History of NME

HISTORY OF NME.

NME also known as New Musical Express is one of the fore frontiers in the music magazine created and founded in 1952 by Theodore Ingham releasing the first issue on march the 7th 1952. It is largely associated with rock, alternative and indie music. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 90s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. During the period 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism (self-involved reporting), then became closely associated with punk rock through the writings of Julie Burchill, Paul Morley and Tony Parsons.

The typical content in this magazine is giving information on up and coming bands that they believe will become big, sometimes true, sometimes not. Offering honest opinion on artists and promoting major bands to gain credit, Arctic Monkeys for a case, NME made that band extremely big by over hyping a lot when they started up the Sheffield band in 2003 and then releasing there first album in 2005 and it broke record's. Records that haven't been beaten to this day. I still think that Arctic Monkeys wouldn't be as big as they are today if it hadn't been for NME on every album they make.

NME uses direct access to engage the reader. It uses bold colours to attract the reader and using contrasting colours. Using contrasts in a different colour as the main focus colour of this magazine is red, but by putting a few of the main words in white on a black background.

Magazine Conventions

Masthead - The masthead is the branding of the magazine. It should be at the top, an in every issue should stay the same to stop variation for readers and so they know what to look for.

Images - in the case of this magazine, jay - z (musician). is the main model on the cover, using the classic face on approach. he is not creating eye contact, because he's wearing sunglasses.

Main Coverlines -  needs to be very large, taking up at least a quarter of the cover. In this case 'King Of America' to show the importance of jay - z as the main model on the magazine. the main cover line is in a different colour to all the other cover lines, to show that it should be the most important one, and read more.

Date Line - month and year of publication, a monthly magazine often goes on the news stand a month before the date showed.

left third - a left third is the place on a magazine that is crucial for magazine sales when the magazine is not shown fully.

Ideas and thought's on school magazines

School Magazines

 



When creating a magazine for school you need to think about who will read it. In a school magazine you have to make it age friendly towards younger ages, making it colourful and bright to attract the attention of the readers.

This magazine has a title which is easily visible on the background and age appropriate pictures. It also has a logo of the school, and at the bottom the blue and green represent the colours of the school also matching the school logo, which almost holds the magazine together to create a more professional look. 3 side pictures which have the captions of the sub headings of appropriate pictures. 

Music Genres

Music Genres

- Hip Hop


- Rock


- Rock 'n' Roll


- Jazz


- Rap


- Pop Music


- Heavy Metal


- Alternative


- Indie Rock









- Dance Music


- House Music


- R 'n' B



my favourite genre of music is indie/alternative rock, but not heavy so, Arctic Monkeys, Royal Blood, Miles Kane & Foals. I enjoy this music because I feel like I can relate to the music and also as a musician, I find myself playing a-lot of the songs. I have a lot of friends who listen to the same music and that's always a bonus. I think this type of music can influence people and make them dress differently, to try and create they're own ways of being themselves, a lot of people actually can become themselves through music.