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rachelchinouriri · 1 year

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RACHEL CHINOURIRI post from January 23rd 2022 expressing the difficulties of being a black woman in Indie Alternative Music

Before then it was always “indie” or “alternative” or even “electronic”. Then it became…

“You sound like a white girl”

“I can hear influences of soul”

“This is kind of RnB”

“Neo soul?”

“This is white music”

No, I am just black and you see my colour before you hear my music.

I, like many others, enter a space which would rather adapt the space than accept us

Urban, alternative RnB, Pop/RnB, Neo Soul

This is not to say there aren’t amazing black artists who make this music… it’s just not all of us.

If you didn’t know what unconscious bias was before, this is an example.

I don’t hate or hold anger to people who mistake me as I’m aware it’s confusing sometimes. Artists are genre bending more than EVER, including myself but it’s ALWAYS rooted from indie/alternative/electronic or pop influences.

In my early days, to be put into genres I never grew up listening to was so bizzare to me, then it clicked it was because of my skin.

Any producer I have worked with can tell you that I have never once referenced an RnB, soul, blues, jazz song.

I grew up listening to hours of Daughter, Coldplay, ry x, kodaline, James Blake, sampha, labrinth, melanie martinez etc

This is not to say that I’m not seen as indie now, but the journey here has sometimes pained me and it’s because I was scared to speak up.

I’m even scared to post this incase “I lose support” from people which is so weird… I feel like crying.

2020 the industry posted black squares and publicly promised to listen to black artists so let’s talk, not just then… but until we don’t have to anymore .

I’m honest with my music, this is just one thing that always scares me.

My biggest regret is not speaking when these things happened sooner because when I have, the reaction (for me) has been extremely understanding. I am SO lucky to have @atlasartists

Speaking up and unapologetically being myself rather than adapting has made my experience in the industry so much more pleasant.

Anyways, I love you all.

Black artists exist in every genre,

Just let us in x

This is me

Lots of love, rachel x

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#twitter #alternative indie pop #indie singer #indie #indie pop #rachel chinouriri #rachel #so my darling

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lovrwz · 10 months

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愛 — 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴 — 𔘓 ۫.𖦹

愛 — 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦!!

#beabadoobee #beabadoobee icons #singers #singers icons #indie singer #pretty woman #icons #beauttiful girls #icons without psd #lovely #reblog stuff #tumblr likes #twitter icons

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lynnstarrisdead · 4 months

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Out of my mind, currently.

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soapcan18 · 5 months

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If the heavens can be both sacred and dust, oh maybe so can the rest of us 🥳

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sincerely-sofie · 3 months

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Let's Be Friends - An Original Song about Self-Love

I wrote this as a teen struggling with self-loathing to a ridiculous degree. It became a personal anthem in the following years and helped guide me on a long journey to actually liking myself. Hope it has a similar impact on anyone listening who needs a pick-me-up!

(Lyrics below the cut)

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Well, hey there Sofie,

I wanted to sing a song for you.

I know I was never that kind to you.

So this is how I’ll say that today all that ends.

Let’s be friends.

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You have a beautiful smile,

So don’t hide it, it’s bright and it

Brightens people’s days.

You also have a nice nose and caring gaze,

So don’t cover your face, it’s all really great.

You’re shy about your acne, you think that you look nasty---

But I’m here to say no one else is thinking that.

And if they are,

Forget them. They’re tacky.

Just own the skin you’re in, lady.

I have your back, Sofie.

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You love lots of stuff but hide it from everyone, even me.

I want you to know, it’s okay to be happy.

It’s okay to let yourself have fun genuinely.

Please just let yourself be you.

If you do, I’ll let myself be me, too.

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Well, hey there, Sofie.

I wanted to sing a song to you

To say we could take on the world, us two.

So— why don’t we do it? What’s holding us back?

I promise I’ll stop putting you under attack.

So now that that weight’s gone,

Let’s sing this song and try to get along.

Let’s be friends.

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You try your best and give your all,

You do what you can and answer every call---

But now I’ve got a request

For you,

Try your best to love me too.

Let’s be friends.

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babyaphrodite04 · 10 months

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some zoomed-in stills I might use later for something

#moodboard #aesthetic #indie aesthetic #indie artist #indiemusician #indie #indie singer #musician #queer artist #gay #lgbtq #babyaphrodite #babyaphrodite04 #joey moroney #pics of me

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sunshinexvibes · 5 months

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It's always, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder" and never, "Nazdeekiyon ka ptaa hai dooriyan de gayi."

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authormikamathews · 6 months

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Amazing!!

#song #alice liddell #indie singer #alice in wonderland #Youtube

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scotianostra · 8 months

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Happy Birthday Scots Indie singer Edwyn Collins.

Best known for his tenure fronting the Scottish group Orange Juice as well as his international solo hit A Girl Like You, singer Edwyn Collins was born in Edinburgh on August 23rd 1959.

The family later moved to Dundee, where the lived from the age of six to 14 after his father got a job as a lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. He attended the now-defunct Demonstration School in Park Place, where new educational ideas were tried out by students and teachers from the adjacent teacher training college, before moving to the secondary school, Morgan Academy

In 1976, he formed the Nu-Sonics, who resurfaced three years later as Orange Juice; the leading proponent of the Glasgow neo-pop scene, the band earned a devoted cult following but little commercial success, and by the early ‘80s Collins was the only remaining founding member, the group hit the charts with the catchy Rip it Up but after a self-titled 1984 release album failed to chart, Orange Juice disbanded, and Collins was freed from his contract with the group’s label, Polydor.

He has since pursued a solo career as a musician, in addition to work as an illustrator, television actor and producer, and as a record producer, he had a worldwide hit in 1995 with A girl like you, which must have set him up for life. In 2005, Collins was rushed to the hospital after suffering a severe cerebral haemorrhage; he would eventually spend six months recovering from brain surgery he has since returned to the studio and recorded again, with the help of many of his musician friends.

I would say he has a cult following, I wouldn’t be surprised if came up with another hit one day, possibly as a lyricist rather than a performer. He won an Ivor Novello Award, the Ivor Inspiration Award, in 2009 and a documentary film about Collins recovery, entitled The Possibilities Are Endless, birth by James Hall and Edward Lovelace, was released in November 2014. Edwin’s 2019 album Badbea, is named after a clearance village just north of Helmsdale, it was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year Award

On 21st August 2010 Collins attended the Helmsdale Highland Games as the chieftain, an honour also previously bestowed on his grandfather.

In ant interview in 1021 he was asked how he was coping during the pandemic, he said “ “taking it easy, relaxing, enjoying the countryside in the car, chilling out, shopping in Inverness, getting my hair cut…”

Last year Edwin was invited onto stae at Hampden park by Coldplay, where he performed his solo hit A girl like you. “The guys were so nice to me,” Edwyn recalled, clearly relishing the memories of that moment.

Though ever the perfectionist, he was quick to put singer Chris Martin in his place when his version wasn’t quite up to Edwyn’s standards!

“Chris Martin sings a few words and then I said, ‘give me that guitar Chris. That’s wrong!’

Eighteen years on from his stroke, Edwyn is recording a new album and working on perfecting his live performance skills, which he admits can still go awry.

UI was going to play footage of the Hampden gig with Coldplay, but the fan filmed visdeos are poor quality, so here's the offiicial vid of the song.

#scotland #scottish #musician #singersongwriter #indie singer #musical history #Youtube

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cadenceswishes · 29 days

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jasonirias · 2 months

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Jason Maye - California Sun (Official Music Video)

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magicovento · 1 year

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remember when kate bush was the main villain from berserk?

#kate bush #80s #kate ☼︎🌕#griffith #berserk manga #berserk #manga #anime #meme #80s anime #singers #indie singer

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lovrwz · 7 months

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☆ • 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴 •

★ • 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦!! •

#maggie lindemann #maggie lindermann icons #singers icons #singers #indie singer #icons #icons without psd #twitter icons #tumblr likes #reblog stuff

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lynnstarrisdead · 4 months

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I loved you how could you do this to me

#lynnstarr #coqette #creepy coquette #indie singer #creepypasta #indie music #unhinged #independent artist #michael donovan #photoshoot #california gothic #southern gothic #female hysteria #lana unreleased

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soapcan18 · 6 months

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God I love Bitter Water. Can we please never shut up about Bitter Water oh my gosh it’s amazing

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alias-disgraced · 6 months

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I broke my bones to make this EP. It's all I have right now, besides a tendril of hope that I make it out of my version of the woods.

I'm not trying to guilt trip. I'm just being honest that these are my pretty songs and I'm not sure when I'll be able to make more, if I'll get out of what I'm in now. I love love love you all

#singer songwriter #indie musician #indie singer #songwriter #singer #alt music #alternative music #original song #original songs #music #original music #Spotify

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