'XXL' magazine is another magazine I will be researching on. The front cover is of a successful artist

Kanye West.

The magazine cover has a unique design in which at the middle of the page, it is repeated but upside down. Reasons for this may be because in the middle, it says 'Love' and upside down 'Hate'. Also, there is a caption near him saying 'The exclusive story by the man himself' which could represent the love hate relationship and by saying 'The man himself' would give the report a mysterious feeling which would attract the reader even more, would they be interviewing West or someone else?

The colour scheme of this magazine is red, black and white. It focuses more on the black and white which would also represent the 'Love' and 'Hate' as black and white are opposite tones. The red is only based on the magazine's headmast to emphasise the actual magazine itself, 'XXL'.

West's picture is made black and white to go with the colour scheme and to also give it a cool, smart and professional look as if this magazine has class. His facial expression is also rather straight with hints of aggression which is seen in a lot of other XXL magazine covers.

Underneath the headmast, it also says 'Special Collector's Issue' which could also be a relation to the edits made in the picture, because this magazine looks so crisp and unique it would be classed as a special collector's edition.

Overall, the magazine is extremely simple, I think the design was like this because it shows class, importance, focus and specialty. 

This is the 'NME' magazine.

I have chosen to analyse this magazine again because it would benefit me greatly as I want my magazine to look as good and as successful as this very one.

The main artist/model featured in this 'commemorative issue' for Prince William and Kate Middleton is 'Tyler, The Creator'. He is a world famous rapper, record producer, music video director, actor, graphic artist and fashion designer from Los Angeles, currently signed to English independent record label XL Recordings and his own record label, Odd Future Records.

The magazine has quite cleverly  made Tyler pose with crowns on his head and in a pose which would show signs of being posh, which would relate to the royal wedding. However, there is a pull quote said by telling exclaiming that, 'I don't give a sh*t about the royal wedding' which conflicts with the whole point that this extra magazine was created because it was originally for the royal wedding.

In some aspects, this magazine replicates the 'Rolling Stone' magazine, it has the effect of the cover photo covering the masthead, just like the Rolling Stone magazine, explained in my previous posts.

'Tyler, the Creator' is the main attraction to this magazine and his name is also the first thing we see. This could show signs of him 'not giving a sh*t' about the royal wedding as it overtakes the whole point of the magazine's original idea.

The colour scheme only consists of four colours, red, white, black and blue. The blue is being worn by Tyler and it should represent his originality and how often he stands out from anyone else. Red is a colour that can stand for danger, or royalty. In this case, it could be both as the royal wedding would have been taking place when the magazine was released and danger because Tyler is there and he is an unpredictable character.

On the edges of the magazine, it has a brown, gold like frame which could also represent royalty because it could insinuate that this magazine has framing material because of the royal wedding or because Tyler is becoming such a sensation to the music industry.

Rolling Stone Magazine

As a group we researched and analysed the rolling stone magazine in order to find out codes and conventions of the magazine. (below is a printscreen of out research)

The rolling stone magazine is one of the most well known magazines that portray music. The magazine was found in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner. The covers often portray a successful artist or group posing and majority of the time, their face or body covers the actual title itself.

 

 

Martians Vs. Goblins

  

A video by an artist called 'The Game' featuring 'Tyler, The Creator'.
The video is based on Martians and Goblins and the two artists are talking about either one.
Tyler, which released his album 'Goblin' last year ironically supports Goblins and The Game is for Martians.

The lyrics may be too explicit for younger person(s) viewing.

I chose to upload this video because my music magazine would be aimed at people who are into this genre, which is, hip hop, r&b, rap. Also, it may be seen as indie too as Tyler is well known and loved by many indie artists and indie followers.

Photoshop.

Can you spot the difference? Here, I have photoshopped an object out of the picture because it took away too much attention from the main subject, which is, Sasha. I had taken out the pole to her left. I did this by copying certain parts of the image that had similar surroundings to what need to be covered.

EMI

EMI also known as EMI Music is a multinational music company and it's headquarters situated in the heart of London, UK. It is amongst one of the four biggest major record labels in the music industry around the world. EMI is a member of the RIAA and IFPI.

EMI was formed in March 1931 by the merger that also formed 'His Master's Voice' (HMV)
Successful artists and bands within EMI were, Kate Bush, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden and Blur.
Iron Maiden are a London five-piece band and are still recording with EMI even after 20 years.

Though EMI are a successful major recording label, they have had their ups and downs for example, they were forced to sell Columbia USA due to anti-trust issues taken by its American competitors.
EMI released its first LPs in 1952 and its first stereophonic recodings in 1955

Over the years EMI was located in many places, first starting off at Abbey Road, London then moving to such places like Manchester Square, London where the album 'Please Please Me' by The Beatles was recorded.

EMI was acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners in 2007 after a dramatic decline in the British market share which went from 16% to 9%to 7%. The estimate that EMI had lost was around £260 million.

EMI also has several labels under them such as, Blue Note Label Group and Virgin Music Group.

It was announced on October 31st 2011 that Warner Music Group has yet attempted to acquire EMI's business.