About

Jolly Roger Tapes

About

Every thing is done in house by hand(unless specified otherwise) with love and care.

I just wanna make cool stuff for music I love and share it with the community that believes in my vision. I am a proffesional graphic designer with years in the game designing for many bands in this industry, my work is anything but low tier. My love for cassette tape started about a decade ago and as time went on it only seemed natural I merge my love for "myspace" & "scene" bands with cassette tapes. I just love the juxtapostion and contrast bewteen these two things and it make for a real fun project everytime. I have spent years hustling and putting together the equipment to print my own shirts, do my own emboridery, and produce my own professional quality tapes all in house. This allows me to put more time and care into the details and quality control.
I'm operating on a "It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" philosophy. I don't really have any interest in asking for permission to make something that I will most likely either be told no or just get no response on. Most these bands don't give a shit cause the labels that own the music are already fucking them, and the labels will never say yes cause it doesnt make enough money for them to line their pockets with. Money shouldnt drive creation. Things should exist purely because we desire them to. If you've got this far and have your nose turned up, I deeply implore you to separate your ideas of morallity from legality.
If you see something you created on my site and want your cut just contact me and I'll happily oblige, just keep the labels and their lawyer away, I dont care about them or the cut they want. I will pay you under the table. At the end of the day I want everyone who actually cares to win.
This is a no bullshit website, just passion for a dead format and the music of yesteryears.
Fuck the major labels that strangle hold music in purgatory and fuck those who try to monopolize nostalgia.
All media belongs to the people and everyone should have a fair shot at owning something tangible.