Introduction 

In order to prepare for our own article in our music magazines we looked at professional articles on particular magazines we thought were interesting and that we liked the layout of and analyzed the text and particular language they used.

Here is the magazine I analyzed called “Q maverick” an autobiography written by James Lavelle

 

Structure of article and how it is written:

This is a biography speaking about the past 13 years of his life and the struggles that he has had mentally and financially. You can tell that it is a biography by the way it is set out and the way he has written it.

The biography is written in the first person telling us about his life. The impact of him speaking in the first person makes the reader feel much more connected to the writer and feel a bigger impact to what he is saying because he makes you feel like it is just a one on one conversation.

 The tone of the writing that he wrote his biography in seems to be a casual read, he uses casual everyday language as well as swear words which can create an informal relationship feel which can make people feel more relaxed and not so formal.

There is a clear introduction at the start of the article giving us a brief overview of what this is going to be about and information that will draw the audience in to read on.

Quotes 

• Who?

“James Lavelle was the boy wonder who, as the founder of the Mo’ Wax label, launched DJ Shadow and invented trip-hop.”

“boy wonder” makes the audience member wonder how such a young boy could invent another type of music “invented trip-hop” and dropping the name Dj Shadow

• What?

“I’ve put myself through quite extreme situations, both financially and emotionally. But then I got used to that very young.”

“extreme situations” explains that alongside his fame he had his own personal struggles mentally and financially and many people might not of known that, he wants to make it clear that fame doesn’t solve all your problems but can in fact make them worse

• When?

“The last 13 years have been fucking tough financially,”

“fucking” emphasizing how tough the last years have been on his life with his financial struggles and later goes on to speaking about how much debt he is in.

• How?

“Everest of cocaine”

“Everest” hyperbole, an example contrasting the tallest mountain regrading how much cocaine he uses

 

Reflection:

Doing this task has allowed me to understand the key conventions of a magazine and what I must include when putting mine together. I learnt about different headline styles and techniques and quotations can be used to gain interest. When researching I have also learnt how using different language techniques can make an article more exciting to read and will be using everything I learnt and putting it into my magazine.