Post-punkers Fugazi are digitally archiving worth 15 years of performances for sale online. And not only a select few concerts each year, but each.
Ian Mackaye, founder of Dischord Records and Fugazi (with Joe Lally, Brendan Canty and Guy Picciotto), tells the approaching Oblivion blog, "what I am working currently on that time going through a database of 1000 of live recordings.We have. I am editing and correction, we've worked on this project for two years now. We will create a Web site, where all of these records will be made available. »
Yes, thousands of live recordings. MacKaye said that they would be "65 performances to 70 days." Most of the shows are on cassette or digital audio tape, and they are currently the subject of a process of mastering. Subsequently, Mackaye must pass through all the files and insert "index points" between each song for the record is divided accordingly, as opposed to a file long straight line two hours.
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