Multiplex and Betamax Were Life

Though I have not really become a singer, my love for music started early and lives on. I have clear memories of our smaller karaoke called Music Mate, where my family used to play casette tapes like:

Then we upgraded to our Miyata karaoke worth 10,000 pesos during the 90s. I used to sing children's songs to my sister with this:

So when I was already in high school and our Music teacher Mrs. Catotocan required us to perform using a multiplex tape, I already had an advantage with my very own collection:

It was something that I always had with me, so even without consciously planning, my post-grad thesis was also about Filipino music!

And recently, while deciding among things that have to be thrown away, I spotted Betamax tapes like this one:

Imagine! Before Magic Sing, we had tapes that let us choose among six songs. Hehe.