Possible Improvements/changes to my final work

Front Cover
One possible change/improvement I could make if I was to make my produt again would be to add a effect into the background of my main image. This effect could be splatters of paint or a brick wall effect. I would do these effects on Photoshop using the brush tool, or I would use an image of a brick wall and change the opacity of the image, in order to make it look faint. If I was to use paint splatters, I would make it red so it sticks with the red, white and black theme. If the paint had a drip effect, it could be interpreted as blood, which could fit the theme of rock/heavy metal music.
Another change I could make would be by adding more secondary images and coverlines. This could help attrack more of my target audience as there would be a wider variety of bands which would appeal to them.

Contents Page
One change/improvement I would make if I was to make my contents page again, I would add an editors image. To do this I'd have to make my main image slightly smaller and move it up. I would then be able to move my magazine listings upwards, in order to make space next to my editors comment, where I would place this image. This image would be a small close up. By doing this, my contents page would follow the main conventions of a music magazine contents page. It would also make my page look more professional.
Another change I would make would be to add more secondary images which correspond with the listings. This would appeal to my target market as they'd be able to see a glimps of what images to expect throughout the magazine. If I was to add more images to my contents page, I think it would look more professional and more conventional.

Double page spread
A change I could make to my double page spread could be the background I have used on my text. Instead of using a splattered paint effect, I could use a single colour or an image which relates to my story. However, another image could make the page look too busy and make it difficult to read the text. A single colour might look boring as it has no texture.