It's all plain and simple to finalize:
There are bands that have most of income from recordings and there are bands that have most of income from live performances. There are also bands that are happy with income from recordings and would not wish to work harder to perform live.
Here also comes very important show-biz factor: frequency. Frequency of live performances, number of sold recordings affect consumer demand. More frequent live performances and frequent large distribution of recordings certainly can decrease demand on artist. So there's always a decision to make: to tour or to record a new album.
The year of 2011 seemed to shut up most of the good artists as I haven't had any descent live concert exposure.
There are bands that have most of income from recordings and there are bands that have most of income from live performances. There are also bands that are happy with income from recordings and would not wish to work harder to perform live.
Here also comes very important show-biz factor: frequency. Frequency of live performances, number of sold recordings affect consumer demand. More frequent live performances and frequent large distribution of recordings certainly can decrease demand on artist. So there's always a decision to make: to tour or to record a new album.
The year of 2011 seemed to shut up most of the good artists as I haven't had any descent live concert exposure.