what is indie?

After a lot of thought about what genre I am interested in to portray through my music magazine, I ended up with the genre 'indie'.
I thought it would be helpful to do some research into the actual definition of indie music.

Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent; this may refer to

Independent record label, operates without major corporate funding
Independent music, subculture music that is independent of major producers

• Indie dance, a type of dance music rooted on indie rock and indie pop
• Indie pop a genre of alternative pop music
• Indie rock, a genre of alternative rock music