How Do You Successfully Develop Your Brand As An Indie? Four Experts Weigh In
Brand awareness is crucial for an indie artist—so we spoke with four experts for their advice.
Brand awareness is crucial for an indie artist—so we spoke with four experts for their advice.
Bernz and Wrekonize discuss their new album, 'Search Party,' staying consistent while mixing up their sound and embracing the mainstream.
"The first time I told my mother, I didn’t use any words."
The more we work as one, the faster the arc of the moral universe will bend towards justice.
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Broaden your horizons and you might just walk away with your new favorite artist.
Artists like Ice Cube, Guru and MC Lyte are overlooked far too often in these discussions.
The Los Angeles native details his journey from almost signing with TDE to making the best music of his career.
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Four insiders share invaluable information about touring successfully as an independent artist.
"Sometimes a shadow is just a shadow."
Hint: It's not the indie creators that helped build the platform into the giant it is today.
Since then, I’ve been a whole lot broker but also a whole lot happier.
A million ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, but the number still holds plenty of weight.
We're all being played, but sometimes that's OK.
Brooklyn rapper Radamiz breaks down all of his expenses for his indie album 'Writeous'.
Artists like Chance are dripping in so much “it” factor that the algorithms don’t stand a chance of keeping up.
"As an independent artist, the fear is the hardest part. If you can get past yourself, you can get past anything."
Everyone loses when every potentially great music discovery is watered down by the blog that cried “next up.”
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Joey has been broadening his mainstream appeal without ever compromising quality or authenticity.
It’s time we look at how we’ve treated our culture’s stars and heroes when they’ve faced public adversity.
The fact that rappers like Yachty and Vince Staples, with massive youth fanbases, are embracing sobriety cannot be understated.
I’ve got a SoundCloud rapper to thank for getting me through some of my darkest times.