Music genres and Initial ideas

After thinking of my school magazine, I thought it would be best to start to do independent research of music magazine genres. This is so I can start to develop my understanding of different front covers and their conventions. 

I used Bubbl to create this mind map as it will be very clear to see and helps me to find the exact genre that I want. 

Overall with this I have decided that I would like to do my music magazine based on the genre rock as this has a more precise convention and features in which the front cover should include. I also feel that it is clearer to connote conventions to the audience as there is a more defined criteria for the genre. I will start to research the audience to make sure I use the specific conventions to target the audience. 

I feel that I understand the rock genre better as it is something I listen to more and is more specific, whereas pop music is a genre which has a wider spectrum.

However I could not find a lot of magazines for a lot of different music genres, therefore I will create a list of different genres: 

• Country
• Electronic
• Soul
• Blues
• Hip Hop
• Funk
• Folk
• Easy Listening
• Comedy
• Grime
• Freestyle rap