Magazine Research-NME contents

NME magazine contents page uses of variety of different techniques to convey messages and attract its readers. The use of juxtaposition of the magazine logo and the phrase 'this week,' seems to play an introductory role which enables the readers to feel a connection with the magazines and gives them the ability to engage fully in the stories and features.
    The magazine continues its monotonous colour scheme with the continuation of the use of colours black, white and red. This gives a very organised structure which differs to the laid back relaxed structure that i would like to incorporate in my magazine.
    Yet the featuring of bold, bright colours such as orange to highlight specific stories seems to overemphasise an articles importance as well as suggesting an impact of rebellion as the colour contradicts the running monotonous colour scheme. This insinuates the idea of rock music working against the norms of society.
    The contents appear to have subheadings separating the different types of articles which enables the audience to identify specific articles that they feel are relevant to their interest.
     The use of advertising subscriptions to their magazine is a profitable way to create an effective synergy between the reader and magazine. This way, the magazine profits from its sales and selling issues and the audience benefits from saving money from buying the magazine in bulk.
     Again the magazine contents makes finding pages increasingly easier with the use of the band index. From the image provided, it is clear to see that the band index consists of a list of all of the available bands included in the issue and enables the reader to directly access their favourite bands quickly and easily without the hassle of having to flick through the entire magazine. This is an extremely handy tool that i would seriously consider incorporating in my own magazine contents. The magazine also appears to have a live and review section which helps readers fully engage with the magazine and experience a musical experience effectively. The magazine also appears to feature papped images on the contents page to perhaps link into the idea of experience the music effectively as you can understand what your favourite artists perform like, live on stage.