music magazines: initial specific research into shared features

during my research into the music magazine industry i have looked at the forms and conventions of music magazines, the publishers of the magazines and institutions. i have so far been able to keep up to date with this research and have recently chosen the type of magazine i wish to produce, this being a guitar magazine, and more specificaly a guitar tuition magazine. i have chosen this as i feel that it will challenge me to do something out of my comfort zone.

looking at tuition magazines i have discoverd a few simmilarities within them, the magazines i have looked at are total guitar, guitar techniques and guitarist.
the simmilarites are endless, the first main point is that all 3 magazines are published by future plc.

in terms of the structure and layout of the mags, they are all the same. the font type for the mast head is very simmilar this being a white serif font. the images used may look different as they are of "different bands" but they are still all the same full body shot photos with the front man holding a guitar. the overall layout is very similar with the screamers, main cell and coverlines all being placed within the same spaces for example The main sell is placed to the left hand side of the cover and is in the same font and colour as the mast head, making it as much of a focal point as this and this is the same on all the magazines,

its almost as if the covers for all are based on the same template and the only difference is the bands within them. so in order to create

the pschographic for all 3 magazines will most certainly be succeders (somebody who wants to better themselves or there life)
given the area of the magazines (guitar tuition) they will all come under special interest groups within the life stage catagorie.

after looking at the 3 magazines i have learnt that there is a specific pattern of design to follow for this type of magazine seeing as all 3 use the same. this has helped me come one step closer to producing a guitar tuition mag to a very high professional standard as i am now aware of the forms and conventions of this type of magazine, and i believe if i stick to the basic rules and patterns of the magazines i have looked at there is not much room for error.