How did Tame Impala become successful? An inside look at Kevin Parker’s climb to fame

Tame Impala began as a bedroom recording project in one of the most remote cities on the planet. Today it is a stadium filling sensation. Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker is a multi-millionaire. As a live band, Tame Impala one of the world’s biggest headline acts. Kevin Parker and his band regularly sell out stadiums and headline many of the largest music festivals in the world. How did Tame Impala become an international success? How did Kevin Parker make his money? What follows is a breakdown of several key factors which paved the way to Tame Impala’s fame and fortune.

The Internet

How did Tame Impala become successful? The internet! Without the internet, it is unlikely Tame Impala would have made as much of a ripple in the popular imagination.

When Kevin Parker began recording as Tame Impala, distance was against him. Based in Perth, Australia he was more than 15,000 kilometres from the global music business capital of Los Angeles and 14,470 kilometres from London. Even in his home country, he was almost 4,000 kilometres from the music industry capital Sydney. Given this distance, it was unlikely a record executive would ever have stumbled into one of the bars where Kevin Parker played in a number of local groups. This tyranny of…