Aim: To analyse music magazines, considering how their genre is conveyed and the typical features of a front cover.

Music magazines I have heard of:

- NME
- Mojo
- XXL
- Kerrang!
- The Source ( Local brighton magazine.)
- The Source ( American hip hop magazine.)
- Uncut
- DJ
- MixMag

Music magazines I have read/bought:

- I have personally never bought a music magazine, but I have read 'The Source'.

Textual analysis:

- Magazine title; NME.

- Publisher; IPC Ignite!

- Target audience; this magazine is mostly aimed at teenagers/adults from the ages of 15-30, because there are things that the younger readers/music fans wouldn't understand,  this magazine is more for male than female readers.

- Genre; Indie/Rock.

- Main bands featured; Green Day, Coldplay, Beatles.

- Articles; There are some articles about gigs, and private singing sessions.