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Originally Posted by narcoman  Its' not quite that simple..... She got big USING myspace. With a nice viral promo team doing the legwork and spending a six figure budget. It's one of the oldest trick in the book! Let the "fans" think it's come out of THEIR support...... |
Colbie is a bad example because yes, it was her myspace account.
But it does show that giving away music for free can lead to a breakthrough.
Further, any artist who has risen from obscurity to success over the last 5 years no doubt owes a good chunk of their success to illegal file sharing, be it on torrent sites, blogs, mix CDs, etc.