First draft of music magazine cover

This is the first draft of my music magazine cover. As you can see, this version has many problems which need to be improved - but this is what you expect from a first draft of a magazine.
First of all, let me explain the good aspects of this version. One of my good aspects is that the masthead and the cover lines follow the eye flow in a 'C' shape. I also tried to keep the rule of thirds in contact. You can see that the image is in all of the thirds as it is a close-up image. However, the model's highlights are in the left-third which is also associated with the cover lines, selling line and the barcode. The other two-thirds consists of the model's face and the main kicker and explanatory text. Another good aspect is that the masthead stands out from the rest of the text. The main kicker also stands out, but not as much as the masthead. The text also fits the genre of the music magazine which shows who the magazine is targeted for - however this only worked for some of the text - this is also shown by the pink paint splat effects in the background. The background itself is also a good aspect of this first draft as it looks like a fence which can be associated with the genre.
On the other hand, there were many bad aspects of this first draft which needs to be improving. I asked my teacher for feedback of my magazine and these were the points which needs to be worked on. First of all, my teacher said that the font used for the selling line and the strap line works really well, however this type of font does not co-operate with the cover lines and so a fourth font will have to be used on the cover lines so it would look better. Secondly, the image of the model seems to be photoshopped too much and so, to make the hairline more natural, some of the gaussian blur used on the forehead will have to erased. In my opinion, i agree with my teacher as the model seems too 'fake' as so needs to have some natural aspects about it. Another point my teacher made was that the selling line seems too dull and does not relate to the genre of the music magazine. As your can see this is true since the phrase 'Updating you with the lastest news' isn't exciting at all and is simple and unattractive. The fourth and final point is that the dateline and the price of the magazine needs to have a smaller font size so there is more negative space around them.