Music Magazine Conventions.

Music magazines, along with every other genre of magazine, have their own codes and conventions used for their splashes. These are things we take for granted on the cover and are usually always similar, if not the same.

Within the main image of a music magazine there are usually clear similarities. The image is of the person mentioned in the main coverline. Within this shot can be one face or four/five if a band is featured, however they are all focusing on the camera. Another thing sometimes used in music magazine images is the use of instruments or props along with the artist.

The masthead of a music magazine is alike to every other in the way that it appears in the top left hand corner. This can sometimes be covered in part by the main image which shows that the institution is a well recognised one.

The main coverline on a music magazine is mostly the name of the fatured band or artist from the main image. This is usually followed by a smaller coverline often paraphrasing quotes from the interview or article.

The coverlines of the music magazines are usually around the main image but not so much as to detract from it. These coverlines use a lexis of words to do with artists and bands.