#2 - Are You Listening?

The title of my blog is "Are You Listening?" Yes, it refers to music in general. But it also refers to my favorite band, Hanson. It's one of their most popular, most-repeated lyrics, from the song "Lost Without Each Other" off their 2004 album Underneath.

This line has become a sort of slogan among Hanson fans and the band itself. Hanson left their major record label to form their own indie label, 3CG Records. Now that they've been on their own for a few years and know just what it means to be independent, they've created an organization called Are You Listening? which is a collection of indie artists.


AreYouListening.com has a simple message. We are passionate about music and dedicated to bringing attention to music by independent artists and independent thinkers. At a time of complacency about music and rampant corporate mergers, the future of music is in the hands of the ones that value it most: artists and their fans. Our ultimate goal for AreYouListening.com is to offer a place where artists and fans can come together to discover new music and build a stronger collective community by featuring artists' content and putting forth an arena for fans and artists to communicate. This inspires music lovers and enables independent artists to stand on their own two feet with or without record company affiliation, organically exposing their music to a larger group of active music fans.

So... I say check it out. There are links to the websites of a whole bunch of different artists. Who knows, you just might find a new favorite band. :)