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Cassette Tapes. The Future Of Music?

Mary Spender

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00:00 The Future of Music?
02:44 The Return of Physical
05:15 A Compact History
06:30 An Irrational Activity?
09:48 Super Sexy Heartbreak Cassette

20 Comments

@MarySpender Creator 2 years ago Pinned

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@acerimmer8338 2 years ago

Anybody ever remember sitting next to the stereo all night, waiting for your favorite songs to play on the radio and rushing to press the record button on cassette? Then hoping the DJ doesn't cut the song short or, even worse, start talking over it???

@johnflynn556 2 years ago

The best thing about physical albums and CDs is reading the sleeve notes when listening to the whole album for the first time.

@charlescdt6509 2 years ago

If you took the time to make a mixtape, that person was very important.

@Cici_Dial 2 years ago

I loved the physical sounds of using the cassete. The mild rattle, clicking and clacking that comes from handling the tape, inserting and ejecting from the player the sound of pushing the mechanical player buttons. And who can forget the distinctive sound if taking the cassette for a spin around the bic pen?
And finally, the rare sound of unspooling miles of tape by holding the cassette out the car window at high speed? Remember the aftemath of seeing cars pass you, now festooned with tape wrapped around their antennas, bumpers and wipers. The good old days!

@PaulPredicts 2 years ago

When my father died, my sister was ‘executor’ and decided what was kept, and what was thrown away. While at her house I noticed the skip out front full of his old ‘junk’. I looked through some of it…. And in a plastic bag I found his old tape Walkman.

Inside that Walkman was a mix-tape I had made him over 20 years before. One sisters ‘trash’ truly is another ‘brothers’ treasure.

@viktorvigh4513 2 years ago

The great thing about a Walkman is that no one can call you and interrupt while you're listening to your tape. There are no notifications from apps, no ads, no distraction.

@PsychedelicGoo 2 years ago

Nothing can compare with the thrill I got as a kid, saving up pocket money, taking the bus into town, buying an album by a band I loved and not knowing what it would sound like, reading the lyrics and studying the gatefold artwork and inserts on the bus ride home.... and then putting the fresh vinyl on the player!

@stevesummersell_K4WXX 2 years ago

Ownership of physical media is a way better experience than streaming. A Reel to Reel sounds great

@josephandrosky6377 2 years ago

I still purchase CD’s, it is an investment into the band, helping the artists monetarily and spiritually. Music can disappear in the cloud, but my cd is always ready to provide a positive high fidelity musical experience

@larrynixon5979 2 years ago

One of my favorite memories is spending hours at Tower Records thumbing through their records and CDs looking to find a jewel to buy. You can’t get that experience with streaming music.

@DM00SE 2 years ago

Going on school trips and swapping tapes on the bus is how we discovered new music. Loved it.

@andrefelixstudio2833 2 days ago

I have never listened to music that was streaming why I have my own music collection

@kennethshupe8946 2 years ago

How many people have a cassette player? (Hit Like)

@MaestroRana 2 years ago

My 12yo daughter has a walkman, and she totally loves it. It took some time to find one, even had to repair the rubber band, learn to adjust speed...
She also has a phone and spotify and listens to many different music, but there's something about it that gets her attention, the physicallity (is that a word?) of the object, the walkman design, pressing buttons, the ownership, the sound, looking for more cassettes on garage sales and thrift stores, making her own mix tapes... I'm glad she can get a grasp of these things, even it's flaws

@bukeksiansu2112 2 years ago

As a teen in the 80s I lived on cassettes and then CDs. Now I use streaming for my daily music but still keep cassettes & CDs in my collection. I miss the feeling of buying a new one in a music store (a real music store, not a virtual one), taking it home and then playing it on the hifi system while reading the sleeve.

@BigBl0ck-r9y 1 year ago

The cd is still better than, most digital sound

@saysirregardlessonpurpose 2 years ago

When u say "Those trying to make a living, not a fortune." It reminds me of a Guitar Shop I frequented 5-10 years ago with cheap fixes. He said, "Man, I'm just trying to make a living, not a killing."