Analysis of Magazine Titles

The Wire

The Wire, more commonly known as just 'Wire' is a british music magazine thats main focus is on avant garde and experimental music. I believe it's title is effective as it almost represents the style of music that it features. By this I mean 'the word Wire' sounds almost like something that will give you an electric shock, almost like a live 'wire'. This suits the style of avant garde music that the magazine features as it's supposed to be shocking, edgy and different. The title is also effective as it's short and to the point as consist of only two syllables.

Dummy  

'Dummy' is a new music magazine which features mainly alternative and innovative pop music. I believe the title is effective because a dummy is something that is essentially a replica or model of something else. And seeing as pop music is generally about emulating popular styles of music, the word 'Dummy' is an appropriate title. Like the 'Wire' the title is also phonetically effective as it only consists of two syllables and is catchy.

NME

'NME' is a magazine that is mostly associated with Rock and Indie music. 'NME' is an abbreviation for 'New Musical Express', which works effectively seeing as New Musical Express would be far too long a title to put on the front of a magazine. Furthermore, 'NME' is just three syllables which makes it sound both phonetically pleasing and easy to remember.

Loud and Quiet 

This title is effective as it's oxymoronic and is therefore intriguing to potential new readers. By oxymoronic I mean that 'Loud' is opposite to 'Quiet' and therefore the title seems contradictory. However the title is actually quite fitting to the magazines purpose as it features new indie and rock musicians that produce good music but aren't particularly famous, hence 'Loud' and 'Quiet'.

Clash 

Clash is an example of another effective magazine title as it too suits the purpose of itself. Clash Magazine is an amalgamation of both music and fashion so therefore the title 'Clash' is fairly fitting. The word 'Clash' is also an example of onomatopoeia which is effective seeings as the magazine writes articles about music.