I like very much how my friend Hunter Giles from @infinitecatalog.bsky.social ties whether you’re an independent (in the music industry context) to how you behave. He shared the following:

If you’re re-investing, you’re an independent

If you’re moving culture forward, you’re an independent

I am starting a substack called "In This Game Together". It will be a journal about culture, writing and music. For thinkers, and for those looking for magic in the cracks around us.

(Link in the comments)

In this fight we find ourselves in—the struggle for independence in the modern age—, we need to fearlessly push back against all market concentration wherever it arises.

I wrote an essay from the heart and mind about independence and the current state of culture industries.