Comments on: Building an Indie Name http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/11/18/building-an-indie-name/ Indie Music Blog - Independent Music News and Reviews Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Melvin http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/11/18/building-an-indie-name/comment-page-1/#comment-30562 Melvin Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:52:24 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/building-an-indie-name/2006/11/18/#comment-30562 There are several subcategories which music from the overall indie scene are often grouped broadly into. Music ranging from alternative rock to punk rock to experimental music has long existed in indie scenes, often independent from one another. Indie rock and indie pop are the most common groupings that conform to an "indie" sound. The difference between these is difficult to pick up from the instrumentation or sound, as both genres include distorted guitar-based music based on pop-song conventions. If anything, the key distinction comes not from instrumentation or structure but from how strictly they follow cultural constructions of rockist "authenticity". There are several subcategories which music from the overall indie scene are often grouped broadly into. Music ranging from alternative rock to punk rock to experimental music has long existed in indie scenes, often independent from one another. Indie rock and indie pop are the most common groupings that conform to an “indie” sound. The difference between these is difficult to pick up from the instrumentation or sound, as both genres include distorted guitar-based music based on pop-song conventions. If anything, the key distinction comes not from instrumentation or structure but from how strictly they follow cultural constructions of rockist “authenticity”.

]]> By: saubryn http://www.indieupdate.com/2006/11/18/building-an-indie-name/comment-page-1/#comment-29200 saubryn Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:50:46 +0000 http://www.indieupdate.com/building-an-indie-name/2006/11/18/#comment-29200 If you're reading this, you must have an internet connection, so don't forget online networking! Not just myspace - that is very cluttered now, but also facebook, bebo, and, most importantly, local 'scene' forums. Find out where your audience hangs out online, and use that as much as possible - if people remember your name, they'll be more likely to nip in to one of your gigs if they notice you're performing that night. If you’re reading this, you must have an internet connection, so don’t forget online networking! Not just myspace - that is very cluttered now, but also facebook, bebo, and, most importantly, local ’scene’ forums.

Find out where your audience hangs out online, and use that as much as possible - if people remember your name, they’ll be more likely to nip in to one of your gigs if they notice you’re performing that night.

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