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Indiegrrl provides a forum for women in the independent music industry to network, exchange ideas, mentor, teach and share the skills they have learned to help eachother succeed the music industry. There are no genre limitations, and we welcome women of all cultural and racial backrounds, as well as women of all shapes and sizes...Indiegrrl is very different, in that we do not discriminate on any level, except musically.
Indiegrrl was formed in May of 1998 as a mailing list for women in the independent music industry. It started with about 10 women talking about what it was like to be a woman in the industry. It continued on that way for about 6 months, gaining a few people here, and a few there.... In November of 98, the founder Holly Figueroa, decided to go to the east coast for her first tour away from Seattle. She told the list members (there were about 30 at that time) and someone suggested that a bunch of people get together and do a mini tour. They laughingly called it the "indiegrrl tour" and announced it to 3 mailing lists, Folk DJ-L, folkvenu and folkbiz...within 24 hours, Holly had 300 message in her mailbox, women clamoring to be on this little upstart of a tour. That was when we all started to realize that there was a need for this type of network between women.
The The ITA Program is a benefit program for subscribers who want to support Indiegrrl financially. It costs $80.00 per year to join. Subscribers enjoy benefits from industry related companies, such as CD Baby, Oasis Tape and CD Duplication, and many others. Subscription funds go toward promotion and publicity of selected Indiegrrl events, as well as promotion of Indiegrrl Records releases. Click here for more information. To see a list of ITA members, click here.
Indiegrrl Performers are carefully screened and selected performers, chosen to play Indiegrrl events, concerts, and tours. For more information, go to the submission page.
For complete guidelines on putting together an Indiegrrl show, go here. Any approved performing member can produce an Indiegrrl Event with these guidelines in mind.
A listmember is anyone signed on to any of the Indiegrrl lists. The lists are free and open to everyone, regardless of ITA or performing status. For a complete directory of lists, go here.
No! We have many performing members who are not ITA members.
No! We have many ITA members who are not performing members.
We are not booking any tours at this time. Any future tours will be "artist driven", meaning that the performing members of Indiegrrl will book, promote and work out the logistics of the tour.
The Summer 99, East Coast Tour schedule is here.
The Fall 99, Midwest Tour press release/schedule is here
A sampling of other events that Indiegrrl organized in 1999 are at here(this is a link of selected shows with picture links included)
And a more comprehensive list of where we have been is here
We are slowly becoming more diverse, but it is true, that singer/songwriters dominate the performer roster. There are a few reasons why acoustic, singer songwriter, folkies are more
prevalent in Indiegrrl. The big one is that more acoustic musicians tour than full
bands, and Indiegrrls network caters to touring musicians.
Another one is that the original tour announcement in December of 1998 went out to the folk community,and ever since, the folk community has embraced indiegrrl, unlike the blues, R&B, country, rock, jazz, electronica, etc...or any other community. To this point,
we have not gone out and solicited members...they kinda find us. We are, however,
going to be having booths at different conferences and festivals this year, so maybe more genres will be represented in 2000...but we can't drag in people who don't want to be involved. We welcome, with open arms, all types and genres of music, and do have a couple of representatives of just about every genre.
In reference to the compilation...way back before the first tour was even thought of, some of the members of Indiegrrl decided to put together a compilation cd. The original intention of the
compilation was to put a few songs on a cdr's and distribute them between members so
we could hear each others work. There was no plan, no forethought, and no selection
process whatsoever. When the tour came about and started getting national
attention, we needed something to promote the tour with. Many of the tour
performers were on the compilation, so it seemed logical to get it mass
duplicated.
Indiegrrl Records is a not for profit label, with a goal of releasing several compilations per year. You must be an ITA Member in order to be considered for a compilation CD. The benefits from the proceeds of the compilations go back into Indiegrrl Records to pay for distribution of the record to radio. When those inital needs have been met, Indiegrrl then donates the proceeds to charity.
The Indiegrrl mailing list is how Indiegrrl began, and continues to be a forum for 400 women all over the world. All of the information filters through the Indiegrrl lists. We suggest anyone interested in getting involved in Indiegrrl sign on to the digest version of the Indiegrrl list. Send a blank message to indiegrrl-digest@yahoogroups.com
Indiegrrl does not affiliate itself with major labels, indies that are distributed by major labels, or any corporate sponsors. We are self funded, and affiliate with small, independent DIY companies.
For a complete list of sponsors, please click here
Indiegrrl has a strict policy to consider music first, well above marketability or appearance. When you send a press kit, it is instantly seperated out...CD's or tapes in one pile, press kit in another. Then, a committee of 5 or more industry professionals gather to review the submissions...if the music is exceptional (in our very subjective opinion) we then review the press kit. If it is not exceptional, the submission is discarded.
Anyone can send a second submission when they have new materials.
You can always contact us at: hsfigueroa@indiegrrl.com.
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to Webgrrls for ever so generously donating portions of their FAQ and code to Indiegrrl. Webgrrls is an organization dedicated to helping women in techonology level the playing field, just like Indiegrrl does with the independent music industry. If you are involved in technology, you need to visit their site...fabulous!