Music Magazine Types

When it comes to Music magazines, there are many different ones which cover different areas in the music world. There are so many different aspects of the music industry which people want to know about; wether it the music itself, the artists or just whats new in music as it is such a widespread and popular aspect of our lives which just keeps on growing.

In my opinion (and I probably speak for many if not most) the best music magazine on the market are the ones which focus mainly on the music itself and the artists/slash band because after all they are music magazine and whilst it may sound like I have stated the obvious alot of music magazines that you get these days do not focus mainly on the music.

Some magazine will look prodominantly at the behaviour and backround of artists and bands as opposed to the music element for example if there was an artist who was going through a drugs phase and another artist who had say just re-leased an album many magazines would look more at the one who was going through a drugs phase because at the end of the day this is what grabs people's attention and you could say thet this is one of the reasons why music magazines are duying, because there may not be enough magazines out there for the people who want to know about the music and because of this sales have gone down. these are baisicaly very tabloid- esque music magazines which I personally am very against because in my opinion this takes away the purpose of the music magazine, however this is just my opinion and I don't want ot make this to biased.

I know that there is a very large market for these types of magazines and this is exactly what some people want to read on a regular basis because it can give them a low down on how their favourite bands or artists personal lives are going and wether or not it is affecting their music carears.

you also get magazines which look at the music industry as a whole including artist's/band's backrounds, whats at the top of the charts, what tours are coming up, the releases of new albums etc. these are sort of all-round music news magazines not to say that all music magazines do not provide us with news on the current status of the music industry but some magazines prodominatly look at whats new.