My Initial ideas for my project

• The genre of my music magazine will be indie. I have chosen this genre because it is the one that I know most about. I will use my friends band who have just started to make the pictures seem much more professional because they look like a typical indie band. For my front cover i want a close up of the band . with the purpose of them being in the magazine. which in this case is a new album.   I will use plenty of black grey and red colours throughout the magazine. I will add the price and other different people that will be included in the magazine.
• For the contents page i will have 3 pictures of the band playing together. A medium close up of the two front men playing . Then a close up of the drummer and another close up of the bassist to complete the pictures for my contents page. As with the front cover i will keep to a Black grey and red colour scheme. I will list all the things that will be included in the magazine and have a free CD included to make my magazine to stand out amongst the rest. 
• For the article the band will be interviewed about their new album and how the recent tour went. Also they have campaigned for more 'Real' music to be introduced into the charts instead of all the pop and RnB in there now. On this double page i will have a picture of all 4 members walking and interacting, i will add another one of them relaxing in the studio and another of just the front men with arms around each other. I have seen this in mags before and expect them to give a realistic feel to my magazine. And i will stick to the red , black and grey colour scheme.