Generic Research - Slaves NME Music Magazine Analysis

Generic Research - Kerrang Music Magazine Analysis

Kerrang magazine analysis from joereeves1999

Generic Research - Farewell to Smash Hits and NME

Farewell to Smash Hits by Alexis Petridis Interesting Points:

1. Smash Hits magazine essentially started out as an indie music magazine as they had interviews with The Clash, the Sex Pistols and Ian Dury.
2. It became a British Pop magazine through and through with there being no more indie music left in the magazine and only pop artists.
3. They used to make fun of indie musicians such as Paul Weller by using his famous quote "It's like punk never 'appened." 
4. They used to essentially go against every musician possible. They would be rude to musicians and it would be funny to the readers but could be extremely offensive to the artists.
5. It died out because the stars who appeared on the magazine would usually end the interview quickly as it was ridiculous and offensive.

Click Here for an article on why NME is in demand by Sarah Carter.

Product - Sixth Form Magazine

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Generic Research - Youth Subcultures

Youth Subcultures: What are they now?

Youth Subcultures have changed dramatically in the past two or three decades. In the mid-80's and the 90's youth subcultures were completely different to what they are now. People used to dress based on the music that they chose to listen to, for example there were the punks who clearly listened to punk music such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash. Punks used to have brightly coloured mohicans and wore leather jackets with their own customised studs all over the jacket. There were also metallers who listened to heavy metal music. They would stereotypically wear all black with baggy trousers with silver chains on them. There was a clear link to the youth subcultures and music in the 1980's. Nowadays it is clear that this has changed. There are a few reasons why this may be. One reason could be that the youngsters of today are too concerned about their futures in the current financial climate to be creative. Another reason may be because teens are so satisfied by the plethora of entertainment on offer that they don't need to rebel in the way that they dress.

Article 2 

British youth subcultures were first recognised by an American sociologist named Talcott Parsons who came up with the idea of "youth culture".  Many sociologists worked on subcultures but there was one that really defined Britain. This was Hoggart and Hall who researched different cultures such as Hippies and Skinheads (who are a main part of subcultures in Britain). The Beatles are one of the biggest bands ever from the United Kingdom and they had a huge following. Their crowd were seen as quite outrageous as after one concert they found urine staines on the seats. This shows that the Beatles' fans were quite outgoing and didn't really care what they did and who it affected. Many people thought this was ridiculous but only because they didn't understand the trend of the 60's.

NME and the Death of the Music Press

Music magazines today are now nowhere near as big as they were in the nineties. Q magazine used to be selling three times what it is now. They used to sell around 200,000 copies a month which has now dropped to around 50,000 which is a big loss of customers. NME is the same, selling only 20,000 copies in one week. NME has rebranded completely in the past few months. In August NME sold it's last copy ever. It rebranded and is now a free music magazine as they weren't making enough money to survive. The first copy of the free edition had Rihanna on the front cover who is a pop musician. NME is traditionally and indie rock magazine with Noel Gallagher having been the person on the front cover the most. This is suggesting that NME has tried to appeal to a completely different genre of music by having Rihanna and Taylor Swift on the front cover. The change has completely ruined the experience that the indie, alternative youth subculture used to have before it became free. My genre (indie,alternative rock) now have to suffer as we do not get the pleasure of seeing our favourite bands or rock musicians on the front.

Planning - Sixth Form Magazine Editing

When looking through the pictures I took for my sixth form magazine I realised that there were too many light patches on the faces as the natural sunlight was too bright and we were using the trees as a natural frame and a sun block. This was a big struggle when picking a photo for the cover page.