[jyl]

Some of you are wondering “what is wrong with jyl, why does he want to mess with cassettes?”

Among the young folkz, physical media is “in”. Books, film, vinyl are very “cool”, CDs and cassettes are starting their return to “coolness”. A cafe has to play music. It would be “cool” for that music to be played from “in” physical media with an old-school hi-fi stack behind the coffee bar and some old-school hi-fi speakers in the spaces.

Records are so “in”, but 20 min play time, fiddling with stylus, getting bumped, and no such thing as a mix-record. Cafes and bars with record players are a thing here, but we don’t want labor intensive. CDs are a contendor, especially using CD-Rs; perhaps the most practical option. Cassettes are almost as practical as CDs, I think, and seem just that little bit “cooler”. Reel-to-reel we’ll save for another day . . .

As for books, well there will be lots of books. For sale. So, very “cool” plus, perhaps and hopefully, a bit of revenue.

If this makes no sense, think like a Portland hipster!

Of course there will be the appropriate Spotify license too. To satisfy ASCAP/BMI if nothing else.