Hello, and welcome to my Media Music Magazine Coursework Blog!

Welcome to the first blog of my magazine coursework project. Over the course of this blog i will show you how i have built up the ideas for my music magazine. I am particularly interested in Genre's like Drum 'n' Bass, R&B, Hip-Hop and 80's Electronica music. Artists that i am interested in are- Pendulum, The Prodigy, David Guetta, Soft Cell, Thompson Twins, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, De La Soul, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Chase & Status, Sub Focus, Dizzee Rascal and Madness.
The natural choice of magazine for me to study would be on that entirely focused on Music. Magazines such as Rolling Stone, Q and NME would be good role models for my own project. Q is a magazine which covers a range of music genres from Rock and Roll to Hip-Hop. Therefore the audience of this magazine stretches across many groups of people. The Way the articles or written, this magazine would appeal to teen-agers and adults. I'd say this may appeal more to men however would have the same appeal to general music lovers. According to NRS Readership Estimates on www.nrs.co.uk, Q is mostly read by men aged 15-44. over 4 times as many men in that age category read this magazine than those over 45. Also, 3 times the amount of men read this magazine than women. Q is the most popular monthly music magazine. However, Kerrang and NME are extremely popular weekly music magazines. Here is a link to the Q Magazine website: http://www.qthemusic.com/