I finally took the time to completely read it and see the photos as I didn’t have much time over the last days…:(. Established in 2007 as a joint venture between Concord Music Group and Starbucks. @Sbirr – I totally agree that that San Antonio store looks great. They also have Hear Music Media Bars in Austin, TX and Seattle, WA; and Hear Music Store in Berkeley, CA. The pictures that have the holiday merchandise just happen to be from my favorite Christmas setup at Starbucks! There was a partner named Timothy Jones who very early on was very involved with the music business. choice. Can you help us out? Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Hear Music-Starbucks Compilation. photos for this article. Price New from Used from Audio CD, January 1, 2000 "Please retry" $41.89 . I guess I find them interesting. Oh, and how can I forget, hearing “You’re listening to Hear Music, the sound of music at Starbucks, exclusively on XM Radio” being played a thousand times a day in store! I was a funky blue design. The Hear Music at Starbucks' Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, california, is quite thrilling and fun. Nice concept, but wonder if it would work today. I really like the history posts as well because some of what I am reading I missed because it came after I started to go to SB. The Hear Music label was created as a joint venture between Concord Music Group and Starbucks in 2007, beginning with the signing of the one and only Paul McCartney. The new store looks awesome. The company continues to be creative and raise the bar on the coffeehouse experience. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Hear Music began as a catalog company in Massachusetts in 1990 before being purchased by Starbucks in 1999. Don’t know why…:D. The San Antonio store is my favorite one…the building looks Southern European. Photos of the three flagship Hear Music stores: Here are a few photos of the Bellevue Hear Music store: And now for photos of the Miami flagship Hear Music Starbucks: Photos of the flagship Hear Music Starbucks in San Antonio, Texas: I hope you’ve liked this history lesson of the not-so-distant Starbucks past. You can also order cds from the Hear Music offerings. I distinctly remember the CD burning stations too. Would love to know. The nation’s leading coffee chain’s step into music retail is a strategic extension of the Starbucks brand. Hear Music was a record label that was founded in 2007 in a partnership between Concord Music Group and Starbucks. Wow, the two story store is very nice! There is an informative article here in QSRMagazine.com about these flagship store locations. I love Stabucks music - Hear Music - and I was excited to find that they have their own web site dedicated to the Hear Music Program. Hear Music is an assumed business name of Starcon, LLC, mentioned as 'StarCon, LLC d/b/a Hear Music… Especially the San Antonio one!!!! It looks like you might be sharing here to spread your link … Having said that, I approved your comment because some of my readers might be interested in this remodeled Brompton Road Starbucks in London. You can choose from many music categories and name your own compilation with its own label. Tag this artist. It might work to have an entertainment concept Starbucks now, but it would have to de-emphasize CDs and maybe focus on iTunes or other devices. Starbucks Coffee playlist By Geert Rutten. Its biggest success was Ray Charles' Grammy winning "Genius Loves Company," where 2.86 million records were sold in total; 25% of those were sold at Starbucks locations. I also recommend browsing the blog article on “14 t-shirts tell their stories” – another great chance to look at the history of Starbucks as told through promotional t-shirts! I’m just catching up on your recent entries this morning, I’m really enjoying the series on Starbucks’ not so brilliant ideas along with all the great ones. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Haha. http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/51493534.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD2C5BC1D4719F9D74FAFE311B21F52F1EADB0CDABD9E2C98AF06BF04B24B4128C. The Hear Music brand currently has three components: the music that each location plays and accompanying XM radio channel (XM 75); in-store CD sales, including Starbucks exclusives; and specially-branded retail stores (which opened shortly after the catalog was formed). Maybe when I’m home form work, I’ll update the blog and add that pic. Anyways, it seems like many people here are much more fascinated with other aspects of the brand, but it makes me really happy to see others who like the Starbucks history posts too. And I find it interesting how some products or rewards program work better in different parts of the country. I hope you will “like” this blog’s facebook page and come back and contribute again in the comments. I need to do a follow up to this blog article and go visit the one in Bellevue and see what it looks like now. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. I guess this is all part of the long range growth plans for SB. Really nice to know that now. @Karl – I don’t know if you remember, but there were special silver Hear Music paper sacks too. Essentially, you can see that I know a lot less about this than what I would like to know…, PS: Please ‘like’ the blog too – see facebook page widget. And, I agree, that San Antonio store is beautiful! We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now. no blaring music. I wish I had been taking photos and documenting Starbucks years ago, but this was long before I ever dreamed of having a blog. I totally missed the one in Palo Alto and should have seen it. I really am not for all the ‘screens’ of any kind (and they’re not around Chicago, that I’ve ever seen.). Hmm, it looks like we don’t know much about this artist. Enjoy people. Wow! There used to be a Hear Music store in the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg many years ago too (~2000?). The information in this blog doesn’t quite match the Wikipedia article on Hear Music, but I trust my source. I do remember the whole HEAR era but I never saw a CD burning station in any store around here…. @Anahid – Thanks for stopping by the blog. There is also a section on the Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouses. Do you have any photos of this artist? Wongster360 generously sent me one many months ago. I say still keep it small and maybe offer a download station of no more than they get to play around a bit. I havent read any of the previous comments yet The music was too loud. I’m a believer in the expression that you need to know where you came from to know where you’re going – Or that history repeats itself! Although I do wish the music in store was more to my personal tastes… but then if I was given free reign you’d probably have ended up with an experience similar to the one you had in Bellevue! I apologize for the ramble. technorati tags:starbucks, coffee, hear, music, Possible Future Collectible...Armstead Maupin Quote, A Site with Tons of Starbucks Collectibles, 2004 Halloween Series - Skeleton Bearistas. The year was 1999, and Starbucks wanted to expand into the entertainment industry and so they purchased Hear Music and all five of that company’s existing CD stores. Feel free to prove me wrong whether you’re a one-time-drop-a-link-in-a-comment comment. Start the wiki, Do you know what kind of music this is? Nonetheless, very well designed stores. I made a mental note not to return to that store. Here are the five original locations: (1) Berkeley, California (Closed 7-30-07), (2) Palo Alto, California (Closed 6-24-04), (3) Santa Monica, California (Closed 1-26-2009), (4) Sony Metreon, San Francisco, California (Closed 10-15-00). Leave feedback. I went to the one @ 3rd St Promenade I guess back in ’08. LOL, Login to add posts to your read later list, http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/51493534.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD2C5BC1D4719F9D74FAFE311B21F52F1EADB0CDABD9E2C98AF06BF04B24B4128C, http://luxurylogistics.co.uk/2011/05/06/starbucks-brompton-rd-old-store-new-looks/, Tiazzi Blended Tea Beverage: A Starbucks history lesson from 1998 – 1999. and then decided it was not worth keeping. It looked to me like people pretty much ignored the CD burning station.

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