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Playing live helps. But so does practicing, and working really hard at writing songs. Some bands get big after a long stint of playing shitty music at small live shows, but I am willing to be that many of the bands who have 'made it' did so by spending time in the shed. The shed being wherever they spend their time to practice, write, re-write, etc. Too many bands have a facebook (was myspace) site before they can play.
Also, as with any business, if you try to create a customer base for your product, you are fighting a difficult battle. Sometimes you need to find a customer base, and create a product for them, or find the customer base to deliver your product. Jazz musicians learned this a long time ago. Some metal bands have too.
A lot of musicians do not want the nomadic lifestyle involved. That probably is one of the major limiters on the career of any musician/band. Sure you can go tour 200 days a year, but you could make more at Chic-Fil-A (and obviously at better paying careers) and still record music, and then play a few live dates. This seems to be the formula for the majority of my favorite metal bands. I realize this article was 'if you want to be booked', so I'm digressing
In which we have no idea what we're talking about, but pretend to to look cool June 2k11 edition.