The Brazilian music industry is self-sustainable: there are enough musicians and composers in the scene to produce something for every taste in the audience which, given the large community and the wide variety of genres, is a remarkable accomplishment. This is also the reason why Brazilian music is so well known the world over, and why its quality is so high and its signature so unmistakable.

Live music in Rio de Janeiro is another of the city's great icons, and it is celebrated as the Sugar Loaf Mountain, the statue of Christ the Redeemer, or the black and white sidewalk of sunny Copacabana.