Task 4b and 5
- 2. I have decided that for my music magazine the sub-genre will be Hip-Hop/R&B. So that I can learn more about these types of magazines and to help me with my own I have decided to do some research into the Hip-Hop/R&B music magazine ‘VIBE’ and its publisher.
- 3. I really like vibes style and layout. The main image on the front of the magazines appears to be constantly a rapper gazing into the camera looking ‘cool’. The snapback caps and the jewellery on the front of the covers really suites the style of the music and its target audience. The audience for this magazine will be younger people and will want to dress like these rappers. I also like the masthead on these magazines which always seem to contrast with the background t make it stand out. Using this technique is something I would certainly use in my magazine.
- 4. Vibe magazine is a music magazine created by producer Quincy Jones. The magazine predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists. After stopping production and closing the magazine down in Summer 2009, Vibe was taken over by the private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners and is now released every three months. The magazine's target audience is predominantly young followers of urban and Hip-hop culture. However I do not feel InterMedia Partners is a good publisher for my magazine as my subgenre will be very similar to that of VIBE so sales may be lost from VIBE, making the publisher in competition with its self. However Bauer media have some already very successful magazines such as Kerrang, Q and mojo however none of them are the subgenre I have chosen. This shows me they are a very successful publisher and also that they would be likely to accept my magazine because of its different genre.