Quick Feedback...

The above is my front cover at the moment, these are the following quotes I got in regards to this:

• the date isn't as clear (its in the 'L'), to fix this problem, I will make the shade a bit lighter, but not too light because otherwise, it looks a bit distracting from the title.
• another issue raised was that the colour on the left looked a bit 'feminine' due to it being pink which would make it look like a fashion magazine rather than music, however, I personally think that the colour isn't as problematic in this case because other parts of the magazine clearly imply that it is a music genre. Also, I asked a male demographic about whether the pink would trouble them and the majority said that this was not the case. 
• I noticed myself that the masthead should be put a bit lower on her head because while all the other 'puffs' are in line and a certain way from the edge, the same should be done for the top half of 'Louder' as it looks as if it is going to 'fall' off the edge.
• Another issue raised was that the sub-section of 'The Making of Ava" is a bit hard to read so I again would need to make it one shade lighter.

What next?

Bearing all of the feedback I received in mind, my next step is to fix these slight issues to make it look as professional as possible. I think that its important to fix the smaller issues first because these are what make the bigger difference to it.