Comparisons of other Music magazines

I compared a few popular music magazines to get an idea of what I need in my final design of my front cover and the other pages within, most of the magazines I have looked at are all quite well designed and all keep to there genre of music that they feature like Kerrang ! which keeps on a theme of rock and metal music so many of the fonts and images used all relate to this theme.

• The first magazine I looked at was Q magazine which has 170 pages and a retail price of £3.90
• It has many different sections which include features like Best of lists and articles on newcomer bands.
• Each feature in the magazine can vary alot from 15 pages to about 40 on a large list feature like in this magazine the best albums of 2009.
• It has many adverts which include dates for concerts, New albums and other popular magazines including Empire.
• Typical features in the magazine can include Record collections of famous people, quizzes and focuses on well-known bands new and old.

• The next magzine I looked at was The Source which has a retail price of £3.95 and has about 95 pages.
• Sections in the magazine include Events like up coming concerts, it also has a feature on art & culture which includes focuses on new albums, clothes and popular trends.
• Each features can again vary in number of pages from about 5 to 30.
• There are agin alot of adverts in this magazine including adverts for 5 gum, film advertisements and even a Colgate toothpaste advert.
• Typical articles can include Art & design in New York and Buyers guides on the latest album and DVD releases.

• The next magazine was Kerrang !, which has a much cheaper retail price of £1.99 and has about 70 pages.
• Sections in the magazine include News on new and old bands, live reviews of concerts, may features focusing on rock and metal bands, K! Icons focusing on well-known bands from the past and present. All these features vary from about 3 to 8 pages.
• Adverts are the usual which are film reviews and many up-coming concerts at the time.
• Typical articles include foucuses on news of bands such in this magazine there is a feature on Red Hot Chili Peppers. There are also features on new albums.

• The last magazine I looked at was Mixmag, which has a retail price of £4.20 and ha about 120 pages.
• Sections in the magazine include fashion, technology, tunes guide of the latest new releases and reviews of new albums and videos. Each sections varies in size from 5 to 20 pages.
• As all magazines it has quite alot of adverts including film advertisements, concerts and tours.
• Typical articles can include sections focusing on new artists such as in this magazine there is a large article focusing on the career of David Guetta. There are also big articles about the best albums of the year.