Music Magazine Cover 1st Draft

Here is a copy of the 1st draft of my music magazines front cover. I've tried to use all the necessary conventions while still trying to keep it looking professional.I wanted to go for an urban style type of magazine by using bright colours while still keeping it edgy at the same time. They are 2 hard styles to combine but I do think I have found a way to make it work.

I have used all the necessary conventions for the front cover of a magazine such as: masthead. strap-line, feature article image, bar code, pop up, secondary lead, kickers, cover lines and many others. By using these conventions I have made sure that my front cover is similar to real music magazines that would be sold mainstream. I've tried to stay with my target audience which is a mainstream audience. I wanted a varied audience of general music lovers mainly aged between 16 to early 20's, I believe I have achieved this by having a young person as my main feature image and by using bright colours yet having an edgy house style to my magazine, also using a direct mode of address to make the audience feel connected to the magazine and that they are being invited to read this magazine as it may interest them. 

Although I have achieved some of the necessary targets needed for the production of my music magazine, I think I do need to make some small improvements that will make the magazine look more professional. Such as the typography on the menu strip I think would be better if I changed the colour and font type. Similar to my house style I believe I may need to find a better use of the colour scheme, even if this would mean going for a different colour scheme I will find a way to make it work. Also with a little change of the layout, with these little changes I think I may be able to make a big difference to the entire look of the magazine and achieve a higher standard in my work.