Immediately by looking at the cover of this magazine, were struck with three different genre's of music, just by looking at the image. Jay-Z stands up for the rap side, Lady Gaga the pop/dance element and Dave Grohl for indie rock. This already suggests that the target audience for the magazine is open to different genres, which will help with Q's success in readership.
As the image only presents plain colours that is redeemed within the masthead, puffs/plugs and cover lines as they use bold colouring, which will make the magazine stand out.
The cover lines link in entirely to the image, as they are all quotes from the three musicians in the image. The idea of these cover lines is to attract a potential buyer, as they'll probably want to read on into the interviews.
Overall I definitely think this is a successful front cover, and will probably take this all into account when creating my own.
You can always judge the target audience of a magazine by looking at the front cover. In my own opinion it seems to me that NME appeals to only specific music genres. (which could account for their recent dip in circulation).
The layout of this cover however works really well, the mid shot image fits around the cover lines and draws attention to the main puff/plug in the middle of the page.
Again like Q magazine the image doesn't bring much eye catching colour therefore it has to be compensated for with the text.
In my own opinion I don't like this magazine in comparison to Q, It doesn't bring life into the subject of music. It seems to be stuck on the same old genre's, however I can learn from this and only take what I need for my music cover.
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