Music industry blogger Glenn Peoples on defining "Indie":

An indie artist is one not signed to a major label. That's a fair definition, and the traditional one. Most people would probably agree.

But in the context of today's shift in artist-enabling technologies, the term 'indie artist' could mean just about anything. A singer-songwriter with a great management company and an indie label is an indie artist. A band that plays local pubs on weekends are indie artists. Someone who tours regionally, uses social networking pages to build a community and sells CDs and downloads through CD Baby is an indie artist."

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