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- We're inside of
Re-Animated Music.
New music shop in Seattle that we collectively opened up
in the wake of Trading Musician closing.
- Trading Musician was a store
that was operated here in Seattle for over 30 years, serving
all manner of clientele from the early 90s until its closure and, spring of 2024.
Our owner was just looking to retire.
You know, she'd been running the business for 30 years.
She was just ready for the next thing.
- I know a lot of people who were kind of devastated by it
and being such a long established icon and hub for musicians to gather.
- When I heard trading musician closed, I felt sad.
It felt like I lost my music store.
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- From the old Trading Musician,
we're located two blocks down the street on the corner of Ravenna and Brooklyn.
This is the shop
front counter, large variety of cables and strings on offer with more to come.
All the accessories and parts you could ever want.
A fully stocked paddle array.
1985 Gibson Explorer with the factory kaler, rock and roll
straight from the Sears and Roebuck catalog,
circa 1964.
This Korg 8000 the sound of the 80s.
(Keyboard playing)
And we got a full service drum shop.
Come on, check it out.
The last piece of the puzzle to come in place.
We got all manner of stuff.
Cymbals, hardware, drum sets.
(Drums playing)
- I was a big fan of the Trading Musician
for many years,
and want to just check out the new spot and feel like it's an important
to have places like this in the neighborhood.
Definitely keeping the old Seattle spirit alive.
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- The vision of Re-Animated Music
is to bring affordable instruments to working class
musicians and provide knowledge in, and be a gathering space
for people to hang out and how to bring musicians
together.
(acoustic guitar playing)
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- You don't need to pay money or drink beer to hang out and play music
all day, and it's sort of just a communal watering hole of sorts
for all sorts of people to meet up.
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Thank you all for coming by.