First entry!

Hello all!
This is my official first entry on my new blog! I've created this blog to present everything necessary for my future magazine and to keep you all posted every step of the way, from the beginning which was the research for my future music magazine to the final product.


Recently I was assigned a task with a partner to research a music magazine and present the final PowerPoint Presentation to my fellow students and the teacher. From the 17th January 2011- 21st January 2011 was when the research for the music magazine 'VIBE' was enforced.  'VIBE'  features Hip Hop artists and culture and is aimed towards 18 years to adults. From researching 'VIBE' I discovered many interesting facts such as the company was founded by Quincy Jones in 1993 and in 2007 'VIBE' had a circulation of approximately 800,000. They also have many intriguing articles about artists themselves, some I believe would take the interest of the younger generation as the articles shown are quite humorous.

( If you would like to learn more about 'VIBE' then feel free to click the link shown: http://www.vibe.com/ )

Using the facts and statistics that I had learnt from researching 'VIBE', my partner and I intertwined this information into the final presentation which is shown below:

Vibe magazine

What was learnt at the end?
I learnt that the layout for the front cover for my music magazine will be extremely important. This is because this is what the consumers see first and the cover is what grabs their interest. To be successful with the layout for the cover of my music magazine I may need to include some media conventions such as a central graphic,  bleeds and possible pull quotes.