I’m still working on the book.
As of now, it’s only available directly from Velocity Press—feel free to pre-order it—but several folks outside the UK have asked about sales links for other territories, the US and EU in particular. I’m happy to say that yes, the book will be available in those places… eventually. Of course I’ll pass along the relevant links as soon as they go live, so please hang tight and continue to watch this space.
That being said, everyone who pre-orders from Velocity Press will receive their copy ahead of the official release date, so there is a little bonus for going that route.
In the meantime though, I actually have to finish the thing, and in a an effort to create a little extra space in my calendar and make a final push toward delivering the book, I was planning to once again highlight something from the First Floor archives today. I suppose I could have just taken the whole week off, but I figured that I’d be okay if the only new content I put together this week was the usual Thursday digest (i.e. the one with the news round-up and track recommendations).
That may have been a miscalculation.
Why? Last Friday was easily the busiest release day of 2023—at least so far—and the fact that it was also Bandcamp Friday swelled the volume of new music offerings even further. That’s fine of course, and this Thursday’s newsletter will proceed as usual, but as I went through a veritable mountain of promos in recent days, I realized something:
Lots of people are still using WAV files.
(Cue multiple people asking themselves, “What’s wrong with WAV files?”)
I know it’s just a file format, but for many people—especially those who care about metadata—it’s long been a major source of frustration. Last year, my own frustration reached a point where I penned an entire article laying out the various shortcomings of WAV files, and seeing as how they continue to plague not just my inbox, but the entire music industry, I figured now would be a good time to revisit the issue.
The paywall on this piece has been taken down, and the article will remain open to everyone through the remainder of the week. Was the title of said article a corny play on words? Absolutely, but don’t let that stop you. If you’re someone who sends out music files for any reason, PLEASE give it a read.
While you’re doing that, I’m going to get back to the book.
Shawn Reynaldo is a freelance writer, editor, presenter and project manager. Find him on LinkedIn and Twitter, or you can just drop him an email to get in touch about projects, collaborations or potential work opportunities.