Q is a well known british music magazine under the genre of Indie music, usually leaning towards the the rocky sound of indie.
Q was first published in October 1986. Founded by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, with the aim to create a monthly music magazine that was different to the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. It is pubished by Bauer Media Group.
The typical content of a Q magazine is quite simple , and the cover is quite versatile, due to the genre of indie being quite random and undiscovered, the magazine adapts to each artist on the cover.
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Inside, Q would consist of new musicians, festival information, interviews, chart news and related feature articles.
The house style of Q is quite busy yet consistant with an inner colour scheme of red and white reflecting the logo on the front, farmiliarisng the reader with the magazine. The clutterd style would have stemmed from the type of music included, slightly rocky.
ON THE COVER:
The colour scheme applies to the conventional rule of three colours. Perhaps to reflect what the artist's are wearing that are on the cover, or to reflect their music style. For example Mumford and sons play quite calming, sombre music which is conveyed in the blue tones.
The font being sans serif and looking similar to handwriting looks quite scruffy yet relaxed, which would be reflecting the personality possibly of the readers personality and therefore appealing to them.
This relaxed approach carries on with the cover photo, there is no general positoning to the people on the cover, people are introduced to the musicians and can learn something about them just at a glance, for example the main singer is positioned at the front.
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Consisting of 476,000 people, according to NRS readership survey, Q's readers are compiled of 386,000 people in the 15-44 age range, and 90,000 are 45+.
345,000 are male and 132,000 are females.
Q's readers are mainly in the ABC1 class catergory with 316,000 in this catergory
and only 160,000 in the C2DE class. possibly reflecting the pricey £4 it costs!
Q was first published in October 1986. Founded by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, with the aim to create a monthly music magazine that was different to the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. It is pubished by Bauer Media Group.
The typical content of a Q magazine is quite simple , and the cover is quite versatile, due to the genre of indie being quite random and undiscovered, the magazine adapts to each artist on the cover.
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Inside, Q would consist of new musicians, festival information, interviews, chart news and related feature articles.
The house style of Q is quite busy yet consistant with an inner colour scheme of red and white reflecting the logo on the front, farmiliarisng the reader with the magazine. The clutterd style would have stemmed from the type of music included, slightly rocky.
ON THE COVER:
The colour scheme applies to the conventional rule of three colours. Perhaps to reflect what the artist's are wearing that are on the cover, or to reflect their music style. For example Mumford and sons play quite calming, sombre music which is conveyed in the blue tones.
The font being sans serif and looking similar to handwriting looks quite scruffy yet relaxed, which would be reflecting the personality possibly of the readers personality and therefore appealing to them.
This relaxed approach carries on with the cover photo, there is no general positoning to the people on the cover, people are introduced to the musicians and can learn something about them just at a glance, for example the main singer is positioned at the front.
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Consisting of 476,000 people, according to NRS readership survey, Q's readers are compiled of 386,000 people in the 15-44 age range, and 90,000 are 45+.
345,000 are male and 132,000 are females.
Q's readers are mainly in the ABC1 class catergory with 316,000 in this catergory
and only 160,000 in the C2DE class. possibly reflecting the pricey £4 it costs!
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