I still don't see why people have to hate on Nickelback. Record companies have been generating hyped out bands and singers ever since someone invented record companies. For every Beatles and Elvis Presley, there are a couple hundred Monkees and Nickelback.

By and large, people are sheep. They move with the herd. What is Facebook and Twitter other than versions of this cult of popularity? They are both shit "apps", but they make money and are popular.

I bet over half the people who like "indie" music download it illegally instead of supporting their favourite bands. The fact most people support bands like Nickleback and not indies is almost funny in it's irony.

This music makes me wanna try heroin. Is that why indie music people dig this droning, annoying, sing-along stuff so much?

Look, after he's finished he's got that greasy, hipster look on his face..."Feel my pain and rage and, OH! Dole me out another warm gush of arm candy!"

Dystopian world, with a cute and happy dancing godzilla and indie music by The Leisure Society.

http://videosift.com/video/The-Leisure-Society-Fight-For-Everyone

They are vintage instruments, and I don't believe your standard music shop will repair them. Sometimes a little bit of pitcy-ness in vintage instruments is considered charming and nostalgic, hence the popularity of out of tune upright pianos in indy music. Also, overblowing or underblowing can push the instrument sharp or flat. >> ^chingalera:

So...whys the melodica kinna flat???

For me I feel he's talking about the "shoe-gazing" style of British Indie music that lingered across the 80s and into the 90s. But I guess Indy/Indie means something altogether different these days.

what a retarded sweeping generalization. really? "indie music"? no, dude. stop listening to the radio.

but, uh, totally right about dubstep.

More Indie music!!!

>> ^notarobot:
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Just so you know, I appreciate all the cool music videos you've been posting, even if most of them only get a few votes. I just don't want you to get discouraged, because often it's hard to get indie music videos published here. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Is that Clell Tickle? ... Ah yes, it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Giant

http://www.videosift.com/video/Introducing-the-dangerous-Clell-Tickle-indie-music-marketing-guru-language-nsfw

BTW, I have tons of indie music in my PQ which you might like (and by like, I mean "like to upvote"). I also have a sifted version of that GY!BE song "Dead Flag Blues", since the one in your playlist is dead:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Godspeed-You-Black-Emperor-Dead-Flag-Blues

Having dabbled in the music industry I can tell you that artists make almost 3 times as much from concerts as they do for albums. Unless your selling them yourselves at shows. But that's still money made at concerts. Record labels seem to make the majority of the profits when it comes to the work of a musician. The better the label is at selling your product the more money you both make but it still doesn't beat the money you make doing concerts.

What it record labels do is offer a trade, they have the capital and the resources to spread your bands name to millions of people. Doing that on your own as a indie artist is nearly impossible.

The internet has changed that somewhat. Now as an artist you don't need a record label you just need a lot of fans or band members who spend a good amount of time spreading your name on indie music sites (i.e. purevolume) or making a good myspace page.

The reason companys fail is because they would rather fight change then embrace it. For big record labels the industry has been the same for almost 40 years. And it's sometimes hard for corporate execs to find ways to adapt to a changing industry. (Hense organizations such as the RIAA,MPAA and DMCA are set up to keep the industry the way it is.)

Illegal downloading is a concern because it drives prices up. But driving up prices only increases illegal downloading. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing because it encourages artists to produce quality work and actually work for it. Take Mettalica for instance, the internet helped people realize that 90% of their work is utter crap. In order for them to survive they need to produce more hits and less filler. That's a tall order for artists who are in it for money and not the love of music.

>> ^JAPR:
I've been trying to start an indie/Japanese rock fad, but no success. Music hasn't been getting tons of attention here (I mean seriously, some true classics had to get requeued to make it through).

i feel ya on the indie music. there's a lot of great music that gets discarded.

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