8. Development of ideas

After seriously considering creating a reggae based music magazine for the main task, I came to the conclusion that there were various obstacles, for example finding an appropriate model for the full page image - typically this is a stereotypical Jamaican character, for example Bob Marley.

Based upon my own taste in music, and the variety and flexibity I believe it could bring, I have now decided to alter my genre choice to Indie Rock. This type of music originated in the UK and USA in the 1980s, and since 2000, the bands within the genre have enjoyed more widespread mainstream success.

Popular Indie Rock bands are Oasis, Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Vampire Weekend, The Fratellis, The Kooks, Arcade Fire etc.


There is a very limited number of examples of magazine's which focus upon the genre of Indie Rock. The bands appear in the charts, and therefore can be found within more general music magazines, most commonly 'NME' and 'Kerrang'.

NME magazine follows many of the conventions of a typical music magazine. For example the main image distorts the masthead, and there are various smaller subheadings with short captions detailing aspects which can be found inside.


It also has a continuous colour scheme of red and white, which I imagine would be retained inside the magazine.