Using Photoshop

In lesson, we were asked to use Photoshop to create either
1. A music album cover.
OR
2. A advertisement for perfume.
I chose to do the album cover and used Katy Perry as my artist.
We were asked to do this so we were familar with the basic tools.
Although i have already had experience with using photoshop when i did
a magazine front cover in GCSE media studies, i knew the basic skills and
found it easy to use the tools and layers. However, i learned one more way how to cut out
the background.
Here is the design i came up with:

Representation Of Artists From My Music Scene

In todays lesson i am going to analyse photos from my music scene and look at how they are represented as music artists.
30 Seconds to Mars
                                                            

In this photo we see all 4 members of the band using direct mode of address. The two front ones stood on a side and the two back ones stood one behind the other. They're in a quite relaxed pose showing them to be cool and relaxed.

The band members are all dressed in dark clothing. This could suggest that their genre of music is rock, alternative or something along them line and not like a pop or hip-hop band.

The darkness of the clothing also stands out from the background they have been placed in. The photographer and editor of this photo could be suggesting that the band stand out from other bands and maybe the scene around them. 

Paramore

This photo shows a medium close up of the band with 3 of the members using direct mode of address and Haley Williams using indirect mode of address this might be to show that she is the lead singer and only female artist in the band and that will make her stand out from the other 3 members.

This image looks like it is an album or single cover for a CD so the background is plain and simple and the whole contrast of the colours work well together with image and text.

The scribble next to the text could suggest madness and chaos and a lot of their images have the word riot on them because they are an alternate rock band.

Pan!c at the Disco

All four members of Panic at the Disco are using direct mode of address.The way they are represented and their image is dark (Dark make-up, clothing and hair) suggesting that they're a rock band.                                                    

           

My Glog: Paramore Rock Band

This is my glog inspired by my favourite band paramore. It includes images, text, links, animations and videos.

Genre and Social Groups

In todays class, i took a class survey to see what genres of music the class consume. In my results, i found that Pop, Indie and Rock seem to be popular. I have also done some research over the internet to find out what music stays popular today. As a result, i have found that Electro Pop, rock, hip-hop and RnB are the most popular music today. 

Online resources:

 http://www.billboard.com/charts#/charts - This website shows what songs are most popular.

http://entertainmentandmusic.blog.my/2011/04/what-right-now-is-the-most-popular-music-genre/ - This website shows other peoples opinions of what genre of music is the most popular today

Different social groups listen to different types of genres and their appearance and attitudes are different. For example, If you were to see someone wearing dark clothes, dark makeup, dark hair and was listening to screamo music, you would identify them as an 'emo'. 

Whereas, if you were to see someone dressed in a tracksuit, wearing nike make trainers, listening to rave, using 'slang' terminology and come across you with a bad attitude you would identify them as a 'Chav'. 

My first Blog Post: Music Magazines

This is my first blog of my music magazine coursework project.
Over the course of this blog, i will show you how i have been building up ideas for my music magazine. I enjoy many types of music. However, I am particularly interested in Paramore, Panic at the Disco, Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Evanscence and 30 seconds to mars.
The most natural choice of magazine for me to study is Q and Kerrang magazine.
Kerrang is a world popular music magazine that focuses on rock music.
Q is one of the UK's biggest music magazines and focuses on several different genres such as rock and alternative. You can check out these magazine's website at http://www.kerrang.com and http://www.qthemusic.com