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Tape Cassettes Podcast

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A podcast about music and audio tape cassettes.
The journey of the creative and business process of being a DIY musician while running your own cassette label.
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Tape Cassettes PodcastAug 19, 2019

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We are back! S4E1

We are back! S4E1

We are back! This episode goes over how Jacquelin aka Bea1of1 wanted to quit but didn't. She also explains the 40 by 40 Mixtape project and other things.

Jan 18, 202412:49
Why You Should Keep Magnets and Phones Away from Your Tapes S3E4

Why You Should Keep Magnets and Phones Away from Your Tapes S3E4

A quick episode regarding magnets and tapes how they are not your friend when it comes to preserving your collection.

Aug 25, 202205:41
Why Are Tech People Into Tapes? S3E3

Why Are Tech People Into Tapes? S3E3

Brief chat about theories on why tech people love cassettes. 


Jul 01, 202215:02
Why are tapes better than vinyl records for the environment? S3E2

Why are tapes better than vinyl records for the environment? S3E2

A brief chat about tapes and vinyl and which are better for the environment. Recorded in my car audio may sound a little off however the content was worth sharing.
Jun 20, 202215:28
Motivation & Tips for DIY Record Labels / Musicians - We're Back!
May 19, 202215:10
Releasing on a $2 Tape S2 E9

Releasing on a $2 Tape S2 E9

This episode is about releasing a mixtape album on a $2 tape.

Nov 16, 202018:16
Introducing Bootleg Aesthetics S2 E8

Introducing Bootleg Aesthetics S2 E8

This episode was recorded on International Cassette Day where Jacquelin talks about her latest release and concept of Bootleg Aesthetics. 

Nov 12, 202012:41
Buying a $25 Cassette Recorder from Walmart S2 E7

Buying a $25 Cassette Recorder from Walmart S2 E7

This episode I talk about an inexpensive cassette recorder I found at Walmart that cost $25. 


YouTube unbox video coming soon.

Nov 02, 202021:36
International Cassette Day S2 E6

International Cassette Day S2 E6

Introducing International Cassette Day on 11/11/2020


Oct 26, 202023:11
COVID-19 - S2 E5

COVID-19 - S2 E5

This is an update for what's been going on since COVID19.

May 24, 202017:15
Introducing The Tape Cassettes Zine - S2 E4
Feb 24, 202024:51
Mixtapes 16 to 22 - S2 E3

Mixtapes 16 to 22 - S2 E3

This is the mixtape project week 3.

Mixtapes #16 to #22

1.13.20

Kisnou “Invictus”

FAVELA “Worship”

Nuages “Lost”

Clairo “Bags”
Kisnou “Sine Ira”

Bearson “Pink Medicine”

Koresma “New Frontier”

Boards of Canada “Roygbiv”

1.14.20

Arizona Zervas “Roxanne”

Travis Scott “Highest In The Room”

Khalid “Up All Night”

G-Eazy “I Wanna Rock”

Lil Nax X & DaBaby “Panini”

Future “Life Is Good”

Kanye West “Follow God”

Kendrick Lamar “Humble”

Bad Bunny “MIA”

Tyga “Ayy Macarena”

1.15.20

Parov Stelar “Catgroove”

Jain “Makes”

Bart & Baker “I Want The Sun”

Parov Stelar “Charleston Butterfly”

Ofenbach “Feeling Good”

Caravan Palace “Lone Drigger

Wax Tailor “How I Feel”

Bakermat & GoldFish “Games Continued”

1.16.20

Thérapie TAXI “Tous les Autres”

Clara Luciani “La Grenade”

Ben Mazue “Nous deux contre le reste du monde”

Lomepal “Tout Lacher”

Hoshi “Apres Coups”

Thievery Corporation “La Femme Parallel”

Lusine “Thick of It”

ODESZA “Sun Models”

1.17.20

H1 “Ousia”

Chris Mazuera & Brillion. “Juniper”

J. Roosevelt “Sticky”

cocabona & Monma “Sleepy”

Brenky “Descent”

Neotic “Zhill Down”

Slowheal “While I Miss You”

Ikane C. “Memory in a Bottle”

Cozy Collective “Winta”

peterson “I Am Addicted To Sleep”

Sugar Cane Davis “Ocean”

Kurt Stewart “Intuition”

TABAL & mell-o “Daydream”

cabal “Ur Smile”

1.18.20

Surprise Chef “All News Is Good News”

Moonspat “Didildlada”

Osvaldo “Fly Like Birds”

Vhoor “Imagem”

Cartola “Alvorada”

Baraba Mendes & Eumir Deodato “One Note Samba”

Antonio Carlos Jobim “Corcovado”

Baden Powell “Xango”

Gal Costa “Nao Identificado”

Edu Lobo “Limite Das Aguas”

1.19.20

The Decemberists “January Hymn”

Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”

Radiohead “Karma Police”

Modest Mouse “Dashboard”

Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”

Neutral Milk Hotel “In the Airplane Over the Sea”

TV on the Radio “Staring at the Sun”

Built to Spill “Else”

Jan 21, 202015:41
Mixtapes 9 to 15 - S2 E2

Mixtapes 9 to 15 - S2 E2

This is the mixtape project week 2.

Mixtapes #9 to #15


1.6.20 #9

Sia “The Greatest”

Major Lazer “Light It Up”

Swedish House Mafia “Save the World

Daft Punk “Harder Better Faster Stronger”

Lizzo “Good as Hell”

Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still”

Gorillaz “Feel Good Inc.”

Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling”


1.7.20 #10

Invention “Sprxng”

fuzhou & B0nds “Ending Love”

BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah “Street Knowledge”

Zeus the Elevated “What Do You Mean”

ASO “Ur Ok”

B-Side & Philanthrope “Stratussphere”

Trog’low “Sunflower Dance”

Toonorth “Special Thing”

Ian Ewing “Two Avocados and a Microphone”

furino “wish and wait”

aimless “Sailway”

Delayed & loftii “Lake”

1.8.20 #11

RAC “Hollywood”

Tycho “Weather”

Alex Lustig “Stardust”

Nightmares On Wax “Capumcap”

Four Ten “Teenage Birdsong”

Sebastian Davidson “Freefaillin’”

Two Lanes “Just Now”

Glass Animals & Denzel Curry “Tokyo Drifting”


1.9.20 #12

ODESZA “White Lies”

Miike Snow “Genghis Khan”

Big Wild “Aftergold”

Empire of the Sun “Walking on a Dream”

Jonas Blue “I See Love”

Kasbo “Kaleidoscope”

Kiiara “Gold”


1.10.20 #13

Krylic. “Notorious

Chinsaku “All This Time”

Bitte Please “The Lamp is High”

Tom Misch “The Journey”

Tesk “DatSwing”

The Deli “Jazz Catz”

Knxwledge “Kanaloap”

Koolade “Walk the Dog”

Laster “Gorilla”

Bonobo “Antenna”


1.11.20 #14

Klingande “Punga”

Satin Jackets “Night Keys”

Sam Feldt & Alex Schulz “Be My Lover”

Kartell “5 A.M.”

KAYTRANADA “Lite Spots”

Anderson .Paak “Celebrate”

SBTRKT “Wildfire”


1.12.20 #15

David Bowie “Starman”

Led Zeppelin “Achilles Last Stand”

The Kinks “Destroyer”

Talking Heads “Wild Wild Life”

Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit”

Faces “Three Button Hand Me Down”

The Rolling Stones “Heart of Stone”

ELO “Sweet Talkin’ Women”

Donovan “Hurdy Gurdy Man”

Simon & Garfunkel “Bookends”

George Harrison “What Is Life”

The Zombies “This Will Be Our Year”

Bob Dylan “Shelter from the Storm”

The Beatles “With A Little Help From My Friends”

Peter, Paul, & Mary “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright”

Chuck Berry “Promised Land”

Aerosmith “Last Child”

Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”

The Alan Parson Project “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You”

Boston “Don’t Look Back”


Rush “Fly By Night”

Jan 13, 202005:57
Mixtapes 2 to 8 - S2 E1

Mixtapes 2 to 8 - S2 E1

A week recap of the mixtapes made up until today. 


This is the mixtape project week 1. Mixtapes #2 to #8

Tracks are as follows:

12.30.19

Galantis "Call If You Need Me"

Feder "Goodbye"

DJ Snake "Bird Machine"

Ofenbach & Portugal. The Man "We Can Hide Out"

Jain "So Peaceful"

Tones and I "Dance Monkey"

Britney Spears "Stronger"

Flo Rida "My House"

12.31.19

Drake "Best I Ever Had"

Calvin Harris "Slide"

Pitbull & Ne-Yo "Time of Our Lives"

Kanye West "Good Life"

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin "I Like It"

Kevin Rudolf “Let It Rock”

Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes”

Ellie Goulding “Lights”

1.1.20

Louis Armstrong “What A Wonderful World”

Jack Johnson “Hope”

Michael Franti & Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine”

Neil Young “Rockin’ In The Free World”

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Stir It Up”

Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”

Talking Heads “Once In A Lifetime”

1.2.20

ARIZONA “Oceans Away”

Quinn XCII “Another Day In Paradise”

KYGO “Carry Me”

Mako “Our Story”

Wild Nothing “Midnight Song”

Odesza “Memories That You Call”

Tycho “Glider”

Bibio “Lovers’ Cravings”

1.3.20

John Coltrane “Impressions”

Oscar Peterson Trio “Night Train”

Hank Mobley “Soul Station”

Dizzy Gillespie “Salt Peanuts”

McCoy Tyner w/ Stanley Clarke “Carriba”

The Mills Brothers “Tiger Rag”

1.4.20

Chaka Khan “Ain’t Nobody”

Tina Turner “What’s Love Got To Do With It”

George Benson “Give Me the Night”

Parliament “Give Up The Funk”

Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music”

Klymaxx “Meeting In The Ladies Room”

1.5.20

a-ha “Take On Me”

Kim Wilde “Kids in America”

Toto “Africa”

Alphaville “Forever Young”

Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Run the World”

The Police “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
David Bowie “Space Oddity”

The Beatles “In My Life”

The Kinks “Apeman”

Pink Floyd “Is There Anybody Out There”

Talking Heads “Life During Wartime”

Devo “Fresh”

Neil Young “Old Man”

Fleetwood Mac “Little Lies”

The Cure “Prayers for Rain”

Jan 06, 202010:22
E21 Mixtape A Day Project

E21 Mixtape A Day Project

I was waiting for the new year to start this but today’s been a great day and the podcast explains the project. There’s a couple of loud sounds compared to normal using a new mic on a different device hat that wasn’t propped up well.
Dec 30, 201907:51
E20 Mixtapes & No Post November

E20 Mixtapes & No Post November

Back after a small break. Looking to see what you want to hear about. Chat using the hashtag #tapecassettespodcast I’m here to educate and entertain you.
Dec 02, 201908:58
E19 J Cards and Tape Labels

E19 J Cards and Tape Labels

Some quick tips and suggestions for j cards and tape labels.
Oct 28, 201908:55
E18 Type I Needs Love Too

E18 Type I Needs Love Too

Type I Tape discussion.
Oct 21, 201915:13
E17 What to do if your tabs are out.

E17 What to do if your tabs are out.

Basic episode going over what to do if your tabs are out.
Oct 14, 201905:26
E16 Cassette Store Day 2019

E16 Cassette Store Day 2019

Going over some stuff with Cassette Store Day for 2019. Celebrated in the UK, Japan, France, Germany, and US. You can find my tape at Amoeba, Cinderblock, and Weird Kid Records.
Oct 07, 201924:51
Duplication Update

Duplication Update

This is an update on my duplication process so far as I work on 3 release.
Sep 30, 201920:60
Tape Cassettes Organization

Tape Cassettes Organization

This goes over some of the ways you can organize your tapes.
Sep 23, 201925:54
Daniel Johnston And Cassettes

Daniel Johnston And Cassettes

A great musician and a brief moment of remembering his contribution to Cassette Culture.
Sep 16, 201918:26
Field Recording With Tape Cassettes

Field Recording With Tape Cassettes

Some tips and conversations about field recordings with tape cassettes.
Sep 09, 201914:09
Traveling With Cassette Tapes

Traveling With Cassette Tapes

A quick podcast on how I travel with my tapes and some tips.
Sep 02, 201907:42
Cassette Tape Online Exchanges and Swaps

Cassette Tape Online Exchanges and Swaps

This episode goes into a couple tips and brief explanation of how cassette exchanges work and how to have etiquette with the exchange. In addition there are a couple tips on type of music for the tapes.
Aug 25, 201907:52
Micro Mistakes Made While DIY Cassette Tape Releases

Micro Mistakes Made While DIY Cassette Tape Releases

This episode goes over mistakes I’ve made while making my own tape releases. Hopefully they help you in your releases.
Aug 19, 201940:35
Mixtape The Art of Cassette Culture Book Discussion

Mixtape The Art of Cassette Culture Book Discussion

This is a book discussion about Mixtape The Art of Cassette Culture by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
Aug 12, 201917:26
Counterfeit Tapes

Counterfeit Tapes

This episode talks about counterfeit cassette tapes.
Aug 05, 201912:23
Hip Hop Radio Shows and Cassettes

Hip Hop Radio Shows and Cassettes

This episode briefly goes over how tape cassette helped capture moments of hip hop history by radio show recordings.
Jul 28, 201919:48
Grateful Dead Tapes

Grateful Dead Tapes

This episode discusses Grateful Dead tapes and how that helped create awareness of the band.
Jul 21, 201924:43
Different Tape Types

Different Tape Types

This episode briefly reviews some of the different types of cassette tapes and a tip on how to buy tapes.
Jul 15, 201915:12
Tape Cassette Decks

Tape Cassette Decks

This episode is about tape decks and my recommendation of how to go about buying one.
Jul 08, 201917:17
A brief history of compact cassettes.

A brief history of compact cassettes.

This episode I talk about some of the history of tape cassettes and a couple projects I am working on at this time.
Jun 30, 201912:49
Mixtapes

Mixtapes

This is the first episode of the Tape Cassettes podcast. Brought to you by @iamjacquelin creator of tapecassettes.com This episode reviews memories of mixtapes, modern day mixtapes, and how bands can use mixtapes for their own music.
Jun 23, 201925:52