what is INDIE'S ?

Ahmed.M.K · Oct 11, 2002, 22:27

hi .. when i see in internet shop for INDIE'S bands like Kagrra or due'le quartz i see its writin INDIES Band ! ..

what is indies ?? is it style or what ?

Twisted · Oct 11, 2002, 22:37

The term Indies bands refers to bands that are signed with an independant recordlabel instead of with a major recordcompany like Toshiba-EMI, JVC, Sony etc. etc.

Sometimes the media also refers to Indies as a certain style or sound, but in principle you can hear any genre coming off an indies-label.

Ahmed.M.K · Oct 11, 2002, 22:39

oh thanx ..

.. but i didnt understand "independant recordlabels" ? u pay to do the album lol ??

Twisted · Oct 11, 2002, 22:51

Some bands actually do. It's usually cheaper and less of a hassle then to release your own music yourself.

Other bands just start up their own recordlabel to release their material. X-Japan is a good example for this. Yoshiki started up Extasy records to be able to release their own material, since the major recordcompanies weren't interested.

Independant labels usually sign bands with a small audience. There is a profit to me made with these kind of bands, but it's not that much. That's why the big boys don't bother with them.

Ahmed.M.K · Oct 11, 2002, 22:57

aha thnx

... pay for your songs damn why than i will do band lol :P , thanx again

moyashi · Oct 12, 2002, 02:04

Breaking into the record industry is like in the states ... very tough. Not everybody can be like Jon Bon Jovi and be found cleaning studio floors.

So, many bands play their music and have a small gathering in towns and cities but not really over a wide area. I guess fans or somebody says let's record our stuff and bands end up at cheap studios cut a few tracks and barely recover their expenses.

Some how ever make it big. WhiteBerry from Kitami Hokkaido were a local high school (or was it junior high?) where on a local TV program that went around Hokkaido looking up the latest rumor in around the country side. WhiteBerry just happened to be a band. They got 5 minutes on the program ... next thing I knew they were going National. lololo ... You just never know.

kinjo · Oct 12, 2002, 18:58

Originally posted by moyashi
Breaking into the record industry is like in the states ... very tough. Not everybody can be like Jon Bon Jovi and be found cleaning studio floors.

I was a great fan of Jovi, before he started making backstreet boys like stuff, all pop,and this was news to me.
And got his whole biography from the net. yeah, he was cleaning floors in his cousin's studio.
what a climb!!

moyashi · Oct 13, 2002, 02:14

Come again Kinjo?
I didn't exactly understand the part about "And got his whole biography from the net"

Somewhere back when I seemed to have remembered that piece of information from somewhere, maybe it was MTV.

kinjo · Oct 13, 2002, 18:33

to iu nowa, I googled and got info on his life/growth from the Net.
And there indeed, it was mentioned that he was sweeping floors in his cousin's studio before becoming the rock star Jovi we all know

moyashi · Oct 14, 2002, 00:42

naruhodo

I see. ugh, I need to get more sleep. sorry for being brain dead.

deborah gormley · Oct 14, 2002, 20:47

"Bon jovi",hmmm he remind's me of "sting" from the band "the police" the older he gets the better looking he gets, lol (tangent alert), sorry

moyashi · Oct 15, 2002, 00:11

Roxanne!

hehe, Sting also was in Dune ;)

Oct 11, 2002, 22:27	#1
Ahmed.M.K Regular Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2002 Location: Unaited Arab Emirates :: AD Age: 24 Posts: 19	what is INDIE'S ? hi .. when i see in internet shop for INDIE'S bands like Kagrra or due'le quartz i see its writin INDIES Band ! .. what is indies ?? is it style or what ?

Oct 11, 2002, 22:37	#2
Twisted That man in the corner Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,456	The term Indies bands refers to bands that are signed with an independant recordlabel instead of with a major recordcompany like Toshiba-EMI, JVC, Sony etc. etc. Sometimes the media also refers to Indies as a certain style or sound, but in principle you can hear any genre coming off an indies-label. __________________ ZenLog Earotic

Oct 12, 2002, 02:04	#6
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	Breaking into the record industry is like in the states ... very tough. Not everybody can be like Jon Bon Jovi and be found cleaning studio floors. So, many bands play their music and have a small gathering in towns and cities but not really over a wide area. I guess fans or somebody says let's record our stuff and bands end up at cheap studios cut a few tracks and barely recover their expenses. Some how ever make it big. WhiteBerry from Kitami Hokkaido were a local high school (or was it junior high?) where on a local TV program that went around Hokkaido looking up the latest rumor in around the country side. WhiteBerry just happened to be a band. They got 5 minutes on the program ... next thing I knew they were going National. lololo ... You just never know. __________________ crazy gonna crazy

Oct 12, 2002, 18:58	#7
kinjo 心 Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: currently in India Age: 30 Posts: 63	Originally posted by moyashi Breaking into the record industry is like in the states ... very tough. Not everybody can be like Jon Bon Jovi and be found cleaning studio floors. I was a great fan of Jovi, before he started making backstreet boys like stuff, all pop,and this was news to me. And got his whole biography from the net. yeah, he was cleaning floors in his cousin's studio. what a climb!!

Oct 14, 2002, 20:47	#11
deborah gormley Regular Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2002 Location: Nr. Ireland. Age: 40 Posts: 829	"Bon jovi",hmmm he remind's me of "sting" from the band "the police" the older he gets the better looking he gets, lol (tangent alert), sorry __________________ Debs

Oct 11, 2002, 22:39	#3
Ahmed.M.K Regular Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2002 Location: Unaited Arab Emirates :: AD Age: 24 Posts: 19	oh thanx .. .. but i didnt understand "independant recordlabels" ? u pay to do the album lol ??

Oct 11, 2002, 22:51	#4
Twisted That man in the corner Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,456	Some bands actually do. It's usually cheaper and less of a hassle then to release your own music yourself. Other bands just start up their own recordlabel to release their material. X-Japan is a good example for this. Yoshiki started up Extasy records to be able to release their own material, since the major recordcompanies weren't interested. Independant labels usually sign bands with a small audience. There is a profit to me made with these kind of bands, but it's not that much. That's why the big boys don't bother with them.

Oct 11, 2002, 22:57	#5
Ahmed.M.K Regular Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2002 Location: Unaited Arab Emirates :: AD Age: 24 Posts: 19	aha thnx ... pay for your songs damn why than i will do band lol :P , thanx again

Oct 13, 2002, 02:14	#8
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	Come again Kinjo? I didn't exactly understand the part about "And got his whole biography from the net" Somewhere back when I seemed to have remembered that piece of information from somewhere, maybe it was MTV.

Oct 13, 2002, 18:33	#9
kinjo 心 Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: currently in India Age: 30 Posts: 63	to iu nowa, I googled and got info on his life/growth from the Net. And there indeed, it was mentioned that he was sweeping floors in his cousin's studio before becoming the rock star Jovi we all know

Oct 14, 2002, 00:42	#10
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	naruhodo I see. ugh, I need to get more sleep. sorry for being brain dead.

Oct 15, 2002, 00:11	#12
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	Roxanne! hehe, Sting also was in Dune ;)

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