Genre

Before even beginning to plan my magazine it's crucial that I know exactly which music genre I'd like it to be based around. The music industry can be broken up into hundreds of different genres - each perfectly designed to match the likes and tastes of the desired target audience. There are several basic, general genres of which we are all aware of such as pop, rock, metal, country and classical - these are known as the 'core genres'.  However these core genres can then be broken down in to hundreds of different categories in themselves, known as 'sub-genres'. The use of these sub-genres means that music can be crafted in finer detail to suit the exact tastes of an individual. For example, if we look at pop as a core genre, pop is a very vague and wide term to use for music and can include many different styles and sounds meaning it would be highly unrealistic to purely say you liked pop music as a whole. However, if we break pop down into several sub-genres such as acoustic pop, electro-pop, teen pop and Brit pop we can begin to gather a better understanding of exactly where the individual's tastes lie. The list of sub-genres is endless and more and more are constantly being created to this day.