Research into existing magazine

I decided to do some more research to acquire inspiration on what type of layout I can use for my music magazine. I believe it is important to consider the use of colour, font, layout of the images and choice of images. I looked at both pop magazines and also another genre of magazine which is based around fashion and beauty, this has the same target audience for my product so it would also help me decide what I would like my magazine to look like. 


Below are some examples of front covers which I found:

Changes to music magazine

I was not pleased with the final outcome of my music magazine. I did not think that my pictures which featured on the front cover, contents page and two page spread were a good quality, due to not using a professional camera. I also did not think that the style of my magazine was suitable for my chosen genre 'pop'. I think this was because I did not met the right conventions of a typical pop music magazine. Due to this I am going to be taking  new photos and making distinct differences to the appearance of my magazine to hopefully meet the correct conventions and meet the needs of my intended target audience.