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Originally Posted by astra
So if someone says: I like indies, basically you have no clue what they like? Because independent might be trance, dance or jazz?
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That's something that depends entirely on the person saying it. I know people who like indie stuff just because it's independently produced and they will look past genres and quality to get at it. That's more common with movies in my experience but with music too. That said, I have also met people who assume all indie music is punk rock or at least similar. Loud, dirty, and reeking of immaturity.
In reality as you shift genres, the meaning and impact of being independent drastically changes (in music anyway.) In Jazz, it's about whether you perform and where you've done so and who you've done so with. Within techno it's about gigs and local notoriety. Hardly any DJ's are not independent.
With rock it's usually an indication that you're on a very small label and they don't restrict your art at all....
so yeah, no clear answer for you