过去歌手只要把音乐做好，加上唱片公司的适当宣传，唱片就能够得到歌迷的支持，音乐产业也得以支撑下去，但是如今实体唱片销售大幅下降，歌手与唱片公司必须另寻出路，于是现场演出与演唱会变成是音乐产业的主要收入来源。
guòqù gēshǒu zhǐyào bǎ yīnyuè zuò hǎo ，jiāshàng chàngpiàn gōngsī de shìdàng xuānchuán ，chàngpiàn jiù nénggòu dédào gēmí de zhīchí ，yīnyuè chǎnyè yě déyǐ zhīcheng xiàqu ，dànshì rújīn shítǐ chàngpiàn xiāoshòu dàfú xiàjiàng ，gēshǒu yǔ chàngpiàn gōngsī bìxū lìng xún chū lù ，yúshì xiàncháng yǎnchū yǔ yǎnchànghuì biànchéng shì yīnyuè chǎnyè de zhǔyào shōurù láiyuán 。
Previously singers only needed to concentrate on making good music, along with appropriate promotion by record labels, then records would gain the support of fans, which enabled the music industry to sustain itself, but nowadays actual record sales have fallen greatly, singers and record labels have had to find another way of getting by, so live concerts have become the main source of revenue for the music industry.