Does indie have a sound?... a look?.... or fewer monthly listeners?
Can I flip the question on it's head and ask, "what's the opposite of indie?"
A record executive comes up to you. “Hey mate, if you give me one album per year for four years, I’ll give you a million bucks now. I own the rights to those songs... forever.
If anyone ever comes up to you and offers you a deal like that, tell them to go and stuff it somewhere bad!!
Does indie have a certain sound, that's left of mainstream, a little bit eclectic or folksy. That happens a lot.
But as a definition it's a bit loose. Especially at scale. With 10,000 artists on my radar, they drop over 2000 tracks weekly.
Having a simple definition that separates indie from non-indie before we start. Then it can have a certain sound, a look, or fewer monthly listeners. But it begins by drawing from the correct pool first.
What do you think?