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You can. You will not be seen unless a label or some big name promotes you. Radio? Forget about it. Big concerts next to big agents? Nope. Thing is, breaking

• bigyabai 1y ago
  It's worth nothing that we don't live in the 1980s anymore. Radio play, opening for Nickleback, selling merch - all of this matters much less than having a dedicated Internet following. We have lots of examples of musicians in the modern era eschewing radio play entirely, only for radios to beg for licensing rights to play their music. Or successful artists who started their own label or bought-back the rights to their masters. The times have changed quite significantly. The other thing people seem to forget is that many of the original labels were talent agencies. The reason they promote anyone at all is to try and recoup the investment of supporting all of them. You don't have to empathize with record labels, but modern artists can absolutely "scale" without someone artificially inflating their popularity.
• socalgal2 1y ago
  I know you aren't the same person as above but the person above wrote > they used to invest in artist development. Now they don't. Most spend very little on promotion You seem to be claiming they are providing value. It they aren't providing any value then artists should not sign up. If the are providing value then it's up to the artist whether or not that value is worth it. Radio? who listens to radio now-a-days?