Article Ideas and Language

Article Ideas

1.     Top Music lists

2.    Hottest ‘Independent’ labels – could make up a name

3.    Cross-over artists

4.    New and upcoming bands

5.    Album Reviews

6.    Covering concerts – could have a personal account of the ‘concert’

7.    A certain group or a new album by a certain artist

8.    Any upcoming music festival updates – comic-cons?

9.    Movie/Game soundtracks – reviews of the ‘hottest’ soundtracks from recent movies or games.

10. An interview with an artist

11.  An Informative or Service article – e.g. How to not get yourself murdered by fan-girls/fanboys survival guide.

12. An Exposé article – e.g. How extension cords can kill

13. Human Interest Article – an anecdote – e.g. So-and-So shares their experience of being a superstar

14. Historical Article – e.g. how the band came to be…   

15. Round-up magazine articles – Where you gather a collection of information – focus on one theme – offer opinions, quotations, anecdotes etc. An example of this kind of article would be something like: 10 Tips to become famous on Instagram

Language:

I want to use language that’s not too informal, but I don’t want it to be too ‘chatty’ either – I want it to sound familiar/friendly but not too intrusive.

I could use puns within my article or the article’s heading to draw in readers – I could perhaps use some goofy fonts to emphasize certain features to perhaps maintain the joke-like article. I want to use a wide range of both vocabulary and punctuation in my articles and my titles so that it can create a sense of variety within my work.