Dallas band seeks stardom the old-fashioned way.

For an unknown band, breaking into the national music business is no easy feat. The competition for big recording contracts pits any would-be superstars against hundreds of other acts, each just as hungry for success as the next.

While some groups have taken extreme measures to get noticed - Limp Bizkit once paid a Portland, Ore. radio station to play its single non-stop for days - Dallas' Blackwood Ave. is taking a more traditional route - going on the road.