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I have decided to base my music magazine around the Indian culture. I have done a research on Indian music.The biggest form of Indian Popular music is  songs from Indian films, it makes up 72% of the music sales in India.^[4]The film industry of India supported music by according reverence to classical music while utilizing the western orchestration to support Indian melodies.Indian music originated through religion and belief. Hindu has had a big influence on the music in India. Through history it has developed and people of that society have created sub genres within one genre. Folk music, pop and Indian classical music which has sub genres: Hindustani music and Carnatic. 

Folk music:Folk music is different due to the string instruments used. Before there would be drums and bells however, now it involved much more modern instruments such as violin and guitars etc.
Pop music:Pop is referred to popular music. This type of music is more common among younger generations. This type of music has and r&B twist to it where it is mixed and produced to sound more engineered and has bass and features more artificial sounds than natural. 

Hindustani music:This is more of classical Indian music which goes back hundreds of centuries. This type of music was more common in Hindu dominated parts of India. People would sing to the gods and dance around to this type of music.

Carnatic music:This type of music is combined with voices and is more focused on the art of a singer’s voice alongside the sound of instruments.
Common types of instruments are flutes and drums (DHOL) 

While doing my research I've noticed that most Indian magazines are based around fashion and Bollywood (cinema/film).I will be looking more into the idea of an Indian music magazine and how it will best suit the needs of the target audience.