90s Music Tech Paved The Way for The Bedroom Musician Era
The introduction and eventual acceptance of MP3s paved the way for possibly the most significant and controversial ‘90smusic innovations: Napster and peer-to-peer file sharing.Over the course of fewer than three years, Napster would rise and fall, acquire millions of curious users, and upend ideas around music ownership and distribution for decades to come. Napter’s founder, a college student named Shawn Fanning, reportedly articulated his idea for the service on an internet message board in 1999. Referred to by many as…