My contents page has been taken from the magazine NME. I have chosen this magazine as my main focus point as it has the same genre of music of which I am basing my magazine around. It also has the same audience, so I am using this as inspiration. We can tell that it is from the "indie and alternative" genre as the medium close up photo on the top right of two music legends Simon Niel from Biffy Clyro and Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys. It also has an album cover in the centre of the contents page of a band named The Libertines, which is a main audience focal point, as this is one of the reasons as to why they may have purchased the magazine. The main colours, black and red, are very simple and allows the images to blend well with the text. As the contents page is mainly images and not text like usual magazines, it also initiates to the audience that the music is "different" and not as common. The heading at the top of the contents page is very basic, yet bold. It allows the reader to know what they shall expect from the magazine as they read onwards.
The target audience of this magazine, I expect is to be around the ages of 17-25, as some of the artists and bands are mainly focused around that age group. I get this impression as the image of Pete Doherty on the left hand side is most commonly related to adult outbursts and he is commonly related to alcohol.
The layout of the contents page is very clashy, by this I mean that the overlap of images onto one another portrays the genre. However, there is still a layout of headlines on both sides introducing what they will find on each page.
There is also a "subscribe to NME" offer on the bottom right hand side, allowing readers to become regular purchasers, so they can recieve the magazine through the mail each week.
Overall, I think this magazine portrays the music genre well, and is very simple to read and understand, and I also think that the images are well suited alongside the style of text.
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