To give myself an idea of what elements music magazines have in today's market, I decided to look at popular exsisting music magazines sold in shops today.
Looking at these 3 front covers, I can see that red is quite a prominent colour for text and that there is at least 2 different fonts used on each front cover, which in my opinion makes the cover more exciting and eye-catching, and also captures the freeness and creativeness of the music the magazine features.
There is almost always an article header across the top of the cover that is unrelated to the cover star, and freebies/offers/small articles are presented to us in circular stamped onto the page, as it lures you to make you want to read on. I especially like the use of the Union Jack flag for advertising the Best British Albums, as it gives the reader an instant idea of what the article will be about before they have even read the cover line. All of the cover stars have eye contact with the camera, acting as a lure for potential buyers, giving the magazine a personal feel like they are inviting you to read it.
The main article cover line is, in most cases, larger or the same size font as the name of the magazine.
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