makes the band appear more important as it gives them more of a title, rather than simply 'Expressors'. The most popular and most heavily adverstised song on the album will be 'Statements of Sorrow'. I have decided to put this on the front of the magazine because it will potentially attract music listeners who tend to associate themselves with other music genres; such as metal, emo, rock and punk. This is because many of these genre artists have songs or lyrics that are similar to this. Sorrow, suffering, pain etc are all connotations or 'emo' and 'metal' music. Therfore, I am appealing to other genre listeners, as well as primarily basing my music on Blues. The music featured on my magazine is subsequently a multi-genre type. The main genre being Blues, but also portraying the ideologies and some music from genres such as metal, emo and rock.

Conventions

In this post I will identify the conventions of front page covers, double page spreads and contents pages.

There are many conventions to a typical front cover of a magazine. One convention is a masthead. This is commonly used to attract a certain audience and inform the reader's of the magazines intentions. It is usually the magazine name, examples are Kerrang! magazine and NME.

Here is an example of a masthead, (to the right). As you can see, this magazine has used black/white colour schemes as contrasting colours. This is eye-catching and a typical use of colour for a magazine masthead.

Basic Information about my Magazine

Magazine Title: Soul
I have chosen this because it is snappy and short and grabs the attention of my target audience (The word Soul applies to Blues genre lexis)

The magazine will be released monthly- i have chosen this because Blues does not have a large enough audience to raise substantial profits from a weekly issue. Monthly is better because it gives people time to buy each issue and means that production of the magazines will be easier.

The cover price for my magazine will be £2.30
Due to the more expensive price of the magazine, the printing and quality of production will need to be better. (high quality paper, coloured ink, free inserts such as DVDs and posters)