Running from Sept. 14 into the early hours of the 18th, the 2005 CMJ Music Marathon brought more than 1,000 musicians to New York. CBSNews.com's Tricia McDermott made her picks and joined the crowds of amateur photographers to capture some of the bands.
De Novo Dahl plays in a lobby at Lincoln Center during the opening hours of the 2005 CMJ Music Marathon, Sept. 14, 2005.
The French covers group Nouvelle Vague plays at Canal Room, Sept. 14, 2005, in New York.
The Two Gallants' Adam Stealin, left, and Tyson Vogel play a late night party at Cake Shop, Sept. 14, 2005, in New York.
Tim Fite performs an early evening set at the Bowery Ballroom, Sept. 15, 2005, in New York.
New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman, left, and keyboards/vocalist Kathryn Calder play an early evening set at the Bowery Ballroom, Sept. 15, 2005, in New York.
Mary Timony performs a midnight show with drummer Devin Ocampo at Rothko, Sept. 15, 2005.
Violinist Theresa Hanley and Cellist Sarah Young perform with Cloud Cult, during a late-night show at the 169 Bar, Sept. 15, 2005, in New York.
Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performs before a crowd of CMJ badge-holders during a live radio broadcast of California community radio station KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" program, at Sony Studios in New York, Sept. 16, 2005.
Perry Wright, frontman for North Carolina's The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellars, performs an afternoon set with his band at Pianos, Sept. 16, 2005, in New York.
Neon Blonde performs at Northsix, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 16, 2005.
Neon Blonde's Johnny Whitney performs at Northsix, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 16, 2005.
Supersystem plays a late-night set at S.O.B.'s in New York, Sept. 17, 2005.
We Are Scientists plays at an afternoon party hosted by Fader magazine, Sept. 17, 2005, in New York.
Guitarist/lead vocalist Keith Murray performs with his band We Are Scientists at a CMJ party hosted by Fader magazine, Sept. 17, 2005, in New York.
Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade performs during a late-night set at the Bowery Ballroom, Sept. 17, 2005, in New York.