Somehow, i attribute this windfall profiteering to the presence of the majors separating the rubes from their rubles has been a comparative cakewalk since they stuck their delicately powdered schnozzes into the scene. Okay, there IS the gripe about how most well, no, actually ALL of the patrons sicced upon the scene by dint of major label new wave acts are, essentially, dildos who will contaminate our happy enclave with their brutish outsider ways. Jeezus Christ, i'm 28 years old, i been into punk rock for a million years it is NOT real hard for me to walk into a show and figure out with a substantial amount of accuracy who the dildos are and aren't, and i'd imagine you could say the same for yourself. We NEED them. We can bend them to our will, divest them from their cash, and build the scene on a foundation of their bleaching bones.
Independent labels are just smaller, that's about it.
Talk to someone who works for a major. Now talk to someone who works for an indie. I just don't see a quantum leap of difference between majors and independents they both seem to espouse the same agenda, the majors just have a more advanced case of it. Besides, once some daffy fuck at a major label sticks you on a freebie list, you're on for ages. When Green Day was on an independent label, i had to buy their records After they signed to a major, i got their records for free .