Understanding Music Genres

Understanding Music Genres

There are lots of different types of music to choose from, that fall under a certain genre which might be rock, R’N’B, D’N’B, Pop or indie. These genres all have different styles which may reflect on the music or the way that they portray themselves, also it will affect the music magazines that they appear in. Some music genres are below with descriptons to give ideas on what music to use for my magazine.

Indie- is a bold style that can be recognised straight away because it is bright and colourful. The style is unusual it has dull colours and then bright parts like the ends of the models hair if it’s a girl like the picture. This genre can produce the connotations that the model wants to be centre of attention because of the extreme look. There is also little typography on some of their magazine covers so you can’t analyse a lot.

 

 

 

Rock- is a style that involves an actual band that plays heavy metal music. They may be extreme looking to send out a message to the audience. They usually wear a lot of black and are surrounded by black stuff with bold colours like red, blue or white to. This could connotate that they are unhappy or that there words are meaningful because black is a dark colour.

Pop-is also usually very colourful to go along with the cheerful music in the genre. The style is often quite childish with shapes like stars used on the page to brighten it up. This connotates that the music is happy and will make your day seem better. The artists that are displayed on the magazines for this genre are all smiling and doing interesting poses as it looks more interesting like the music. This style is quite similar to indie.

 

 

Punk- is also an extreme style; it can look quite messy because the artists portray a rough look. They also have lots of dark colours used because this genre is similar to rock. Occasional bright colours are used so that the page stands out more against competitors. It is a British genre as that is where it first came from. Overall it is an easily recognisable genre.

 

Dance- is a bright funky style because dancing involves lots of excitement and that’s the connotations the colour gives off. The magazines from this genre often have a lot going on and a different mixture of colours. The artists portrayed for this genre are happy and doing dance moves to show what is inside. The target audience is obvious because of what the magazine is about.

All the different genres portrays there music in different ways as you can see from the covers above and the descriptions. I have got a lot more ideas from looking at the different genres becuase i know there is lots of styles i can use.