Tuesday, 8 December 2009

What do I want on my music magazine?

I could write an article about “Music from Mexico”, as my possible model has
Mexican roots. To do this, I will have to achieve a stereotypically Mexican look, which the reader can recognize. I will have to use clothing, which is stereotypically Mexican, such as checked shirt, cowboy boots, denim and a sombrero. I have all these clothes so it will be no problem to dress my model up in these clothes. I feel that this will add a fresh, unique feel to the magazine. The sombrero could also be a useful prop to aid my photo shoot- the model could either be wearing it, holding it or have it propped up. The audience would recognize this as stereotypical Mexican or Latino clothing so this would be a connotation of the model’s nationality to them.

The Mexican / Latino theme could mean that I could use Latino Pop as a genre for my magazine. This is too narrow a topic for the whole magazine to focus on, so I will make pop / indie my main genre and write a one time article on Latino Pop and the influence my particular artist has had on the British public. Latino Pop is a music genre which interests me as I enjoy the Mexican influence and I feel that it enables the British public to learn about other cultures. Latino / Spanish artists that have broke through to the English market are Shakira, Ricky Martin and Enrique Inglesias. My artist will follow these artists from having albums and songs in the Spanish language to breaking through to the English Market. This is what I aim to focus on; her crossover to the English music market and new album and single.

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