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They are interested in the business of numbers, commoditization and competition. Artists are being pitted against each other in hopes of selling more records, merchandise, or obtaining the ultimate honour of being featured on MTV\u2019s \u201cCribs.\u201dIn Montreal, we are fortunate to have a supportive and thus, prosperous music scene where bands that are currently successful got their start\u2014bands like Arcade Fire, Stars, Wolf Parade. Still, many musicians here and everywhere else go unnoticed because they don\u2019t know or have the resources to put out albums, make contacts or the connections to get signed.Areyoulistening.com is a website dedicated to supporting independent artists and is designed to form an arena for artists and fans to connect and share their musical interests while staying away from the corporate nature of major labels. Some bands supporting the site include Broken Social Scene, Adam Green and David Garza.<\/p>\n<p>The site was started by Hanson (yes, the blonde-haired boys who brought us \u201cMmmBop\u201d in 1997). While the band\u2019s past success has no relevance to the nature of the beast that is \u201cindie,\u201d consider their situation and you\u2019ll find a band who\u2019s in a similar predicament as the most obscure band you know. Things have change for them too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecord companies are becoming so corporate that they don\u2019t have any idea what their content is,\u201d says Hanson. \u201cWe decided that a lot of labels were following the same pattern, so we had to just get completely out of the major label structure.\u201d Between 2001 and 2004 the band\u2014brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zack from Tulsa, Oklahoma\u2014left its record label Island Def Jam and independently released 2004\u2032s Underneath under their own label, 3CG Records. The album hit the Billboard Indie Charts at No. 1 in April that year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to help network and give independent bands, fans and labels a place to have resources and to help promote bands and local markets, connecting people to indie radio stations,\u201d says Hanson.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from developing Areyoulistening.com, Hanson travels the U.S. college circuit condemning the corporate structure of the major labels and mainstream radio, while emphasizing the importance of bringing music back to the basics and the need for artists and fans to retain control of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndie music can compete at a massive level,\u201d says Hanson. \u201cWe just need to embrace it. We need to support the labels that are growing, that will be the competition because they are going to do it right; they\u2019re already doing it.\u201d There are labels out there that are doing it right; keeping their rosters small and putting energy into developing artists in order to ensure longevity. Arts and Crafts comes to mind, a label with nine artists signed, all of which are enjoying success and notable exposure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be proud when my kids look at me and are like \u2018what was it like to be there when Broken Social Scene was playing and what was it like to see Arcade Fire?\u2019\u201d says the father of two. \u201cI can see the end result. I can see these future great companies who are going to be powerhouses but doing it in the right way and the independent music scene becoming more of a breeding ground for great bands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/thelinknewspaper.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Areyoulistening.com is a website dedicated to supporting independent artists and is designed to form an arena for artists and fans to connect and share their musical interests while staying away from the corporate nature of major labels. Some bands supporting the site include Broken Social Scene, Adam Green and David Garza.<\/p>\n<p>The site was started by Hanson (yes, the blonde-haired boys who brought us \u201cMmmBop\u201d in 1997). While the band\u2019s past success has no relevance to the nature of the beast that is \u201cindie,\u201d consider their situation and you\u2019ll find a band who\u2019s in a similar predicament as the most obscure band you know. 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