Indie RockThe genre that I have chosen for my music magazine will be indie rock, I have chosen indie rock as it is my preferred genre of music, it has a large target audience and a lot of younger people listen to this type of music. The genre that I have chosen will influence the layout of my magazine, the colour scheme of the magazine, the images and text.

There are many conventions that link in with the indie rock genre, such as the layout, the images, the colours, the text etc. The conventions in my magazine will be on the cover. The images will be of an indie rock influence person or an indie rock band. Its important that the image has conventions with the genre as it may mislead the audience. The layout will also be important to portray the genre and the target audience of the magazine, for example gossip magazines that are aimed at young people are cluttered and busy, my magazine will have several things on the cover but not over cluttered, this will make my magazine more appealing to the target audience. The colour scheme will also link in with the genre, suitable colours for indie rock are bright, primary colours. There is also a lot of dark colours on other indie rock magazines, therefore my magazine will have this type of colour on. The text will also have an impact on the conventions of the genre, as the audience are young, the text will be informal to suit the target market.