Research - Genres

I've been looking at different genres of music magazines and found a website that recommends different magazines in the UK, gives a summary and the general price. IT was really useful for finding the different genres and showing some of the top magazines on the UK shelves.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-music-publications-music-magazines.htm

I have complied a selection of magazines from a few genres to see the options that I have in ceating my own. Genres can be of a style of music, an audience (those who listen to a type of music but would also watch this type of film and want to know about such and such news) or similar to computer magazines, help on playing music, eg guitars or piano, and items that you may want or need.

Genres:
Alternative\indie
Drum\bass
R&B
Jazz
Heavy Metal
Rock
Top Charts
Classical music
Classics
World Music
Mixture of music
Music genre paired with movies

Though within these genres of music, many more can be found. For example, in rock, the following genres can be found:
Brit-pop
Grunge
Post-grunge
Pop rock
Indie rock
Punk rock
Christian rock
Soft/hard rock
Heavy metal
Psychedelic rock
Folk rock
Blues rock
Garage rock
Rock and Roll

It is clear that many magazines don't stick loyally to one genre of music. Though they may be of a similar style, there are a few anomalies. I felt that my magazine should be broader rather than specific, as there are so many overlapping genres and so many bands with new and different styles, I wouldn't want to limit the amount of interesting content the magazine could hold.

Here, I have looked at the different styles and genres of magazines availiable in a rock/indie/alternative style and briefly looked at their covers. Click to full view.