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::'''The Top 10 Songs by independent-label artists, since 2001'''

::'''The Top 10 Songs by independent-label artists, since 2001'''

   

   

Registered [[Directory:Centiare|Centiare]] users are asked to rattle off one to five nominations for this fun [[music]] poll.  [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] will compile the final list of nominees, then set up a public voting process, and do all the layout and audio sampling work from that point onward.  Just so we're clear, the songs you nominate should be original music performed by artists who have not ever signed with one of the four major labels (which account for 85% of music sales in the United States), nor any of their imprint subsidiaries.  Thus, we must exclude any song released by a band or performer who has ever been under contract with:

Fans of independent-label and unsigned bands and soloists are asked to rattle off one to five nominations for this fun [[music]] poll.  [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] will compile the final list of nominees, then set up a public voting process, and do all the layout and audio sampling work from that point onward.  Just so we're clear, the songs you nominate should be original music performed by artists who have not ever signed with one of the four major labels (which account for 85% of music sales in the United States), nor any of their imprint subsidiaries.  Thus, we must exclude any song released by a band or performer who has ever been under contract with:

==The Big Four labels==

==The Big Four labels==

The song should have been released after January 1, 2001.  (Yeah, I'm still a stickler for the new century not having started until 2001, not 2000.) Please pick the songs based on what you consider to be the "best" songwriting, musicianship, and production, in the aggregate sense.

The song should have been released after January 1, 2001.  (Yeah, I'm still a stickler for the new century not having started until 2001, not 2000.) Please pick the songs based on what you consider to be the "best" songwriting, musicianship, and production, in the aggregate sense.

In the space below, submit the song, the artist, the year released, the recording label (to confirm it's not owned by one of the Big Four), and if possible a link to where a sample of the song might be heard for free on the Internet.  This is '''not a vote''', but rather the nomination process.  (We will put these to a vote later -- probably on a site like [http://www.vizu.com Vizu.com], or maybe here on Centiare with a widget script for polling!)

'''Registered Centiare Users''':  In the space below, submit the song, the artist, the year released, the recording label (to confirm it's not owned by one of the Big Four), and if possible a link to where a sample of the song might be heard for free on the Internet.  This is '''not a vote''', but rather the nomination process.  (We will put these to a vote later -- probably on a site like [http://www.vizu.com Vizu.com], or maybe here on Centiare with a widget script for polling!)

 

==The nominees==

==The nominees==

Please model the format of the previous nominations.

Please model the format of the previous nominations.

*''Out of the Low Times'', by '''Alexi in Winter''' (2001) from Garageband.com. [http://www.centiare.com/Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs#Music_box *Listen here*]

*''Out of the Low Times'', by '''Alexi in Winter''' (2001) from Garageband.com. [http://www.centiare.com/Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs#Music_box *Listen here*]

*''Transmitter'', by '''Spiraling''' (2002) from Brizmuzik. [http://www.purevolume.com/spiraling *Listen here*]

*''Transmitter'', by '''Spiraling''' (2002) from Brizmuzik. [http://www.purevolume.com/spiraling *Listen here*]

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ADD MORE NOMINEES alphabetically by Song Title, above the line.

ADD MORE NOMINEES alphabetically by Song Title, above the line.