Is indie music more than a genre? Or is it also a fashion movement?

Indie and underground artists are known for their "rocker" look and "who cares" attitude. The attitude has not changed, but the fashion surely has. Crazy fashion will always be accompanied with music, whether it be the love/hippie movement in the 60's, the grunge movement of the late 80's, early 90's, and the indie movement of today.

Indie Kids don't exactly have the best rep at the moment, especially among those followers who think they may have sold out in order to make it big, but one things for certain- they have an excellent sense of style. Skinny jeans, thin ties and tight shirts are were all the rage when Indie music first came to the forefront, with bands like Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand all sampling the look.

I think the indie fashion movement is inevitable and necessary. All those people who are making fun of "scene kids" and "hipsters" are hipocrits because they are probably the exact same. Whats the big deal anyway? People have been put in stereotypes from the beginning of time, it's not going to stop now. Cowboys listen to country music, and hipsters and indie kids listen to indie and underground music. It's not that I am pro-stereotype, I just figure that people wont ever stop judging one another.

Making Money in the Music Industry

Apparently there is an easier way to break into the indie music industry.

Independent music artists can now get access to the best-kept secrets to making it big in the music industry through “Secrets to Making Money in the Music Industry,” a comprehensive course designed to help artists through music business success. The course is available through MusicIndustrySuccess.com and distributed by Platinum Millennium Publishing, a renowned leader in multimedia solutions. According to Platinum Millennium president Ty Cohen, the course was developed to help upcoming musicians through the complicated world of show business. “There are just a lot of talented artists with a lot of potential for stardom but their abilities just go to waste because they don't have the luxury of time, money and connections to help them out,” Cohen says. “This course may be as close to a do-it-yourself kit to making it big as any musician can get.”

I think this do-it-youself music industry kit sounds good in theory, but sounds too good to be true. Typically, artists are found by chance encounters or by submitting music to record companys. I'm sure music producers would like to hear a new type of artist before signing them. The idea of the course just seems like a scam.

For every order of the course, consumers will also receive the special print edition of the “Secrets to Selling Your Music Online,” three limited edition audio CDs of “Secrets to Making Money in the Music Industry” and a copy of the “Five Blueprints for Music Industry Success.”

If that doesn't sound like a make money fast scam, I dont know what does.