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Indie Labels and Big Labels, what’s the difference? A lot of people struggle when they try to define what it is that defines an artist or a label as “indie”. There are some key areas where indie labels are very different from the big labels.

The first area, of course, is money. Indie labels, like indie bands, will never and have never had a lot of cabbage. This means that they also generally lack clout within the promotional world, so any revenues must be generated solely through the work of the artists and whatever staff the label happens to have.

Another huge difference between an indie label and a big label is the type of music they put out. Now, it may seem like all the major labels are putting out the same type of music, but in fact what you mostly here are the more popular formats. In fact, major labels will have a variety of genres that include many artists, with some falling in importance according to the label’s definition of what is worth marketing at the time.

Indie labels, on the other hand, generally have the same type of artist. Not replicas, of course, but if you listen to a couple of the artists the label produces, then you have an idea of the kind of artist the label works with.

Indie Labels and Big Labels, what’s the difference? A lot of people struggle when they try to define what it is that defines an artist or a label as “indie”. There are some key areas where indie labels are very different from the big labels.

The first area, of course, is money. Indie labels, like indie bands, will never and have never had a lot of cabbage. This means that they also generally lack clout within the promotional world, so any revenues must be generated solely through the work of the artists and whatever staff the label happens to have.

Another huge difference between an indie label and a big label is the type of music they put out. Now, it may seem like all the major labels are putting out the same type of music, but in fact what you mostly here are the more popular formats. In fact, major labels will have a variety of genres that include many artists, with some falling in importance according to the label’s definition of what is worth marketing at the time.

Indie labels, on the other hand, generally have the same type of artist. Not replicas, of course, but if you listen to a couple of the artists the label produces, then you have an idea of the kind of artist the label works with.

Indie Labels and Big Labels, what’s the difference? A lot of people struggle when they try to define what it is that defines an artist or a label as “indie”. There are some key areas where indie labels are very different from the big labels.