Earlier today I posted about the RPM Challenge website still being off line. Well, low and behold it is back! The re-written site will have to wait as they are bringing the old site back from the grave. It went online this afternoon and there are already 49 people signed up for this year’s event.

Are you a musician? Do you have a way to record audio? Anything will do, from a full studio to a micro cassette recorder. If so, you should totally get on this bus. It’s a great learning experience and it’s fun (in a panic inducing, slightly stressful way). Write and record 10 songs or 35 minutes worth of music, all within the month of February. You should do it, all of you!

The RPM Challenge starts in six days and long time participants are starting to freak out. Why? Because the website has been down… Since, like March.

There is a Facebook group that is sort of standing in for the site in the interim, and the word there is that they lost their hosting, tried rewriting the entire site, then the two volunteer developers both had personal issues come up that (rightly) required all of their time.

Firstly, the folks designing and coding, and running the site do so as volunteers and thus deserve MOUNTAINS of thanks.

Second, the website is great but it’s not required. We can do the whole thing without the page. It’s helpful and all, but we can get along on our own.

Site or no site, the challenge is still on.