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Monday, 2 November 2009

Target audience

From the questionnaire i created i have decided that my magazine will target the Rhythm, blues, classical and jazz audience. without further anticipation i knew that the name of my magazine would be THE SQUARE mainly because of the fact that my magazine will be targeting 4 different music groups in which two are the same.
the institution that will be promoting my magazine because of its nature and style -Classic R&B - is the BBC, especially because they already have a magazine called music targeting classical audience.
The aim which I have given myself in my task is to produce an original music magazine aimed at both male and female teenagers to adults. The main genre of music for this magazine I decided would be Rhythm, blues, classical and jazz; usually displaying a multiple number of band members from the four group’s daily/weekly.
For the research of this magazine I soon will be creating I will have gathered information from the society and school.
I have looked at a multiple amount of popular music magazines and took ideas on how they seem to have become popular and how they could stand out against competing magazines of the same kind and oppositions.
I compared them against each other and noted down the differences, so that this would help me come up with some differences so I could make my magazine stand out.
From my research of the magazines, as usual I was able to find out that the front cover were needed to be bold , large and recognizable, as with any other magazine that you can find on a shop shelf/ internet.

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

pop


Pop music is often orientated towards a youth market, usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs. While these basic elements of the genre have remained fairly constant, pop music has absorbed influences from most other forms of popular music, particularly borrowing from the development of rock music.
Mostly targeted towards teenage girls age 13; because of the lyrics which talk about the hardships of love.







grime





Grime is a genre of urban music which first emerged in East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop. According to Sasha Frere-Jones, writer for The New Yorker, grime has developed a fierce sound by "distilling" rhythms to a minimal style resulting in a choppy, off-center sound. Whereas hip hop is inherently dance music, the writer argues that "grime sounds as if it had been made for a boxing gym, one where the fighters have a lot of punching to do but not much room to move." Frere-Jones also states that grime has maintained a style unique from American hip hop, with clear Jamaican and Caribbean influences Writer Hattie Collins supports Frere-Jones' s analysis by asserting that grime is "an amalgamation of UK Garage with a bit of drum'n'bass, a splash of punk and a touch of hip-hop thrown in for good measure.
Grime is not garage Grime is not jungle Grime is not hip-hop and Grime is not ragga. Grime is a mix between all of these with strong, hard hitting lyrics. It's the inner city music scene of London. And is also alot to do with representing the place you live or have grown up in.
Grime Groups: Roll Deep Crew, Aftershock, Newham Generals, Boy Betta Know, Nasty Crew, Fireworks. Grime Mc's: Kano, Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Bashy, Jme, Skinnyman, Klashnekoff, Sway, Bruza, D Double

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