Acoustic Sounds founded What began as a hobby in Chad Kassem's apartment has grown into a multi-faceted music business. His love for music has become his life's work, and his goal is to share it with the world. Ks., from Lafayette, La., in 1985 and worked at a couple of restaurants as a cook before landing a job at Philips Lighting Co. through Manpower Temporary Services. Soon he began trading and selling music from his apartment on a part-time basis. As any entrepreneur will attest, it's not an easy thing, starting your own business.
Hours are long and personal sacrifices high.
But Kassem persevered, and in less than five years became the world's largest supplier of LPs. It doesn't take much to fill a small apartment with stuff, especially when the stuff is inventory for a mail-order music business. Within two years from start-up, Kassem bought a Looking down an aisle of inventory at the Acoustic Sounds warehouse. He had been distributing music for more than five years and knew how hard it was to find original records that were great sounding and in mint condition. The next logical step was to reissue his favorites.