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Post by katt on Oct 17, 2016 11:52:39 GMT -4
What point would you consider that an "indie/underground" band has gone "mainstream"? Does it depend on how many people you know are aware of them or does it perhaps focus on how much attention they have on social media? I'm merely curious.
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Post by vammy on Oct 17, 2016 12:13:59 GMT -4
Usually three things:
1. Have they had a hit song? ( Could I play the song in public and have a couple people sing along)
2. Have they gone atleast gold? (500,000 album sales if half a million people paid for your music then your mainstream.)
3. Is the artist an millionaire due to their music (If your rich from your music chances are your a little mainstream)
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Post by Bannanachair on Oct 17, 2016 12:15:28 GMT -4
It doesn't matter how popular music is; the only determining factor in what you ought to listen to is whether you like the sound of the music. I couldn't give two shits about what my contemporaries and peers listen to even if it's the same type of music that I listen to because my musical tastes aren't dictated by the musical tastes of others.
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Post by vammy on Oct 17, 2016 12:22:48 GMT -4
Tim-Tam that's not the point of the post, no one claimed mainstream music was better or worst
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Post by Bannanachair on Oct 17, 2016 12:23:47 GMT -4
Tim-Tam that's not the point of the post, no one claimed mainstream music was better or worst *worse Also, you wouldn't care enough to ask unless you had an opinion one way or the other. |
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Post by God Bebi Satan on Oct 17, 2016 12:52:50 GMT -4
thats p contrarian of you, timtams
almost wrote timtams as titmams and im still laughing
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 13:18:08 GMT -4
What is the point of the question?
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Post by katt on Oct 18, 2016 2:35:23 GMT -4
I was simply curious after having a debate with a friend and I wanted to see if opinions drastically differed elsewhere. That's really it to be honest.
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Post by Benzo on Oct 18, 2016 7:36:56 GMT -4
This is actually a good/interesting question, and probably why I have to answer "What kind of music do you like?" with a long list of names, followed by "You tell me, because fuck if I know."
As far as actual labeling goes, I think 'Indie' primarily suggests that, aye, they are small and with a small record company.
Kinda like a movie being introduced at a Sundance Film Festival; 'Indie' and small, changes genres and drops the 'Indie' once, say, Lionhead Studios buys the film rights.
Maybe it means bands between being a garage band and making it with a big company. /Shrug
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 10:34:21 GMT -4
Alright. I personally couldn't define the point where an indie artist becomes mainstream, and I've never particularly cared. I just generally define an indie artist as an artist with minimal recognition, and which fucking nobody but myself has ever heard of. I know many such bands
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Post by Eternity 2.0 on Oct 18, 2016 19:45:13 GMT -4
Alright. I personally couldn't define the point where an indie artist becomes mainstream, and I've never particularly cared. I just generally define an indie artist as an artist with minimal recognition, and which fucking nobody but myself has ever heard of. I know many such bands in·die /ˈindē/ adjective 1. (of a pop group, record label, or film company) not belonging to or affiliated with a major record or film company. guys, it has nothing to do with recognition who gives a fuck whether something is indie or not who gives a fuck about mainstream |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 20:00:07 GMT -4
Alright. I personally couldn't define the point where an indie artist becomes mainstream, and I've never particularly cared. I just generally define an indie artist as an artist with minimal recognition, and which fucking nobody but myself has ever heard of. I know many such bands in·die /ˈindē/ adjective 1. (of a pop group, record label, or film company) not belonging to or affiliated with a major record or film company. guys, it has nothing to do with recognition who gives a fuck whether something is indie or not who gives a fuck about mainstream You're the second person to misunderstand the question OP just wanted our opinions on when indie turns to mainstream |
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Post by Eternity 2.0 on Oct 18, 2016 20:43:32 GMT -4
in·die /ˈindē/ adjective 1. (of a pop group, record label, or film company) not belonging to or affiliated with a major record or film company. guys, it has nothing to do with recognition who gives a fuck whether something is indie or not who gives a fuck about mainstream You're the second person to misunderstand the question OP just wanted our opinions on when indie turns to mainstream indie can be mainstream they're not opposites and the obsession with "mainstream vs underground" is stupid pardon my hostility, my day has been pretty shit |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 22:30:01 GMT -4
You're the second person to misunderstand the question OP just wanted our opinions on when indie turns to mainstream indie can be mainstream they're not opposites and the obsession with "mainstream vs underground" is stupid pardon my hostility, my day has been pretty shit You're quite obsessed with the definition of the word, rather then common connotation The definition of gay is happy, but common connotation has it meaning homosexual Similarly, common connotation for "indie", at least when it comes to music, is lesser known or underground. At what point does underground music become mainstream music? That's what the OP's question is asking, if you really must get into proper wording And you're still missing the point of the OP's question There was nothing about "mainstream vs underground." No obsession, no nothing Just a simple debate |
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