Credibility
Credibility is the believability of a statement, action, or source, and the ability of the observer to believe the
above.
Common terms include cred, street cred, and indie credibility.
The last of which is crucial for an independent band to be critically well received. For
example, many critics, such as Stephen Thomas Erlewine in his lengthy review, decried Liz Phair's loss of credibility after the release of her eponymous album, featuring co-production and
co-songwriting by teenpop producers The Matrix as well as indie-credible
Pete Yorn and Michael
Penn.
In music, credibility is an ideological concept and may involve notions of
universality, complexity, and
originality, and autonomy (Green, 1999). Also involved is authenticity.
Financial and artistic autonomy is probably the most vital for indie credibility, the loss of which is called selling out.
Source
- Green, Lucy (1999) Ideology Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture. Malden, Massachusetts. ISBN 0631212639.
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