Indie Music Rising ? Options

[Mr. Slowjamz]

more and more i start to see indie music start to rise from the depths of the underground ..and start to turn mainstream ...ic more people liking coldplay , common , and any specific such of indie type music ....more people are getting bored of the same old music ..... I personally think this will revolutionize the way Music is in the upcoming generations .......i even myself cant keep up with this movement in music .

Soo what do you guys think , will there be such a change in the way music is today .... i think so .

[*tweeak*]

when was coldplay ever indie? no no nonono. of course underground bands are becoming more popular. that's how most good bands emerge.

[*mipadi*]

when was coldplay ever indie? no no nonono. of course underground bands are becoming more popular. that's how most good bands emerge.

Actually, Coldplay's first label was Fierce Panda, which is an independent record label. Now they are handled by Parlophone (in the UK) and Capitol (in the US), which are both part of the EMI Group, which is a record label; so they're not indie anymore, but they were at one time.

Remember, indie and alternative are not the same thing. It's unlikely, but possible for a mainstream band to be handled by an indie record label.

[*tweeak*]

Remember, indie and alternative are not the same thing. It's unlikely, but possible for a mainstream band to be handled by an indie record label.

But in the more common sense of the word, that's not what indie implies. Besides which, the only decent radio station here plays "everything alternative" but the most obscure things they play are the flaming lips and the shins

[*not_your_average*]

But in the more common sense of the word, that's not what indie implies. Besides which, the only decent radio station here plays "everything alternative" but the most obscure things they play are the flaming lips and the shins

Indie: music independent of the mainstream because they are not part of a big record label.

But I don't see why it's so bad for an indie band to go mainstream. Take Death Cab for Cutie for example. Really talented guys in that band, but they used to not be manistream. Now that they've gained exposure over the years, they're becoming more and more popular. Therefore, kids who used to listen to really crappy music could open their ears to an awesome band.

[*mipadi*]

But I don't see why it's so bad for an indie band to go mainstream. Take Death Cab for Cutie for example. Really talented guys in that band, but they used to not be manistream. Now that they've gained exposure over the years, they're becoming more and more popular. Therefore, kids who used to listen to really crappy music could open their ears to an awesome band.

It's because once a band goes to a major label, the label has more control over their music than the band does, which heavily influences creative direction. A major label is interested in only one thing, money, whereas an indie label--and, therefore, a band on an indie label--is often genuinely interested in art or getting across an idea.

Take a look at any of Ian Mackaye's bands. They all stayed indie, and one fact about them is that they rarely played a show that cost more than $10. Why? Because they felt people should have the opportunity to listen to them, because they had a message, and they were interested in music, not making money. Find a non-indie band that has shows for $10 today--it's pretty damned difficult, if not impossible. Why? Because the labels handling those bands don't care about art or music or messages--they care about money.