Kerli on the music business

do you think you could achieve everything you want to without the help os the label? like an independent artist? because I know its sucks that the label is in control of the dates, but they are also the ones that actually put your music out there, right?well..there are different ways to break. You can do it yourself and make it so good that it has the chance to blow up on youtube or whatever. And if it does, labels come running wanting to sign you. That's the beauty of being an artist in 2010.
I guess it also depends on what kind of an artist you wanna be. I wanna make big visuals which cost a lot of money, so although, my musical sensibility is not naturally of a major label, I still wanna somewhat play the game and use their tools to fund and promote what I do. You can be an indie artist and keep all the creative control and do great but to get to a point where u can play stadiums, u need a little more than a cool online following. There are so many things u have to think of.
I made my first album to a major label in a very indie mindset. I literally didn't do one thing they wanted me to do. I had some awesome ideas but I was a shitty politician and didn't really want their input artistically. I'm glad I did it this way because I've proven to them that I have creative out of the box ideas and visuals so now the only thing they asked for was some decent pop tunes they could put on the radio. Conceptually and visually, I do what I want and they fully trust my vision...which is a really great place to be in with a huge corporation who naturally does whatever is the safest. This second album is gonna be really cool.


I really appreciate how much she talks about this side of her music - the music business side. Her honesty is refreshing. I feel like I'm not buying into some product when I listen to her because of it.

You go girl!!

I guess this isn't reallly the place to put it, but it's kind of a music business... If it fits better anywhere else, moderators, please feel free to move this post .

I didn't know you could ask people questions on Formspring if you don't have an account there, so I asked Kerli a question for the first time, and she replied!

Would you ever enter the Eurovision Song contest?

I would if it made sense. I will sure submit a song one of these years.

Do you think she would sing it herself, or write for another artist? I think it will depend on what message there is in the song. It would be great to see her representing Estonia in Europe.