I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that the craft of music has been done in the past and the way that it is going to be done in the future. With every technological push forward, independent artists and musicians seem to find it harder to make money creating their art. There is a lot of good that comes from the distribution of songs and music more accessible through the Internet, but there is something lost in the process. As the means of producing music becomes cheaper and cheaper, the ways in which audiences consume music is also changing, making it difficult to pursue the craft of music. Will new media kill and old art?

These are the issues that this blog will attempt to discuss until there is an obvious alternative or the future of music and media has another answer for us. As this discussion continues, we’ll try to put up useful links and reviews of indie music supportive sites on the web, as well as industry news to help understand the state of the art in music.

As for me, this is my first blog, but I have been a failed indie musician for a long time. A former music conservatory drop out to failed independent musician, I am not what you would call an “expert” in anything save lowering expectations. But I have watched the music industry change as technology has changed from the 80’s, 90’s till now. And I feel that the musicians will always make music, and people will always listen. But both of those will be done in different ways. This blog will explore and review and note the ways in which music and technology will give birth to music in the future.

My partner in this endeavor has a perfect background in technology and the internet. Together hopefully, we’ll find the balance of music and technology and see if that marriage can be a happy one, or if it ends in divorce.

On this day which I’ll call Indie-pendence Day. We celebrate what musicians and artists will come up with next.