[Illithid Dude]

Of course it's silly to say that Los Angeles has a traditional theater culture to rival New York. It does not. New York is the capital of the theater. But Los Angeles is the pop music epicenter. I know musicians in both cities, some very successful. You simply need to move to LA to make it in the music industry. New York simply doesn't have the level and breadth of studios, mixers, producers, session musicians etc etc that Los Angeles does. New York has the corporate headquarters. Los Angeles has the actual music. I guarantee almost every single major musician America lives in Los Angeles, or at least has a house here. Hell, I should know. I've been to most of them.