**Generation Cassette Podcast**
A podcast for Generation X music lovers with hosts, Jay & Jen who discuss artists they love, album deep dives, concert experiences & venue accessibility. As a **nostalgic and informative music podcast the focus will be on music that Generation X listeners (born 1965 - 1980) grew up listening to from the 70s, 80s, 90s.**
Some upcoming episode topics may include:
**Stories behind classic songs It’s all blues but why/how**
**Then vs. Now music discussions - changes within the industry, changes in formats**
**The Transition of Sound - 12” - mp3**
**Interviews with artists, quotes from artists, discussions on them, artist history or analysis of lyrics**
**Music memories from hosts eg. concerts**
**Music from film and television**
**A whole episode on the art of drumming**
**How/why does rhythm make us want to move**
**Women centered bands and girls who rock**
**Jay & Jen discuss their classic rock favourites**
**Accessibility and attending concerts**
**Accessibility for performers - backstage (how accessible is it?)**
**Music from the world of gaming**
Some artists we may discuss in upcoming episodes include:
**Led Zeppelin**
**Pink Floyd**
**David Bowie**
**Nirvana (the birth of Grunge),**
**Bruce Springsteen and working man’s music**
**Prince**
**Tom Petty - what made his music so relatable? How lyrics reflect back to you like a mirror**
**Rage Against the Machine politically angry music for angry teenage angst**
**Canadian rock Tragically Hip**
Podcast Host Bios:
**Jay Thompson is a retired musician and stage technician/drum tech/etc. with years of experience performing and producing shows of various levels.**
**Jen Hunt has been to many many concerts and sees and feels the performance at a very soulful level. Music was introduced to her by her father at a very young age, and has only grown and matured like the finest of wines.**
