Looking at contents pages

Guitar Technique:
The magazine name is Guitar Technique, the target audience is people who are interested in music and in particular people who play the guitar. The magazine has a sophisticated approach therefore the magazine is targeted at an older audience, people aged 30 and over.
The contents page covers two single pages. The proportion of pictures to text is reasonably equal. There is slightly more text on the page which continues the theme of sophistication.
The pictures are individually labelled with the page number they are on and what the picture is of/ who, this allows the audience a greater understanding of the featured articles, genre of the magazine and people in the magazine.
Altogether there are 98 pages in the magazine and 21 magazine articles on the contents page.
The cost of the magazine is £4.99. This may sound expensive for a magazine however a free CD is entitled, therefore you are getting your moneys worth. Some of the article titles give more information than others, the 'Special Feature' articles include a few lines to allow the reader more information about the articles.
The contents page is dominated by a white background, the font colour is black and some text is positioned on to a pale green text book. In this case the test is white.
The target audience is suited to the font as it is plain and clear. This indicates that the magazine is straight to the point and only has one relevance, informing people about music and guitars.

From looking at Guitar Technique magazine and it's contents page I have learnt that even though the price may be more expensive than other magazines you do get a free CD included, therefore my own magazine could include a similar feature.
The contents page doesn't have to be as crowded as the front cover however each article title could include a brief paragraph of what the article is about or contains. These fetaures I have pin-pointed could be used in my own music magazine.