the expanding realm of the diy punk aesthetic.

After the lecture on experimental music which was a bit hard to appreciate as actually music, however it showed me that that experimental music ideals were new however much of it embodies the DIY aesthetic that came from punk. Experimental music has often been described as new punk, which is interesting as it could be seen as a sub-genre of punk. In terms of the DIY aesthetic, the process of making, performing and producing experimental music is very much DIY. You can now produce your own music on laptops or use them as an instrument, and distribute it via the Internet, and digital/ experimental music is going to be the way of the future for most music. Indie music in particular which could also be seen as a sub-genre of punk as it also empodies this anti-commercialist/do it yourself music and culture ethic.Nirvana was on of the first bands that came out of this underground punk scene and got their music distributed through an independent record label and look how important they are now to the grunge/indie scene.

After doing a search of various blogs they also seem to agree that the diy punk ethic has influenced indie and other genres. Christina Pomoni's blog-

http://christinapomoni.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/how-the-diy-ethic-of-punk-rock-influenced-indie-record-labels/

discusses how punk influenced indie record labels. She states that punks -
" Do It Yourself (DIY) ethic was mainly reflected in distinctive clothing, hairstyle and artwork to convey a new radical ethos generated from punk groups. By opposing to the production values of pop music, punk rock soon became something that anyone could do."

She later goes on to state:
"The punk rock era produced a turning point for independent labels and the DIY ethos considering the emergence of a plethora of independent labels. Indie music evolved in the garages of the US and the UK, where young people were figuring out what they really could do with their guitars and electronic equipment. Singing with a pissed-off voice and being focused on the DIY ethic grind that punk music offered, these self-asserted Indie groups transplanted the actions of the proto punk bands into a new kind of music. "

Another blog states in its post:
"The do-it-yourself attitude, conceived out of a combination of ambition and necessity, was revelatory to a particular generation who may have grown up with punk but still saw the movement’s bands releasing albums on major labels; what started as adding a lower rung to the ladder became an end goal in itself, with labels like Dischord and K insisting that DIY techniques represented a way of making music that was anti-hierarchical, inclusive, and democratic." http://idolator.com/5190451/is-diy-just-another-word-for-nothing-left-to-lose

So as you can see that others also see that the diy ethic that was originally attributed to punk is being used by other scenes and genres to expand their music. The anti-commercial, do it your self production and presentation of the music has now far exceeded punk and its ideals are being used far beyond what was originally punk.