Tag Archive for the term: independent artist

We love this story, thanks for emailing us, Barry!!!
Hi !
I thought you be interested in this music news (my song “All I Want is You” was used in the film JUNO but that’s not the news)….
So, what can be better than having your song from a 30-year old children’s album plucked from obscurity and used [...]

The United States is close to passing the first meaningful health care bill in almost a century but it comes too late for a great musician, one we will be mourning here for a while, who took his life on Christmas day, swamped it seems by the endless bills and sense of hopelessness after [...]

I got this funny friendly email with some soft, sonic songs for you, Indyish, shortly after publishing that little feature on the San Fran band Butterfly Bones, which included an unofficial track from a cousin who performs under the name Beach Cats:
Hi Risa,
I’m Chris Prudhomme aka Beach Cats, and I wanted to thank you for [...]

This beautiful video of Miss Emily Brown playing her auto harp in a British Colombian cemetary is featured on Vimeo HD today, congrats Miss Emily! I’ve had the humbling pleasure of being on the same bill as Miss Emily Brown one time, so I can testify to the fact that aside from her singing like [...]

It is the 60th anniversary of the long march in China and in this context artists examine the currrent pressure placed on them to avoid critical messages, in relation to the days when they hung their art illegally on the gates outside the national gallery.

Hi everyone – just a quick little note to let you know that this evening and next (Sept 25 & 26) The Franco Proietti Morph-tet will be playing at the Centre St Ambroise (5080 St Ambroise in St Henri). These won’t be regular shows, however, OH NO! We will be recording [...]

September 24, 2009
Indyish today released a new page dedicated to featuring the most useful How To posts from 3 years of independent artists blogging on the site.
These posts are featured along with a collection of the best indie advice guides available through Amazon for everything from promoting your own events, booking tours, publishing zines, [...]

First Aid Kit’s single “Hard Believer”, video produced by Varelsen, with cinematographer Fabian Svensson.
A triumphant echoey large song with deep wisdom in it like:
I just live because I love to (…) that’s human sense to me.
These girls are sooo young… and maybe that’s why they can see that truth telling and whole heart singing [...]

Submitted by Mario R. Martin… thanks Mario!
From the Orange County music scene came the story: Band forms. Band gets signed. Band puts out a great record. And shortly thereafter, the band gets dropped from the label – only to go back to the garage unnoticed. It’s an all too familiar tale in the music industry. [...]

Summer Jazz Nights In Verdun and La Caisse populaire Desjardins de Verdun présente Geoff Lapp Trio:
– Geoff Lapp Trio- http://www.geofflapp.com
“The Geoff Lapp Trio” will perform new music slated for my new album on: Aug 22, 2009. I’ve been woodshedding the new tunes and look forward to presenting them to you. You can link [...]