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What is Indie?
ALoveSupreme:
The other problem with the umbrella term Indie (rather than the genuine term mentioned by Staedler and Tommy) is that about 90% of it, well known or not, pretty much just sounds like generic pop music or, in the worst cases, adult contemporary.
jimbunny:
I've always thought of adult contemporary as the more palatable side of (90s, in my mind) commercial pop music. Bands like Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra, Spin Doctors, Natalie Merchant. Maybe it's just nostalgia speaking, but what's so horrible there?
carrotosaurus:
Indie is not a genre, but Indie Pop is, amirite?
Seriously, genres are getting to be worthless words these days.
Ernest:
Indie is everything on an independent label I think.
yossarian07:
--- Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 06 Dec 2007, 08:03 ---Indie is everything on an independent label I think.
--- End quote ---
Not so much these days. I think it's more about estabishing a fan base on an indie label. There are tons of bands that are considered indie that are on major labels right now, but only moved to a major label after they were already popular on an indie label. (The Decemberists, Death Cab, The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, etc.)
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