31-01-2011, 20:30
Jerome Wrote:I also thought 'indie' referred to musicians not tied down to any label. So how does 'indie' refer to a musical style. Call me stupid, but I don't get it. You mention that independent 'does not necessarily refer to the record label that released the album'. I thought the whole point of indie was that you weren't tied down to ANY label. I always assumed that this was music that musicians released by doing it all themselves and then managing it themselves. ??!!
great point
I agree
I guess they twisted the term to suit them. Not sure who them is.
But I'm pretty sure it originally meant an independent label, whatever that means.
Wait, I've got it. It means not dependent.
Or maybe there was a town called Dependent and some band member said they were in Dependent and some marketing guy thought they were referring to the type of music they played and ran with it by shortening it to indie. Thus a genre is born.