Front cover analysis: DJMAG

The image is of a man with glasses, a grown out beard and a huge rain coat with a hoodie on his head. The stylish/photographer probably dressed him like this to give him a more alternative look. This is usually the case when it comes to house/electro/live music.

The coverlines are very short and snappy helping us to understand the story we're planning to read. In one of the coverlines it says "detroits unsung heroe." This creates a sense of mystery because no one knows who those "mystery" singers are, this draws you in to read the article. 

The colour used is orange/yellow and red. The red is from the masthead and the yellow/ orange is from the background. This magazine cover is very dark in some parts, this is what makes us look at his face and text more because those are the brightest bits of the cover. 

This front cover is very visually busy, this means that the person looking at it constantly has his eyes on something. 

This magazine cover has for 2 puffs both promoting something inside the magazine (self promotion.) This also helps the page get full and not have any empty spaces. 

The background of the model is of an explosion emphasising the fact that his music is explosive or to say that his mixtape is fire. On the other hand it could be fireworks in the background that would connote an outdoor festival environment.

The cover line is white and orange which is part of the colour scheme. The word 'detonates' is a good description of what his music sounds like. It gets the reader interested because using such vocabulary to describe music surely tells us that his mixtape is fire.

The biggest genre clue that we see is the masthead which says 'DJ' but also his style. His style is very urban and alternative which is what you would see in a dj or house/electro house music lovers. That demographic of people tend to stick out from the crowd and have their own original style also experimenting with others.