Identify Competitor Music Magazines.

Part of my research is to analyse existing popular music magazines and their front covers, contents pages and double page spreads. I must choose three magazines with a similar aim and genre to mine. Therefore I have chosen to evaluate and analyse NME, Kerrang and Q. These three magazines are all very popular with a similar music genre yet NME is aimed at young adult women, Q is aimed at men and women of the age 25 – 35 whilst Kerrang is aimed at an alternative teenage audience. All three magazines will be my competitors on the market as they all surround the rock genre yet in their own individual ways to reach their target audience. Although my magazine will be of a similar genre to NME, Q and Kerrang my music magazine will base its articles and news on upcoming artists in the indie music world as I want my music magazine to inspire people. However the audience for my music magazine will mostly be musicians and most definitely music lovers as my  music magazine will be mostly about the music itself and less about fame whereas NME, Q and Kerrang not only write about the music but more about the famous musicians that they are interviewing.