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Originally Posted by greedrex
this sums it all up pretty well. The link between the label itself and the distribution channel defines what an indie label is.
An indie label has its records distributed by another company : the distributor.
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This has been a really interesting thread for me. Thanks to everyone who gave me sensible informed answers. What I find facinating is, whilst the widely accepted definition of 'indie' is of course independence, judging by what you're saying, indie labels aren't actually independant at all -- they're DEPENDANT on out-sourcing their distribution to other distributor companies.
Meanwhile, the major labels have their own distribition channels, making them, sorta... independant, right? Moreover, you could argue for this reason that a tiny, home-run "basement" label which produces and sells it's product itself either through direct mail-order and/or the internet, by this definition, is actually doing the same thing as a major label.