It’s my sneaking suspicion that Jordin Sparks’s performance of the national anthem at the Super Bowl was less-than-live. But mostly I’m just curious to see what will happen if I’m one of the first people to blog about it.
Of course, it’s already been about two minutes since she finished, so I’m sure hundreds of others beat me to it.
This year I am participating in the RPM Challenge to record an album during the month of February. I already have 6 tracks in some state of completion for my album entitled Unnatural Disasters. You can keep up with my progress and listen to the tracks on the album page.
My favorite part is when the guy describes the idea of a cap-mounted sensor bar as “kind of goofy.” Well, the whole thing is kind of goofy, but it’s worth sitting through his geeky explanation (or just skipping past it) to see the results.
I was delighted — no, overjoyed — when I checked the iTunes Store today and discovered that my EP is available. But my enthusiasm was quickly tempered when I noticed that, curiously, all 3 songs appeared to have a running time of 45 seconds.
Curious, considering that the tracks are 4:36, 1:38 and 2:36, respectively.
I decided to spend the $2.97 to see what a customer would actually receive, and sure enough, each track cut off right at the 45-second mark. So I contacted TuneCore tech support, with a fairly mild (for me) email explaining the situation and requesting assistance. I received a response a few hours later informing me that the files they had on their server were corrupted. I will be emailing this rep new versions of the files shortly, and hopefully within a few days the correct full versions of the songs will be available. Maybe I should try the same approach to get them to replace Magma’s truncated K.A. 3!
Their selection is still fairly slim, but I think Anthology Recordings is really onto something. They specialize in digital download reissues of long-out-of-print music from a variety of unique genres. As we’re drowning in today’s media, it’s easy to forget just how much creative work is out there collecting dust. I’m glad to see someone finding a way to bring some of it out of the attic and into the popular consciousness again. Whether we want it or not.