Tag Archive for the term: independent (Page: 2)

With the radical growth of music file sharing in North America from 1999, especially in the under-30 age demographic, many who earn their livelihood in the music industry are of the opinion that this is in some way related to industry practices… that the industry had sown the seeds of its own demise through the […]

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Worn Journal is looking for people to take pictures for our website in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa. You need not be professional, but you must have your own digital camera, be interested in the independent creating community, excited to meet new people and be part of a growing fashion publication and able to commit […]

Well, since No Media Kings, seemed to dig my last Indie Intern posts on how to get and keep ‘em, I felt inspired to hammer our another set of How To thoughts that occurred to me yesterday - this time it’s about time, and how to get more of it.
I started to jot down […]

Non-commercial community radio that emphasizes independent and local alongside intrepid international audio - can we agree this sounds like a good thing? I don’t know much about the current debate at University of Waterloo aside from what is described below, and the brief mention my new Indyish friend made when she (who seems to […]

Adbusters is in court today in Canada fighting for the air waves as public space, here’s a quick sum up of why:
For those of you not quite up to speed, here’s the gist: After over a decade of having our consumer-awareness TV spots rejected by just about every major commercial broadcaster in North America (often […]

Intern’s are like the holy grail for independent artists. Someone who will work with me on my dream scheme FOR FREE because they actually care to learn about what I DO? Amazing. Companies with good reputations and payrolls don’t have the same feeling about interns, I don’t think. From certain perspectives interns are largely a […]

Mmm New York, if you live within, I dunno, 300 miles of the town you feel it’s pull; it’s probably the magnetic energy of all those living thinking things and their massive moving systems. New York at Christmas is spectacular, but if the Macy’s glow has worn off for you a bit this year, if […]

It’s difficult not to gently mock our nation’s capital for it’s under-abundance of independent culture, but I’m learning to ease up on poor O-town. After all, what they may lack in blazing electro hiphop or whathaveyou they make up for in earnest state sponsored stateliness which looks pretty under the snow, and pockets of serious […]

I had a quick phone chat with Dave Cool today that got me thinking about his post on diversified revenue as key to indie survival, and I had so many reasons to second that emotion it seemed blog-worthy. Elran and I definitely have had to work the many angles to be able to keep developing […]