Originally Posted by wedoitfortheloveofmusic

In the past there used to be a "barrier of entry," if you wanted to get into the music industry. You had to invest all this money into a professional studio, print a bunch of cds/tapes, book a bunch of shows, grease some wheels to get on the radio station. Now a days it's as simple as creating a social network page, a sound cloud page, and maybe a youtube channel and bam...you have a shot at the big leagues.