Indie Music - Huh?

In this world, there are probably hundreds and thousands of different genres and sub genres of music.

New genres and their sophisticated hybrids (e.g. Bubblegum pop, tecktonic, black metal etc) are constantly created because musicians need to reinvent themselves, their instruments and their music, in order to capture a unique sound!

But what is indie music?

Many have argued that "Indie is not a genre". You can check out the forum here. As you may already know, Indie is short for Independent, which actually refers to unsigned bands or bands not signed onto a major record label. It's so difficult to define indie music!

One example of an artist who released her work without the help of the radio, or the traditional channels of a record label, single-handedly managed all the mixing, recording and marketing etc, would be Queenie Sataro. She is a very successful indie singer-songwriter to boot! Written with experience, Queenie posted an incredibly insightful discussion on Indie music, which you can read at: http://www.musesmuse.com/00000579.html

"...I believe that indies are on the verge of a musical revolution... indies have music to offer that is more authentic than anything that the majors have offered in years."

What's your definition of indie music? How do you think it sounds like? Comment!

Get yourself some Indie Ears

NOTE TO READER

IF YOU'RE SICK OF MAINSTREAM MUSIC, THIS POST IS FOR YOU.

ARBITERONLINE has an interesting article on Cherrypeel.com, a music community website where people who love music can discover underground artists: Indie Music Speaks Out.

After reading the article, I went to check out Cherrypeel.com. (Hey I'm giving you a second chance to click on that link if you haven't!) I think it's pretty similar to other music websites like 8tracks, Last.fm, Audiogalaxy, SLSK, thesixtyone, nodes.fm and Pandora Internet Radio.

There's really a whole lot of new music that can be played from the website, without any compromises on the quality of the songs! A fantastic way for music lovers like me (Are YOU a music lover too?) to find unheard new music!

Also, I've voted up some musicians who sounded really tight! Totally a great website for new musicians to share their own music and be discovered via the new media!

Have you seen "Honey" by The Hush Sound? Check it out here:

TGIF! - But where are all the indie kids?

Watch this to find out!



Have you guessed?

They're at Home!

Home club is home (pun intended) to Singapore’s musicians, where the crowd from the underground scene come together to lose themselves to upbeat tunes from musical heroes old & new; Muse, New Order, The Cure, Blocparty, The Killers and lots more!

The perks of being a homegrown underground club? Themed nights! Pop by the secluded hideout off 20 Upper Circular Road on a Friday night and be treated with your favorite Indie hits!

BEAT! is hosted by resident DJs Ginette Chittick, George Chua and Joe Ng who take turns to spin tunes and bring to you an eclectic mix of other space oddities. Now I feel putting on my dancing shoes and dance all night until the sun says hello!

Of course, if you happen to be one of 'em direction-clueless and fail to maneuver your way to the calling of thumping beats filling the night with a fusion of lyrical enticement and hypnotic raves, there’s one clue you will not fail to crack – the indie style!

Simply follow closely behind these eccentric-styled fashionistas and you will reach Home! It’s hard to miss them – loud prints paired with subtle leather jackets, accompanied by those undeniably classic Chuck Taylors. Oh plus the edgy, tousled hair!

Local independent musicians looking for a platform can look no further! Indeed, Home is the renowned and legendary birthplace of many successful local acts, some of whose success has carried them to international status!

Ain’t no indie night like Beat! (Plus, I've heard the beer's easy on the wallet, if that’s not enough for a great night out, I don’t know what is!)

We are Indiependent, Indieviduals

Hello everyone! Welcome to indie-pendence! :)

Before I started on my research, I had the impression that the term "indie" was just a music genre. I was wrong.

As the word implies, "Indie" is an abbreviation of Independent; a label used to classify business (fashion, magazines, even computer games), music and film industries with the power of commercial independence.

But do you know that Indie is also a subculture?

If you do, well then, good for you! If you don't, now you will!



Fans of the indie culture are often referred to as "indie kids", "scene kids", "hipsters" and, in Australia, they're labelled "coolsies".

These individuals have a penchance for being different and possess distinct satorial styles (see picture on the left ), interest in the arts and everything indie.

Nevertheless, we homo sapiens have different perspectives. In gURL.com, many have debated that being indie means "embracing a noble set of values--namely authenticity, experimentalism, anti-commercialism, DIY" and appreciating the world beyond culture populaire. (I thought that sounds pretty much the same as being an "authentic", do-it-yourself indie kid!) In my opinion, indie could mean anything that is unique and original, brilliantly created with freedom of creativity and with a strange yet fascinating style of its own. Don't you think so?

I guess it's hard to define the true meaning of the word "indie". Whether it's all about "authenticity" and "experimentalism" or the pride in being a true-blue indie lover, uncommon, peculiar and a collector of vintage-and-vinyls, I'll leave that for you to decide.

Meanwhile, watch a trailer from youtube on the movie (perfect for this topic) What is INDIE?.




Do you think you know more about what's indie now? I definitely do! Comment!

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independence (ĭn'dĭ-pěn'dəns) n.
The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others.













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