jillduffy writes "Steve Schnur, a high level music exec at Electronic Arts, talks about how video games are launching the careers of top musical artists these days. Check out some of his examples: "Avril Lavigne was first introduced to European audiences through FIFA 2003. Fabolous was first introduced in America via NBA Live, and went on to sell over 2 million albums here. JET got their American iPod commercial based on exposure in Madden 2004. Avenged Sevenfold were an unsigned act when we featured them in Madden 2004..." Schnur explains how the phenomenon is made possible by the new generation of media junkies, who feel a song becomes "real" "when they play it."" Link to Original Source
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