Friday, 28 April 2017

Rough Draft of Article for Double Page Spread

The article below is the draft, I decided to change into a Question and Answer Format due to the fact that it's easier to do, and I used a "member of the band" and asked for their background and decided to adapt to the type of music they will be producing.










“THE GODS FLOW IN THEIR VEINS”


 


They’re 2017’s biggest hit, with the UK at their feet, All exclusive with the newly released prodigy band from London, Petrichor, coming from mixed backgrounds but all having exceptional abilities. Learn their thoughts and feelings as they reveal past memories and influences on diving into the top band in the UK wearing their floral shirts and skin tight trousers with their largely oversized jumpers swallowing them inside their own egotistical approach to fame.




Local interviewer asked “is Indie dead” and the petrichor lead singer Elena Haefeli rightfully yet abruptly responded quite simply with “no” and then told them live to listen to the number one album around the UK Synchronicity, then claimed that “indie has just begun” which was also backed up by their local producer.
            They were asked within an interview why they were making music and they responded with the fact that they were inspired by many Indie groups and felt that it needed to cover some ground, and as they started in small gigs in pubs and towns, an out of town music manager said that their lyrics and song were “the fluid that flows in the veins of the Gods”, and so they felt the need to be a foundation of the music industry predominantly in the Indie genre they called themselves “petrichor” meaning “stone” which fit in with the needs of being a foundation and a sturdy one at most. Which is seen as a huge stepping stone in the foundation and clearly reaching their goals, but the only problem is said the interviewer, “can they keep this up?”
South London is way down the charts usually, and mostly known for underground rap, so for Petrichor, bringing back some nostalgia into their music is very well done as they tie in with the differentiating cultures  which was a very difficult start, guitarist Remi Doherty stated “we took the same approach as Oasis, and we feel like it was more comforting knowing we come from the same genre as them so it’s easier to create some sort of reminiscing audio.”
            Cruising down the streets of London in their old, open roofed, beige cadillac drawing a rather curious gaze from the casual rap artists on whether or not they belonged there, Dante Rosetti, stated in his rather gangster accent that “going back through the old streets of East London was rather difficult to see some of my favourite pubs that I used to play in had shut down because of the lack of entertainment, the lack of us…and this makes me feel proud to be back home, where I can be myself, away from all of the cameras and attention”


            This group consisting only of three members, is rising and rising, and keeping their same approach through their albums, which they are now releasing their second album on the 4th of April 2017, (see page 4 for a link to their previews) called “Synchronicity” which includes 5 song titles, with different meanings behind each one, the songs are; The Beast of Rivendell, In The Shallows, Meaningful Coincidence, Vaporized Remains. Wanted Soul, Everlong, and last but not least, Eclipse. Which are all containing subliminal messages from each of their pasts which you can learn more about in their next interview just a week after the album drops Elena said on a previous interview  “which gives you enough time to guess the meaning behind the song, to win a selected item of band merchandise from Petrichor’s website, which has our email, that you can email us your thoughts and feelings on the songs for a chance to enter.”
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Double page spread

Double Page Spread


This is my double page spread and I am very pleased with the outcome, I feel that it worked well with the colour scheme of the front cover and contents page. I have used a variety of colours to make the others stand out.

I used a "Q&A" format when doing the double page spread instead of an article, because I felt that it would be easier than writing about a group and making it persuasive.

I feel that the Double Page Spread could have had more time spent on it, but the overall product was still fairly substantial in my opinion.

I didn't follow my plan as much as I thought I would, due to the fact that I saw better ways and learnt better techniques whilst doing the previous pages, so I tested my ability more on the last page.
(I'm aware that the image is in a screenshot format, it's because I couldn't save the image as a jpeg due to the storage being full, and there were technical difficulties trying to clear the space up.)

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Music Magazine contents page




Contents page





This is my Final design for my contents page, I feel that I could have used better models for the pictures, and possibly changed the colour scheme but overall I am pleased with my end product. I was inspired and took a lot of ideas from Q Magazine, and then followed the layout, as well as looking online to see other students and fanzines to become a prosumer for my magazine.