8 Stereotypes in Indie music

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10 stereotypes in indie music

I wanted to share this blog post because I felt like we needed a break from our usual dense talk about serious topics. 

I mean don’t get me wrong, I completely feel strong about the content that I put up on this blog. I feel like God should be worshiped and adored with utmost certainty and conviction.

But I wanted to give you guys a little bit of my personality today and show you guys that though I talk serious at times, I’m also 28 years old and hot. 

So without further ado, here are some stereotypes in indie music. 

1. The beginner If you’re a beginner indie musician, hooray for you. You have just realized that music is your passion and you need to pursue it because you are that good at music. It’s not just cause it’s the ONLY thing you’re good at and the idea of starting a regular job is just too hard. But it’s because you have this big gift for music that would honestly be just a waste of time and energy if you did anything else. You have more google searches about how to start a music career than the average bear. You think that if you could just revolutionize the standard I-V-vi-IV chord progression than you would be golden and make a million dollars. You have a ways to go but you’re hungry and talented and that’s all that really matters. 
2. The rapper If making beats for countless hours and deciding on the perfect rhythm to rap to along with those beats sounds like a dream come true, well you’re in the right place. Rap is so rhythmically diverse. I one time saw on the internet a man who raps talk about complex time signatures and polyrhythms and how to incorporate them into your raps. It was actually very interesting. However if you really want to impress the crowd, you’ll soon find out that the regular flow of 16th note runs played at a slow tempo is more than enough to get the crowd pumping and jumping. You probably live in a big city, in which case you’re in luck because from what I hear the rap scenes are really big in big cities. 
3. The guitar player Guitar is all you know, Literally, I’m pretty sure that you know the nicknames to your guitars better than the birthdays to your best friends. You have talent, but just in guitar. You get all of the jokes about guitars that are said on the internet and you’re probably the no life geek version of guitar players (I’m one of these people) You can sing a little, but let’s be real, playing like Slash is more important than making hits. 
4. The singer You are the spotlight in the crowd. You have to take up all of the attention or else your superpowers fade away. You know how to do the most valuable thing in music that will make you the most money, but you don’t know anything about music theory and keeping beat is a nightmare to you. If you knew music theory, there would be no one who could stop you from taking over the music world. But alas, you can’t which brings me to the next stereotype
5. The bedroom producer You have FL Studio. Studio One, Logic. And Abelton LIve. You know how to use one of those really well and the other ones you use for hobby. You may or may not have an impressive archive of recreated productions from professional recording studios. You have a mini MIDI and maybe some mixing speakers. You probably sell yourself short and undercharge for all of the hard work that you do. But let’s be honest, you didn’t go to school to produce music or mix it, and you have a lot of sloppy chops. It’s really only good for making your own music. You probably only have a few hundred followers on your social channels. But let’s be real again, you are a strong musician, and you know you got this.
6. The session musician You are a hired gun. You get the job done when it needs to be done. You have a fiverr account ready to make some money but you have no customers, if only you knew that you just had to make content and you would have customers. But I digress. I’m not going to lie, I sometimes wish I could’ve made it as a session musician in my area because I’ve seen what those guys make and they make bread. I remember one of them charged 150 dollars on the low end for recording for 2 hours. That’s money. 
7. The influencer You have a blog, twitter, Facebook Page, Lemonade page, and Instagram page all at once. And you use it all for music posts to try and build your following so you can get signed by a major label. You know music really well but you’re trying to focus on building your following because you think that building a following is more important than making great music. And even though the following will help to land a major label deal, you’re still missing the important aspect of the music industry and that’s the music. It is after all the MUSIC industry. 
8. The Professional indie musician You are a rare breed. You get not only the guitar jokes that are said on the internet, but almost EVERY music joke on the internet. You understand music theory to the point where people are asking you to get on the radio. You practice your instruments day in and out, You know how to play guitar, piano, sing, rap, and create songs. Everytime you perform, you are always last (Save the best for last) Every time you perform, you get a standing ovation. Your gear is not the best because you are not that rich, but it’s definitely not the worst either. Your gear sounds amazing though it was only purchased at Music and Arts and the reason why it sounds so amazing is because you are that good at music. You have a decent social media following and honestly the only thing that’s holding you back from making a lot of money from music is time. You just need to clock in more hours into your career and boom you will be golden. You draw influences from all types of music because you understand that rock and pop also needs hip-hop and R&B. You are what some musicians only dream of doing and you’re doing it. 

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