It is delusional to believe that one person can have the skills to create great music, market that music, perform PR for the band and manage themselves. I woul

It is delusional to believe that one person can have the skills to create great music, market that music, perform PR for the band and manage themselves. I would venture to say that not only is indie music far bigger than you think it is--but I would go further--that there is more indie music than there is professionally published music. This applies much more to music than to games, and more to games than to movies, due to budget issues (obviously). It's just that you don't see most of it unless you're looking for it. One of my music folders has around 64 days of music in it. This folder contains entirely indie music, produced by a single category of fans, published biyearly at Comiket. A large portion of it sounds professionally produced; I would say the ratio of "good to bad" is no different than that of professionally published music. ... and this is from one category of fans, from a single set of conventions. For every professionally published album, there are a dozen garage bands publishing their own. And even among those who do publish through a record label, there are thousands of indie labels. When I hear a song I like and look it up on Wikipedia, a major label is the exception, not the rule. Of course, I mostly listen to electronic music, so it might be different here. But I doubt it.