This 2000s Emo Frontman Recalled Absurd ‘Advice’ That Has Us Wondering if Record Labels Were Ever Useful

With the rise of self-promotion, social media, and more independent labels, the mainstream music industry foundation has started to crack. Artists don’t need major labels to make it big anymore, not when they can get discovered on Instagram or TikTok. That’s its own separate conversation, but the point is that independent labels are coming back…