KEY TERMS: GRAPHICS, FONT, LAYOUT, PHOTO MANIPULATION, COLOUR PALETTE, COVER MODEL, COVERLINES.
Search the net to see if there are about 10 different front pages of magazines that you like the look of. They have exciting fonts, layout, graphics and photo manipulation.
They do not need to be music magazines but there may be something about their layout, font, graphics, colours that appeals to you and can act as a source of reference for your own layout.
Then reflect on what it is that stands out on a couple of them and how you might be inspired to recreate a similar vibe in your own magazine.