Front cover first draft

This is my first draft of my front cover, I have used a different colour scheme to the pastel theme that I chose in my planning stages, just to see how another house style would look. I'm glad that I did this as it has given me a clearer idea of what colours work on a front cover, I think the greens and blues I have used on this draft look too dark and connote a Rock Genre which is not the style of music I am focusing on in my magazine and therefore targets a different audience. It's important that the house style and colour scheme I use throughout this magazine matches the Indie/Alternative style of music, I therefore think lighter greens and pastel colours would do this as they are seen as more lighthearted colours and also target a male and female audience. Whereas this test draft seems very masculine due to the darker colours, I also think the use of pastel colours will look more effective because they will stand out against a dark background, this is important as the page needs to stand out against other competing magazines whereas the text on this front cover does not grab your attention.
I am happy with my magazine logo, although it is possible that I may explore with this more just to see which logo works best wih my music magazine. For my image, there are aspects that I would like to improve. For instance, I'm unsure about using a black background on my front cover, as it connotes a heavier genre of music, so it might be a good idea for me to do a second photoshoot, using a white background. I think this would also make the text on my front cover clearer and easier to read, so I will experiment more with this. I'm not sure if my front cover has enough text, as it may look quite basic and boring to my target audience, so it might be a good idea to include more on the front cover in my next draft.