One of my favorite parts of the Underground Music Showcase this past weekend was a series of panel discussions held in the basement of a local church. One of these discussions was a panel of music bloggers talking about their contribution to the music buzz. One of the panelists, Erin Barnes of The Donnybrook Writing Academy, made a point I thought was pretty huge. She said that it is actually possible for a huge buzz created on the Internet to be the undoing of a band if it happens prematurely, because the band is not prepared to live up to all the hype. This is a classic example of the folly of style without substance.



