- Indie cred
Indie cred, a term similar to "street cred," describes the authenticity of an independent band. Having indie cred is crucial for such a band to be critically and popularly well received by people in the indie scene.
In music, credibility is an ideological concept and may involve notions of universality,
complexity , andoriginal ity (Green, 1999). Financial and artistic is probably the most vital for indie credibility, the loss of which is calledselling out .For example,
Stephen Thomas Erlewine decriedLiz Phair for loss of credibility after the release of her eponymous album, which featured co-production and co-songwriting by teenpop producers The Matrix (as well as indie-crediblePete Yorn andMichael Beckham ).See also
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Credibility
*Indie rock
*Indie music scenes References
* Green, Lucy (1999) "Ideology", "Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture". Malden, Massachusetts. ISBN 0-631-21263-9.
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