Music magazine analysis

NME


this magazine features a well known singer called Rihanna .the colour scheme here is fuchsia,grey and black. These colours are elegant and sophisticated.It uses fuchsia to clarify the magazines name and the featured star.it also highlight topics which the magazine is hoping to cover.
Q

This magazine shows a image of Cheryl Cole.it uses the colour red to emphasise the word "rock" and the title "q".in the image it shows her licking her spike ring this may suggest the red connotes pain of some such.This magazine also only seems to feature Cheryl this tells the reader that she is the main focus.Cheryl also looks straight at the reader with direct address
Vibe 

This magazine has a black background that helps emphasise the white coloured title and yellow font.This use of the colour yellow to emphasise the word "new","drake" and "exclusive".Dark colours are used to create a sense of mystery. Their is a good consistency of colours which are used for this magazine to make it look professional.
Kerrang!

This magazine features a Emo type of band named panic at the disco.It also features other Emo/Gothic bands such as Paramore and Metalica .The target audience for this magazine are some teenager and young adults.It uses dark colours to give the magazine a dark sinister type of emotion.
The Source

The source has a front cover with the rap artist Lil Wayne.It is a hip hop magazine as you can see in its catchy slogan"who got the juice? steroids invade hip hop".It uses the colours red and white.The red shows passion and whites suggests purity.which may narrow down to pure passion.the target audience for this magazine may be young adults.
 BBC Music Magazine

This magazine has a classical music magazine.This magazine may appeal to a more older audience.it uses more plain colour scheme of white.This connotes that this music is pure and natural.The star that is featured is Sarah Chang who is holding a violin.