Explanation of Artists Featured

     When choosing the artists for my magazine, I first looked at to what type of artists are featured in the most bought magazine that are out there today, and saw that many feature rock/alternative bands. This helped me decided that I will definitely feature this genre of music artist, as I already know from research that it's popular. 

     I also thought about the aim of the magazine that me and my partner had decided. We stated that we wanted to cover a variety of genres and artists, new or old, especially ones that are in the charts or public eye at the time the magazine is produced. 
     For the feature page and the front cover, I chose to use a real band, that I would be able to take pictures of. They are a local band that are my friends, so I will be able to photograph them for the magazine. They're a band called 'Skies of Until', and are a pop/alternative band made up of three boys between the ages of 18-20. From knowing the boys, I'm able to make up the article, but still base it around them, using quotes of things in the way that I know they would say them. I thought that using a band as the main cover story would be the best option, as I know from research that magazines with bands like this on the front sell, and then I would also be able to mix up the genre's with the other features on the cover.