Independent & Mainstream

Independent Music: 

Independent music appeals to all other genres of music, for example: 

• punk rock 
• indie rock 
• alternative/underground hip hop 
• anti-folk 
• heavy metal 

Mainstream Music:
Mainstream music implies that the music is aimed for the masses and the genres can usually be:

• popular music 
• pop music 
• middle of the road music 
• pop rap 
• pop rock 

Independent record labels: 

An independent record label is a record label that operates without the funding of major record labels. Many first time artists and bands begin with independent record labels. Independent record labels can often be faced with problems due to the lack of funding compared to mainstream record labels. It can be more difficult because they struggle to promote their music. However, though there are often money problems, there have been great successes with music artists. 

Mainstream record labels: 

Often record labels become a publishing company that deals with all the production, distribution, talent scouting, maintains contracts with artists and more.

Our band is going to be an independent band due to the type of genre that we are going to have which is: indie/rock/folk. I am also going to look into other artists/bands that are independent so that we can get more ideas of our overall research into the production of our band.