Music On The Blog

These days music is predominantly seen as a by-product of entertainment. Big record companies contract only musicians who seem to be popular and profit-making. Songs we hear on radio sound as they originated from one and the same “hit making” computer program performed by convertible artists. Listeners are filled up with a mash of irrelevance and musical boredom.

There are only few people who intensively engage themselves with serious music to discover their own musical taste and style while the majority is bothered with the same song seven times a day on mainstream radio stations or on TV. Most popular musicians are hunting for money and fame while music as an art form gets more and more negligible among mainstream artists.

As a consequence of this, the independent music scene becomes more and more popular as it can be seen from sales figures and music charts. But what is independent music or indie music? On the one hand it stands for independence from major commercial record labels and on the other hand it means an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing. Despite popular associations with Acoustic Alternative Rock, Indie Music is not a genre. Indie music is not confined to a specific style of music, it can cover everything from Indie Rock, Punk, Rap, Country, Emo, Blues, Jazz and everything in between.

All over the world there are indie bands recording great Audio CDs in their little sound studios, with passion, dedication and totally free from economic dictates of the music industry and its marketing strategies. Their music reflects their lives, dreams, hopes and fears and does not sound like an easy to see through profit-maximizing “hit song”.

Independent musicians are suggestive of being completely devoted to their music. Thus many of them develop music further and help to get musical ideas accepted. These artists have an unsophisticated approach to their work without any capitalizing interests.

Indie music is renowned for its respectful, serious and decent approach to music as an art form. Independent musicians are proud of being immune to mainstream trends and adhere rigidly to their individuality. They accept the challenge of surviving in a tough and manipulative industry without betraying their ideals.

Lots of independent artists tour the world at their own financial risk, supported by countless local hosts in cities all over the world and independent radio stations. They are do-it-yourself-experts in many ways, for example in applying simple but high quality audio recording equipment or in using different channels of distribution for their CDs or mp3′s. Indie musicians have no managers, no promoters etc., they assume responsibility for nearly everything in connection with their music.

For independent musicians life can be really tough sometimes but their way of life allows them to stay free from contractual obligations and influence on their artistic autonomy.

Independent musicians gain our maximum respect as they remain authentic and uncompromisingly put their hearts and souls into their songs. They set the trends that big record companies follow in order to profit from their creativity.

Give it a try! If you’re a real music-lover, there’s so much fine stuff to discover beyond mainstream.

Check out some indie songs. A good starting point is a independent music store.

You’ll be amazed!

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If you want to learn songs, the internet is your best friend. There are typically two ways to learn songs on the internet.

1. Guitar Tabs – Guitar tabs tell you what fret to play on what string.

2. Chords – Chord songs typically have the lyrics written out with the proper chords to play over top. Sort of like ‘follow the bouncing ball’

Tablature – Guitar tablature is like a cheat sheet for guitarists. Tab uses a diagram similar to a musical staff to symbolize the fretboard and the strings. Each line represents a string. Numbers are placed in the tab to tell you what fret to play. Whatever line the number is on will tell you what string to play. Here is a good guide on how to read guitar tabs from Guitar Today. Tabs are great for when you have some time to sit and learn a song in it’s entirety.

Chords – Chords are a great way to learn songs ‘off the cuff’. When you search google for the chords to a song you will likely find almost any song you want. The lyrics are written out in full and there are chords above the word where the chord change occurs. Using chords off of websites online is a great way to quickly learn a song without worrying about note-for-note recreations of guitar solos or fills.

There are plenty of resources online for finding both guitar tabs and guitar chords. In order to find a particular song that you want to learn type the songs name into Google followed by the word ‘tabs’ or ‘chords’.

Using both of these tools you should be well on your way to learning hundreds of songs in no time at all with the help of the internet.

Ryan Edmunds writes for Guitar Today, a daily guitar blog featuring tips, tricks and advice for beginner to professional guitar players.
He also manages the Press Riot one way link directory for blogs.

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