After looking at how many different music magazines are laid out, I was then able to use some ways in the development of my front cover. Most music magazines had an artist, dominating the front cover and their sub-headings were short and precise. In my front cover I tried to use as little sub-headings as possible, so that the viewers main focus point would be on the artist and their story. Also, the fonts and the colour of the text had to suit the genre of the magazine; as my genre was rock (with elements of pop), my font had to be simple but colourful at the same time. However, the font of the title of my magazine was ‘edgy’ and ‘weird’ as this had to relate back to my main theme of rock! Other elements, which I had used in my front cover, included the ‘free inside…’ to help attract readers to buy the magazine and also other catchy story lines, which would make the readers want to find out more.

My music magazine, as a whole, represents the social groups consisting of both genders, who listen to rock music and also those who are interested in not so much heavy-metal rock, but rock with lighter beats. This included bands such as N.E.R.D. and McFly, and also artists such as Pink and Avril Lavigne. However, my front cover especially, represents more of the female rock gender, as it consists of lots of bright colours and the main artist, in the front cover, is a rock-chick!
My music magazine cover would most likely be distributed by the media institution of rock as the main genre of the magazine is about rock. It would mostly be advertised in certain music stations, such as ‘X fm’, who’s listeners are mainly the rock type. Also, my music magazine cover would be advertised on t.v, during certain music programmes such as ‘Hit 40 UK’. My music magazine would be sold across different newsagents throughout London and also readers would be able to subscribe to the magazine on the magazine’s website. This is because my magazine’s target audience are people of the age group 16-25, so they are most likely to have access to the internet. Also, the magazine was chosen to be at a reasonable price of £2.00, as most of our target audience consists of young people who are unemployed or living on low spending budgets.
The audience for my music magazine cover would mostly be females, aged 16-25,who listen to rock music and who idol artists such as Avril Lavigne and Pink. My audience could also consist of some males, also aged 16-25, who are interested in the world of rock.

I have learnt a lot about new technologies, throughout the course of the making of my music magazine front cover. I have learnt how to use different tools, in the programme Photoshop, to enable me to edit any photo in any format and in any way. This has helped me to create my music magazine front cover, as I was able to cut and crop my pictures to fit in the front cover. I used a lot of cropping and also text effects to help me to style my magazine, similar to previous rock magazines, which I hav researched to help me. I have also learnt that it takes a lot of work and dedication to finally create a music magazine front cover!
Lastly, if I was to make another music magazine front cover, I would spend a lot more time editing my magazine as I felt that I could have put more time into my work. I also felt that I could have slightly changed the background and I could have used a ‘rocky’ type background. This concludes my point in saying that I could have spent more time, which would have shown through the effort of work created!