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Article Planning

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 Pop-Punk Prophets Full Metal Repertoire has just released their highly anticipated new album “Talking with Satan”. I was lucky enough to sit down with frontman Michael Fahrenheit and get an exclusive interview about their new album and what they’ve been up to. I’ve listened to their new album and the only way I can properly describe it is if American Idiot had a love child with Enema of the State, it’s been sprinkled with Ska-Punk and it’s taken too much LSD. They take the average sound of punk, turned up the treble and set the gain to the max. the beautifully written melodies, intricate chord progressions and fired up lyrics altogether create an album.

 So, Mr Fahrenheit, what have you and your band been doing for the past six months? 

 Well we’ve been taking it easy, you know. We’ve been practicing a lot but not like we usually do, we took a new approach to song writing and everything. Like we all share the song writing of everything on the new album now. Sometimes we come not the studio and just sit about all day procrastinating but it helps, you know? Like we’ll start working on some new riff or something and leave it for like a day or two and when we come back to it we’ve got all these new ideas and stuff. 

What I really wanted to talk about was your album, “Talking with Satan”. It’s quite an interesting name, where’s the inspiration behind this album? 

 Well really it’s about the government. I’m sick and tired of these bloody politicians screwing people over, its wrong and unethical. “Satan” represents the man at the top trying to keep us down. The album addresses modern day issues in society like post Brexit racism, homelessness, youth crime. It’s a judgement on society. The album title is kind of wear the album artwork came from, I wanted the duct tape over our mouths to show how normal people like ourselves don’t have a voice. It wasn’t done last minute but I think it looks cool. Hopefully other people like it as well. It’s just the man trying to keep us down, you know? 

 What are your favourite tracks from your new album? 

Probably “Please God”, I really liked that one and thought it was a good opener for the album. It really set the tone, you know. My next two are probably “Give get go” and “Me and the Workers” They’ve got really energetic choruses and powerful lyrics; I’ve put some subliminal messages in there as well as a treat for the fans and if you wanna find the messages just focus on the first words. I think “A Star Away” is good one to end album, it takes all the emotion and anger from the album and spits it out into an acoustic ballad. 

Why did you decide to make a concept album? 

 Well I feel like a story always makes a song more interesting and most the songs I write have some kind of plot and its always easier if each song could follow the other like chapters in a book. I think it also makes it more real, if you can see it as story it’s easier to imagine. 

Double Page Spread and Article Plan 

 In my research, I found out that a large majority of people wanted to read album reviews and read about their favourite artists. From this information, I have decided my article should be an interview asking the frontman of the Band about their new album and adding my own comments about the songs here and there. The double page spread will consist of a short introduction explaining what the article is about and a little about the frontman of the band “Michael Fahrenheit”. Above the article there will be a big pull quote taken from the text and then a slightly smaller title for the article so they catch the reader’s eye and then some bold anchorage text to explain what the article is about. 

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Double Page Spread Plan

 In my research, I found out that a large majority of people wanted to read album reviews and read about their favourite artists. From this information, I have decided my article should be an interview asking the frontman of the Band about their new album and adding my own comments about the songs here and there. The double page spread will consist of a short introduction explaining what the article is about and a little about the frontman of the band “Michael Fahrenheit”. Above the article there will be a big pull quote taken from the text and then a slightly smaller title for the article so they catch the reader’s eye and then some bold anchorage text to explain what the article is about. The photo may take up the entire two pages and the text will probably be over the photo as that was the most popular choice of style in my audience research.

Artist Planning

Artist Profile: Michael Fahrenheit – Frontman

 My artist, Michael Fahrenheit, the epitome of cool. Best known for being the frontman of the band “Full Metal Repertoire” and now has a fifth studio album coming up. He is 25 and the most well-known member of the band as he is the frontman and lead guitarist. His band is primarily pop-punk but occasionally experiments with other genres like Ska but people wonder if their sound will alter significantly in their upcoming album. He is seen as the driving force behind the band because of his extravagant stage presence and Hendrix-like guitar skills. His band grew to fame because of their anti-establishment lyrics, harsh judgements on society and political connotations in their songs. People want to know if he is sticking to the bands original style and developing their sound. 
 His favourite guitar is a Telecaster; he often goes against mainstream and any labels attached to anything and leads a fairly simple life as far as rock stars go after he came out of rehab two years ago. The biggest inspirations in his life are Bands Like Green Day, Sum 41, Queen, The CLash, Reel Big Fish, Sex Pistols, Bowie. he likes them because they go against the establishment or norms of society, their styles of music has influenced his sound significantly.

Band profile - Full Metal Repertoire
 His band Full Metal Repertoire are a trio consisting of Fahrenheit the lead vocalist and guitarist, Sturge the bassist and Ally C the drummer who holds them together. They work hard together, often arguing and disagreeing on everything but always coming together agreeing what works best for the music. All of them are passionate about their music and want to make the fans happy.

Why Michael Fahrenheit is doing the interview
 He is doing the interview as he's the face of the band and most recognisable. They have a new album out so he has done an interview with Rebel magazine to promote it and talk about what they've been doing.

Colour Scheme Ideas

For the colour scheme, I pondered a few ways it could look keeping my young male target audience in mind. The dark colours seemed appropriate for my magazine and it would also make the bright text stand out effectively so it seems striking and aesthetically appealing for my audience. However the bright background and dark text also worked very well. I have looked at each one, analysing them to see which one would suit the magazine best.

House Style Colour Schemes