Mixed Tape Courier is the novelty gift for music fans. Browse our gift guides for birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, graduation, and the holiday season — or send one just because. A cassette postcard with your voice and a playlist, mailed for $15 flat.
How to choose the right playlist for your person
The most common mistake is starting with your own favourites. A playlist for someone else should start with them. Think about what they love, what they sing along to in the car, what decade their taste lives in. Your job is editor, not broadcaster. Start with one artist you know they love, then build outward from there.
Match the mood to the occasion
A birthday playlist feels different from an anniversary playlist. A graduation playlist is different from a just-because one. Think about the emotion you want to create when they press play. Upbeat and nostalgic? Warm and intimate? Euphoric and celebratory? Let the mood guide the track selection, not just the genre.
Aim for 10 to 20 songs
A playlist that is too short feels like an afterthought. One that is too long loses focus. Ten to twenty songs is the sweet spot. That is roughly 40 to 80 minutes of music — enough to take them somewhere without overstaying the welcome. Think of it like a 90-minute cassette tape: two sides, perfectly balanced.
Include one song they have never heard
Every great playlist contains at least one discovery. Not a random track — one you found specifically for them, because you thought they would love it. That search is part of the gift. It says: I went looking for something new, for you. That is what separates a thoughtful playlist from a shuffle of their existing favourites.
The birthday gift music fans never forget
A cassette postcard packed with a playlist you built for them and a 30-second voice intro recorded in your own voice — it arrives in the post as a real physical object, not a notification. For anyone who loves music, it is a birthday gift they will actually keep.
The Valentine's Day gift that feels like a mixtape
Making someone a mixtape is one of the oldest romantic gestures there is. Mixed Tape Courier brings it back as a real cassette-styled postcard — with your voice on it and a playlist you picked for them — mailed to their door for $15 flat. Record a 30-second voice message in your browser, paste a public Spotify or Apple Music playlist URL, and we print and mail a cassette-themed 4×6 postcard with a QR code that plays your voice when the recipient scans it.
An anniversary gift built around your songs
Curate a playlist of songs that defined your relationship — the first dance, road trips you shared, albums you wore out together — and pair it with a heartfelt voice message on a real cassette-styled postcard. An anniversary gift they will hold in their hands long after the day is over.
The graduation gift that captures the soundtrack of their school years
A curated playlist of songs that defined their time at school or university, paired with a personal voice message on a real cassette-styled postcard — it arrives in the post as a physical keepsake of a milestone that deserves more than a card. For the music lover in your life, it is the graduation gift they will actually keep.
A holiday gift that actually feels personal
Skip the generic gift card. A cassette-styled postcard with a festive playlist you curated and your own voice recorded on it is a genuinely personal Christmas or holiday gift — and it arrives in the post, which is exactly where a holiday gift should come from. $15 flat, mailed to anyone in the world.
The best gifts arrive for no reason at all
A mixtape postcard sent just because you were thinking of someone — with a playlist you made for them and your voice recorded on it — is the kind of thing people remember for years. No occasion needed. $15 flat, mailed anywhere in the world.