My chosen magazine genre!

The genre I choose for my music magazine after much deliberation was technical equipment. After seeing other examples of magazines from this genre, I decided that I could do a good job and attract a younger audience instead of the older one it was drawing before.

Conventions I will be using

• Features like musicians, gear of the year, letters , reviews, what's on , events, concert guides, downloads, what's new , advice , learn and play , recording tips , experts , news, music scores and CD reviews.
• Cover stories: Exclusives on specific singers or bands
• Lots of cover stories
• some banners in the middle, some to border text or exclusive feature 

Photo conventions of this genre I will use

• Modern genre representation ( Dyer )
• The props are instruments and microphones 
• The costumes are tails, suits, casual , dresses , make up, hair , jewellery and colour
• Locations are usually studio shots. Usually the front cover image overlaps the masthead. Smaller images and DPS are studio, location or concert - lots of attention to mise en scene