Sacramento is crawling with aspiring musicians trying to make a name for themselves.

Many music venues and clubs around Sacramento offer musicians the opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a live audience — helping them gain a local fan base.

With many resources at their disposal to make it big in our city, musicians can easily find their ticket out of Sacramento and onto the stage of a sold out arena.

Here are some artists who started in Sacramento and are now living out their dreams:

Artist: CAKE

Singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Gabe Nelson and drummer Paulo Baldi make up the alternative rock group CAKE, formed in 1991. Listeners can hear influences from different genres like country, hip-hop, mariachi and funk. The bands first single, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle,” released in 1995, reached number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart. The band’s latest album “Showroom of Compassion” – recorded in Sacramento – was the band’s first album to reach the No. 1 spot on a Billboard chart in opening week.

Fans looking to travel can now catch CAKE on tour on the East Coast.

Artist: Club Nouveau

The R&B-pop group Club Nouveau – French for “New Club – was formed in 1986 by Sacramento producer Jay King. The groups first hit, a cover of Bill Withers’ song “Lean on Me” won a Grammy award in 1987. Club Nouveau’s hit song “Why You Treat Me So Bad” became most popular in the ‘90s when Hip-Hop dup Luniz sampled it on their popular track “I Got 5 on It” and when rapper/producer Diddy did the same on his No. 1 R&B single “Satisfy You.”

Vocalists King, Valerie Watson English, Samuelle Prater and their band are set to independently release their newest album “Consciousness” this spring.

Artist: Death Grips

Rapper Stefan Burnett, drummer Zach Hill and producer Andy Moring make up the experimental hip-hop group Death Grips. When the group first appeared on the scene their sound was described as a mixture of hip-hop, punk rock and industrial. The group released their first mixtape in 2011, followed by the release of two studio albums –“The Money Store” and “No Love Dep Web” – released in 2012. Death Grips has gained a pretty solid following these past few years and Pitchfork even placed them 9th on their Best Albums of 2012 list.

Fans can enjoy Death Grips live this summer as they tour with Nine Inch Nails across the U.S.

Artist: TESLA

The rock band TESLA – formerly known as City Kidd – was formed in late 1982 by bassist Brian Wheat and Frank Hannon at the ages 20 and 15. The band’s sound is often described as melodic rock, matching their image as a rare, down-to-earth appealing rock band. Since 1986, TESLA has released 10 total albums selling 14 million albums in the United States alone. Album number 11, “Simplicity,” will be available for Pre-Order on ITunes May 13 through June 10.

Be on the lookout for vocalist Jeff Keith, bassist Brian Wheat, lead guitarist Frank Hannon and drummer Troy Luccketta as TESLA will be playing in Sacramento June 28.