The 2 to 3 folks who regularly check the RSS feed of this blog will have to move along tonight, for there is nothing to see here.
For the folks who actually hit the blog, however…
I swear to God/dess, this will be the last time I post of my mp3′d CD release. For a while. Until the physical release comes out. Or until it gets featured somewhere. Perhaps Rolling Stone will give it a 4 star review. Or I’ll get the 20 point smackdown from Pitchfork. Whatever.
Anyway, I’ve made a few small changes here and there. For instance, the CD cover is now in the “My Music” and “About Me” areas. And the space to the right which used to only host the Mike Fitch and Dr. Seuss quotes now has full disclosure of who I am, what I do, and what I desire to achieve (hopefully with this blog). I was always a little hesitant to place my name in these parts, given the things I write about and the language that I use. I mean, I don’t want my opinions or viewpoints to matter to me as I make yet another go at a music career (or a partial career, anyway). OTOH, I’m sure my WordPress profile would be easy to find. And whatever cached blog posts I tossed out due to my recent paradigm shift will surely come up for me to answer to. Which I already have answers to:
1. I felt that way one time, I do not feel that way anymore.
2. I felt that way one time, I may still feel that way, but I don’t like to keep trash around the house.
3. I felt that way one time, I still feel that way, but if the rest of the world is over it, why should I care as well?
But, you know what? I’m proud of what I did. And I want to show it off. And make some money in the process (hopefully). If I risk rattling some skeletons from long ago, so be it. And at the risk of sounding like Stuart Smalley, I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dammit! I’m talented enough to make a difference. Even if it’s a small one. Surely it can’t be that hard to find a small audience for your CDs while operating outside of the recording industry. At least there’d be no corruption involved.
I just don’t like the idea of mellowing out my tone, just to possibly make myself ready for prime time.
BTW, if you downloaded the zip file of the CD, I’ve been informed that there was an issue with one of the MP3s on it (which, if you’ve already played it, you no doubt know what it is). I’ve fixed the problem, re-added the MP3 to the zip file, and reuploaded the zip file to my server. If you can’t be bothered to download 37 MB of MP3s all over again (and I can’t say that I blame you), here’s the link to the corrected file, that I’ve also uploaded to my server.
http://helensventitsky.com/PartyToAnEscape.mp3
My sincerest apologies…
And again, thanks for your support. 
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