Q Magazine Contents Page Analysis

Q Magazine are very efficient on maintaining their theme of red, white and black through out, and it is evedent here. This is neccessary as the contents page is just as important as the front cover and to have that flow is also important. The fact that they have an issue number at the top corner shows how old the magazine is and how much history and probably having a superior knowledge on the music industry over other magazines so this is definitly a pull if you're aiming to an older more serious music audience, and this shows how succesful the magazine has been also. Q Magazine have also put the link of their  link to their myspace page under the issue number in the top right corner; this is showing that they may be trying to reach to another younger social networking audience as Q Magazine is aimed at an older audience and myspace is something that youngsters seem to be more involved with rather than the adults as such. The idea of together a new and young band with in their magazine, especially 'the courteeners' they are a quite a young and in their time (time when this issue was published) a new band which would probably be listened to by a younger audience. Then there is the likes of 'nick cave' he would be soemone that an older generation would have grown up with as his heyday was in the 70's, so this sort of familiarity should attract this audience to still but the magazine.

The magazine uses a fairly typical contents page layout, with the use of headers like 'features' and 'every month' and the use of bold story titles with red number running down the side of the page to make it easier to read which is perfect for a target audience which doesnt have a lot of time. Other features that would appeal to an audience of around the 30+ mark are primarily Oasis and a band called MP4 as this incorporates an intrest into politics as the band consist of 4 members from parliment. It is intresting though however in comparison as this music magazine does not include a gig guide unlike NME. This is most probably due to the fact that this magazine is aimed at an older target audience who will not attend gigs as such, whereas NME is for younger teenagers who are more likely to attend gigs.