Radio playing a very important part and 'pag wala kang airplay, naku mahirap ding magkaroon ng malalaking gigs. When MTV became available on the local channel, that helped a lot too. Things definitely have changed. Now we can have websites, we can sell mp3s. Hindi na masyadong label-based.
Independent musicians can have an avenue to sell and distribute their music.
We can exhibit our music, even our video on the internet. It also provided a venue for the key players in the industry to dialogue - the artists, the managers, the audience. That is a scene it itself. Interactivity and demographic-independence, I think, are key factors. Anyone, regardless of age, sex, location, or what have you, can gain access to any media, for example music, that you put on the 'net.