At the very top of the page the use of the "ROCK SOUND" title guides the audience as to where the contents page starts, the date and issue number is a typical convention of a contents page.
As the title is the largest white text on the pages, it also makes it clear to the audience as to where the features begin. The contents page is sectioned into two columns, one being of the page numbers and description of the various different articles and the the other being of the main image with a pull quote, allowing the reader to skip straight to that article if they want to (this artist will probably be featured on the front cover as well so audiences who have specifically decided to buy this magazine for this band will still be interested in the magazine) A typical convention of a music magazine contents page, is that it normally features a editorial note somewhere on the page, this contents page breaks the convention of a music magazine as no editorial note is featured. The pull quote also relates to the image as it gives connotations of the artist being confused- linking it with the main image.
The ideology of the contents page will be the same as the front cover of the music magazine, trying to keep consistency throughout the whole of the magazine as the magazine will need to appeal to all of its targeted audience. This is achieved through the use of house styles and colour schemes such as the blue/black and white combination which also relates with the artists clothing.
The target audience of the contents page will be of those who first where attracted to the front cover of the magazine as the magazine needs to appeal to the target audience. This is because the magazine will want to appeal to the same audience market in which where first attracted to the front cover of the magazine - this allows the magazine to create a house style and get regular readers and subscribers.
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