Music magazine task and my genre

For my next task I have to design a front cover, contents page and double page spread for a music magazine of any genre I like. It needs to look realistic and it needs to cater to my target audience. I am going to use Photoshop to complete this task. From the preliminary task I have learnt a lot of skills in Photoshop and I know what to work on and what I am good at.

At first I thought of basing the magazine on rock but I decided to make a R&B magazine instead because it is the type of  music I am interested in. I like the style and the colour schemes used to make them. They are not too crowded and they do not use to many colours. I like the colour schemes that XXL and Vibe magazine use because they give the magazine a sophisticated look.