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G321 Foundation Portfolio Music magazine

Sufi Rock • Sufi rock is a subgenre of rock music that combines rock

with classical sufi music traditions. It emerged in the early 1990s and became widely popular in the late 1990s in Pakistan. The term "sufi rock" was coined in 1993 by writer Nadeem F. Paracha to define the Pakistani band, Junoon who pioneered the process of fusing conventional rock music with sufi music and imagery. that combines rock with classical sufi music traditions.

• There are Pakistani artists who are Promoting this genre in many ways.e.g Salman ahmed, Junoon ,Badnaam band, Mekaal hassan band and many more.

• International Exposure to sufi rock was given by our very own Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He is the main pioneer in giving a recognition to this genre.

Sufi Rock magazine Analysis

Sufi Rock is Unique and a Rare genre.

Artist medium shot Cover

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Analysis (front cover)

• The Cover page of the music magazine show the Artist in relation to the Sufi Genre which show the importance of the artist.

• Masthead is on the top of the page. The font of the masthead is really attractive and simple in its own way, shows a relation to a specific culture of tradition.

• The magazines cover page is really good and shows professionalism in it.

• The photography is done well, editing and composition of the shot is really good.

• The skyline reveals some information about the articles inside.

Examples

Masthead

Cover story

Spot light Artist

skyline

Contents page

Header

Articles

• The content page of this magazine is really plain and catchy

• The color scheme is a center of attention for the readers.

• The main contents are all in BOLD font.

Example

This content page has two artists showing the conventions of Hip-hop genre.

The main header is in a specialized Font and Very dark color used to attract an eye.

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• This page is based on Sufi Music. The artist is pioneer of this particular genre.

• He is also a Part of Rock/Sufi band Junoon.• The prop used by the artist gives the audience

an image of the Sufi-Rock music.• The articles are main headliner for the

audience which portrays the information about the genre.

• Bold Font is used to make the letters prominent.