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Meaning of indie in English

(Definition of indie from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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They have mainly been worn by members of youth subcultures, including punks, ravers, goths and indies.
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Specific promotions on the independent circuit are referred to as indy promotions or indies.
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You can have the best record in the world and 15 indies working on it, and it still won't sell.
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He co-stars in dozens of indies since 2005.
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She has worked on countless shorts and experimental indies.
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Most, if not all, the major labels and a handful of indies showed a lot of interest in the band.
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The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies, which are known as independents or indies.
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Smaller record companies (known as indies) will form business relationships with other companies to handle many of these tasks.
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The tracks on and are songs from the band's' indies' era; they performed these songs during their earlier tours.
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Such artists are known as indies because they release their records on independent, often self-owned record labels, or no label at all.
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Several indies did in fact manage to tour different towns within a region and maintain a consistent schedule.
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Nishikawa is currently a member of the indies rock band.
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The credit for aestheticising echo and reverb is usually accorded to ' indie' rb and country producer/engineers.
Perhaps best of all is the section on the generic signifiers of indie guitar rock (pp. 57-90).
However, for the public at large (and for the band themselves) they are defined as an indie band.
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Translations of indie

in Chinese (Traditional)
(音樂或電影作品)獨立小公司製作的,獨立製作的, (音樂、電影或電視的)獨立製作公司, 由獨立小公司製作的電影(或音樂作品)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(音乐或电影作品)独立小公司制作的,独立制作的, (音乐、电影或电视的)独立制作公司, 由独立小公司制作的电影(或音乐作品)…
in Spanish
independiente, indie, discográfica independiente…
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in Russian
niezależna wytwórnia płytowa…
küçük, bağımsız müzik veya film yapım şirketi…
независимая музыкальная компания или независимый продюсер…
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