heard the term "indie" bounced around a lot these days and I wonder what the definition of indie is. I think of it as a reference to a musician‚ small record label or film company without an affiliation with a major corporation. I read this article by Bob Baker‚ the author of "Branding Yourself Online: How to Use the Internet to Become a Celebrity or Expert in Your Field" and the "Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook." He defines I-N-D-I-E as: I - Inspired He said to embrace the indie frame of mind
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Music is a very important part of modern popular culture and society today. Students are so clung to their person music players that it is almost impossible to walk around the halls of any high school without seeing some sort or cord connecting their head to some portable electronic device. It has even gotten to the point where the phones‚ used every day for communication‚ now serve as a way to listen to music. After observing this‚ one must ask the question; what is it that everyone is listening
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Kahl English III October 8‚ 2012 Why Indie Music Is Better Most people do not know about indie music. Independent music‚ in my opinion‚ is the form of all music with out the persuasion of the general public‚ as well as the persuasion of the immense gain of wealth that we see today by current mainstream artists. These independent artists have an unexpurgated‚ pure of form music with out the control of demanding labels and corporate companies. Independent music is superior to mainstream garble because
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An indie influence in fashion Does today’s popular apparel abate the underground spirit of the music that inspired it? It was just another Monday night at the Silver Lake club Spaceland‚ and local indie rock band Army Navy was performing onstage. The bassist‚ Ben Gaffin‚ played an almost-hypnotizing riff as the band’s catchy music filled the room. After the show‚ the patio was flooded with people who had anxiously rushed outside for a post-show cigarette. Now that the band and the fans were
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Seattle Indie Music Festival Mission Statement: The primary mission is to host a multicultural‚ independent music festival which will benefit the local performing arts organizations by providing a unique venue where new and previously unknown musicians may showcase their talents. Our goal is to create a unique opportunity for new and undiscovered musicians whose talents would otherwise remain undiscovered. Objectives: Generate gross revenues in excess of $500‚000.00 from music
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Many often confuse the modern Emo and Indie music scene‚ but little do they realize they are completely different. Between the sense of fashion style‚ the history‚ and the musical culture these genres are as different as day and night. Emo being derived from the word Emotional has a more sensitive‚ but commercial style‚ while Indie derived from the word independent stands for the modern independent music scene. Although emanated from each other‚ both musical scenes have taken a completely separate
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The final thing to understand about indie music to understand the role of “authenticity” is the characteristics of indie music. There are many different sub-genres of indie including indie rock‚ indie folk‚ indie hip-hop‚ etc. However‚ Fonarow describes some characteristics of indie music‚ she states “Permeating the indie tradition is an espousal of simplicity and austerity‚ a hyper-evaluation of childhood and childlike imagery‚ a nostalgic sensibility‚ a technophobia‚ and a fetishization of the
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Pinoy indie films vie for international awards Three critically acclaimed indie films will be vying for awards at various international film festivals aboard. Marlon Rivera’s “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” has been nominated for the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival’s (BIFF) Cinema Fairbindet Award and the Best First Feature Award for addressing a global issue and encourages discussion in an extraordinary way. The BIFF will be held in Berlin‚ Germany from Feb. 9 to 19‚ 2012. The film is also
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MUSIC Music seems to play an important role in the lives of many individuals. It is used for entertainment in listening and performing. It can bring about an array of emotions such as joy‚ sadness‚ passion and love to name a few. Music is used to soothe the grieving‚ set the mood for romance‚ reduce stress and lift the spirits of many. Overall‚ music serves an important purpose in the lives of many individuals and is used to set the mood in a variety of situations. Music is significant to the
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Music As is known to us all‚music is such a broad topic to interpret that I can not introduce it to you in detail‚ so today I just talk about music in my eyes. Here comes the first question:Do you like music? Many people like music.There are many different types of music all over the world: Classical music‚Folk music‚Soft music‚Light music‚Blues‚ Country music‚ Children’ s songs‚Jazz‚ Pop music‚Rock & Roll and so on. So what is your favourite kind of music? Soft music is graceful；rock
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