Liam Powell (LP) an avid electronic music fan who actually reads electronic magazines/internet blogs and myself (M).

 

(M)- What do you like about the magazines you read?

 

(LP)- They are informative about goings on in the electronic scene with the larger artists but also they brandish new up and coming artists that are talented so I find new music all the time through it.

 

(M)- What sort of style do you enjoy on an electronic music magazine?

 

(LP)- I like a formal look about them so that you can see that they are a serious magazine because there aren’t too many established magazines or blogs based on electronic music so it is important to distinguish yourself from the less well done magazines. Also it distinguishes the magazine from other genres of music as many of the big music magazines are very cartoon like in how they are styled. Although I enjoy strong, stand out colours like Blue and red so that it does not look like it’s a newspaper or something.

 

(M)- What is your view on images and how I should implement/distribute them within my front cover, contents and double page spread?

 

(LP)- I feel that the front cover should have one main image that anchors the main cover line and there should be little to no secondary images as it will distract from the main focus. The contents should be void of any images as it should be a page purely for information of what content is in the magazine. Finally the double page spread should have a main image and many secondary images anchoring the story or linking to the artist at hand.

 

(M)- Thank you for your time.

 

(LP)- That’s alright.