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Originally Posted by fjtorres
A couple friends of mine had a band and they played the local bar circuit and did well enough. They cut a couple of indie CDs and had no trouble getting the disks into the local stores. Even Best Buy.
They got coverage in the local papers and even a couple of radio stations had them on.
Indie writers getting that kind of support in a major metro area?
Not likely. Not yet.
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This is pretty much what my husband says--indie musicians enjoy a support network--other musicians pretty much respect them no matter whether they are starting out, players looking to play or be in a band, etc. It's a different culture. That's not to say it isn't competitive. That's not to say that individual musicians may get a reputation for being hard to work with, etc. But there's definitely a different culture. That sort of culture may evolve with writers too over time, but in many ways, writing is a much more solitary endeavor. I don't know, but it's an interesting comparison.