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LABELED INDIE-PENDENT

By mctreve | July 10, 2010

“Often, a deal from an independent label is quite the same to that of a major label. In instances where an independent label is distributed by a major label, the independent label itself will have to have a major-label deal. In this case, the independent label would want to be sure that their contract with [...]

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ON TOUR

By mctreve | June 10, 2010

 “When a band goes on tour, it may or may not have the financial backing of its label. An artist receives a fixed fee or a percentage of the tickets sold by the venue owner or promoter. Touring is an expensive process. A moderate estimate of touring costs with a bus and small crew can [...]

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Indie and Technology Joining Hands – A continuation

By Tristan | May 10, 2010

Digital services offer the opportunity of exposure to new fans and the possibility of increased sales through online retailers. Artists can also release music more frequently and quickly if it is available online. In addition, artists have the option of releasing limited edition, out-of-print, or live material that would be too costly to produce through [...]

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The Indie Music

By Tristan | March 10, 2010

Indie artists are concerned more with self-expression than commercial considerations. It actually originated with punk during the year 1970, is often associated with indie, with people in the scene being involved in bands, labels and nights. Indie often has an internationalist outlook branching from unification with other fans, bands and labels in other countries who [...]

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Unity that has formed “indieâ€

By Tristan | February 10, 2010

There is a strong sense of unity that materializes from altruism among indie bands and often results in collaborations and joint tours. Indie artists of any particular time often go against the prevailing trends of their time to reinvent or think of something different. A ‘lo-fi’ aesthetic has often been associated with indie, particularly when [...]

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Always Never Again

By Tristan | December 20, 2009

After releasing their first single Born Into the World here’s the new one Always Never Again. Supersystem was the kind of band that makes organic, free-floating jazz, techno manipulated music. The album was groove-oriented type of music that most concert goers and fans will love to hear.
Even though this album seems to target the mass [...]

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Walking with Thee

By Tristan | November 15, 2009

Walking with Thee from Clinic transfigured the world of indie music. Beats of guitars, which repeatedly played, are everywhere in the songs. This album was very alike with the songs of Radiohead. But Clinic was not a low-grade artist.
Although the style of Clinic falls short of the Radiohead’s Style, it has its own charisma for [...]

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In a safe Place

By Tristan | October 10, 2009

Jimmy LaValle was genius; play at many genres has never disappointed anyone. He is multi-talented and very classic in his music selection.
His been into piano rock on Tristeza, into solemn sounds of Black Heart Procession and to loudly music of The Locust. His musics in the indie world were very respectable, inluding this.

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BACKGROUND BASICS

By mctreve | September 3, 2009

The independent music scene has been around for some time now. It started with  a do-it-yourself way of thinking which started in the 1970’s with the genre punk, and has since evolved into the indie scene that we know today. Indie artists are more concerned with expressing themsleves rather than the commercial aspect of the [...]

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Express and Entertain

By Tristan | April 20, 2009

Independent music, or Indie Music, refers to a genre, a kind, or a variety of music. In this kind of music, you are the one who will produce, who will create and who will do the recording and publishing. Well, it may sound obscure, but several artists have gone too far because of Independent Music. [...]

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