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 (DIR) Post #AiMw0l5gk9BYo5bjI8 by thj@mastodon.social
       2024-05-29T02:08:52Z
       
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       Why is "Indie" even considered a music genre? It just means "doesn't have a record deal".
       
 (DIR) Post #AiMw9hm2ReEr7rgNDU by realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com
       2024-05-29T02:10:28Z
       
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       @thj Maybe people making a certain subgenre of pop music got popular among the indie scene so outsiders thought it was a musical genreMost popular "indie" artists are signed to labels nowadays, which I find hilarious 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #AiMwg1aeItrzqrlZgm by duncan_bayne@emacs.ch
       2024-05-29T02:16:18Z
       
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       @thj I always saw it as a codeword for "interesting"
       
 (DIR) Post #AiMwle80RpKOp637zs by thj@mastodon.social
       2024-05-29T02:17:21Z
       
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       @duncan_bayne "independently released"
       
 (DIR) Post #AiMwtKl8LRSP4I164O by thj@mastodon.social
       2024-05-29T02:18:44Z
       
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       @duncan_bayne Or "independent label" - i.e. not UMG, SME or WMG.
       
 (DIR) Post #AiN0NjuFiFtjbuTKWu by mcSlibinas@river.group.lt
       2024-05-29T02:57:50Z
       
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       @thj or this meaning, just small company: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/indie
       
 (DIR) Post #AiNK6CApsHRX9R8lwe by duncan_bayne@emacs.ch
       2024-05-29T06:38:46Z
       
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       @thj Oh yeah, I know what it literally means.  But most people I know, myself included, who like and search for Indie music are really just looking for something interesting, something off the beaten path.