A spike in music piracy that got here as extra households across the nation logged on to the Web within the early 2000s modified the sport for numerous artists
Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba says that his band is one in all them, opening up concerning the time the place companies like Napster and Kazaa first grew to become common in NBC Information Studios’ My Generation.
“There’s no query Napster affected the report trade and it was a unfavourable impact in loads of methods, however not for me,” the “Fingers Down” singer says.
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“My information got here out on a small label. It had restricted distribution. In case you had came upon about my band, there wasn’t anywhere you may go get my music in the event you wished to,” he explains.
“If it hadn’t been for folks having had a option to share my music, I wouldn’t have a profession of any sort.”
The rise of music piracy occurred simply because the emo scene, of which Dashboard Confessional is a component, began to expertise true progress.
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“The emo scene got here up from a have to dig deeper inside your self,” Carrabba says. “Younger folks, you’re immediately grappling with a world that’s now modified ceaselessly.”
The altering world within the early 2000s got here with many highs and lows. Be taught extra concerning the moments that made millennials, as narrated by Kristen Bell, on My Generation.
