Excerpt from a YouTube video discussion about the rise and influence of independent music. The speaker argues that independent artists have proven commercial power (two independent albums becoming major hits), that independence lets creators protect creative and financial control, and advises young creators to build communities rather than rely on traditional industry narratives.
Their number one album, goddamn Independent is R B should be talked about how are now understanding their power and able to book the system if the system's not really working for you or if it compromises your creativity or your or your financial stance on what you got doing. Because it's two independent with two of the biggest albums, 1000%. And that should be, you know, that should be the conversation. But don't want that to be the narrative because you know, that becomes a narrative. It fucks up the market share. Oh yeah. It fucks up the ideal of what takes to get there. If you start planting them seeds in the 15 year old Creator today, that you can do this how you want to do it, but you got to build your community.
