Since there are so many tricks in the studio that just about anyone can be made to sound commercial, and since fewer and fewer people are spending money to buy recorded music, the focus is shifting to live performance. That's where one band can stand out from the rest.
The CMJ Big Break? Not Such a Big Deal - New York Times: "The do-it-yourself circuit was once a patchwork of live shows and sporadic college-radio exposure, but the Internet has changed that. Now, the most obscure band can put up a page on myspace.com and have its music streamed on any Internet connection, any time. So a showcase at CMJ or its springtime counterpart, South by Southwest, is no longer such a make-or-break moment.
"But a live performance, something more tangible, hi-fi and sloppy than a faceless MP3 file, can still make a band vivid."
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