Tag: INDIE

For starving musicians and champagne-sipping mega-stars alike, a strong digital presence is essential. The ways in which artists can present and sell their work online are constantly expanding, changing the face of the music industry in the process. The need for intermediaries between artist and audience, such as record labels and publicists, is a thing of the past. Enter Bandcamp, a service ...

The great twenty-something dream of starting a band, getting discovered, and selling millions of records before de-evolving at a ripe old age into rock-and-roll shame is still alive and well, especially if you take a look at the indie music scene. During SXSW this year, YouTube announced a new flavor of its existing Partner Program and is calling it Musicians Wanted. The project aims to tap into ...

To the easily flustered: avert your eyes. Swedish director Mia Engberg has produced 12 short films that she dubs, as oxymoronic as it sounds, 'feminist porn,' the AFP reports. Artsy, with slow close-ups of men and women, lots of laughter and 'unsexy' imagery like hugging, 'Dirty Diaries' -- as the series is called -- hopes to celebrate sexuality, not please men. Enterprising, and not without ...