Main Task - Planning and evaluation of the article

There are several types of article in Jazz Inside Magazine. One particular one I will be looking at is an interview. They have set the interview out so that the interviewer and interviewee have a paragraph each. To tell who is speaking, at the beginning of each paragraph are their initials written in bold. I will be using using the idea in my magazine.

The interviewer asks each question in a very simple, straightforward and to the point way. For example: JI: Talk about your approach to big band writing. This style of writing is quite serious and formal. It's bluntness shows that the interviewer is only interested in that one aspect of the subject. Also in this magazine, the language is not directed specifically at musicians. For example, they don't use complicated, technical music language. This is appropriate because most jazz musicians would not understand it anyway. Instead, they have abbreviations for these technical words. Eg:

Technical term: A melodic phrase
Jazz abbreviation : ' riff ' or ' lick

If the magazine contained these technical terms, no-one apart from trained musicians would be able to understand it. In my magazine, I won't be using much technical language for that very reason.

Another type of article that Jazz Inside Magazine have is 'Calender of Events'. This page just simply tells you who, what, where and when up and coming concerts are on. One other article in this magazine is 'Clubs and Venues'. Again, this is simply just a list of popular venues in that area. These are the only main articles in this jazz magazine because it is free. It is also full up with adverts, which is how they make their money.

In my magazine, I will be using quite informal language such as 'Awesome!' and ' Fair do's'. This is because I think it makes the writing seem much more friendlier and welcoming, thus making the reader want to read on.