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02/16/2007 1:02 AM Alert 
First here is the text of the article, I couldn't find a way to get it as a text  file
 so I keyed it in by hand. ( Honestly, I don't know if anyone else gives a rat's ass about this.)
I now have carpal tunnel syndrome and am typing with my nose.

On a soundstage inside Sony Studios, a group of
dudes are bopping their heads and tapping their
feet  to a song about…open-toed pumps.  It’s not
a sight you see every day. But the song’s forcible
funk beat, with synths vaguely reminiscent of
Cameo’s ‘Word Up’ is too much to resist –
despite lyrics like, “I can wear them all day and
listen to the click-clack/ Shoes like this make me
hate flats”

   If anything, the scene at Katharine McPhee’s
Sessions taping proves that all those ‘American
Idol’ bloggers last season were right: McPheever
does exist, and no one—is immune.  With a new,
self-titled album helmed by a formidable team
of producers, Katharine is ready to slip into her
open-toed shoes and click-clack away from her
‘American Idol’-runner-up tag.

   But “McPhans” (sic) may be surpised by what
they hear.  Unlike on ‘Idol’, where dewy-eyed
renditions of classics like ‘Somewhere Over the
Rainbow’ and ‘Come Rain or Come Shine” became
her trademark, McPhee’s debut CD updates the
22-year-old’s flawless voice with more current
Pop fodder, somewhere between Christina Aguilera
and the Pussycat Dolls.  It’s not your
grandmother’s music.

   “I always wanted to make a fun, young pop
Record that has a little bit of an R&B, soulful
thing,” she explains.  “I think the way I approached
‘American Idol’ was, ‘What song … is going to be
the best song that shows America that I can sing?’
I didn’t look at it, like, ‘OK, I better pick a current
pop song so that people know this is the kind of
record I want to make.”

   To help develop her sound, Team McPhee
Recruited Timbaland protg Nate “Danja” Hills,
Whose credits include Nelly Furtado’s
‘Promiscuous’ and Justin Timberlake’s ‘My Love’
Songwriter Kara DioGuardi (Kelly Clarkson, Ashlee
Simpson), R&B stalwart Babyface and Chad Hugo
of the Neptunes also contributed tracks to the
record.

   Woodshedding with so many heavyweights,
McPhee says, taught her “to be confident … and
trust in [herself].”   “[Recording an album] was all
new to me,” she says, “I’d never been in a recording
studio before.  It was just so fast.  We were all
throwing out ideas, just spitting them out.  They
definitely reassured me that I was doing a good job.

   But they also let her know when she’s not up to
snuff.  After a couple of shaky takes of ‘Each
Other’ (which bears a strong resemblance to
Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together”),  McPhee
Looks at Danja for feedback.  “Sing it again” he
replies.  This time she nails the lyrics and cadenza.

   McPhee’s clearly more comfortable singing her
new single, ‘Over It.’  Adopting a vally-girl voice,
the singer bats her eyelashes and chirps, “I’m so,
like, over it,” before launching into the power ballad.
Over It was presented to McPhee towards the end of
the recording process, but its soaring chorus quickly
became an indelible moment on the record.  “It’s one
of those songs that’s always stuck in your head,”
she says, “You’ll never, ever, ever, ever be able to
say ‘I’m over this,’  You’ll always break into song.
At least that’s what I do, but I’m a dork like that.”

   It’s been a long day for McPhee, and there are
Definitely moments where the singer blow off a
little steam.  After getting the cue to do another
take of  ‘Not Ur Girl’, the band tries out a manic
reggae version. Suddenly, McPhee’s spinning
around on her stool, high-kicking the air.  Shoes
(closed-toe, ironically) come off and headbanging
commences.

   If Simon Cowell could see her now,
McPhee’s energy is almost supernatural,
Considering the grueling schedule she’s had.  The
week began with her album release (debuting at No. 2
on the Billboard charts), a video shoot for ‘Over It’
and an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show” back in
her hometown of L.A.  Here in New York, she’s already
made appearances on ‘The Today Show’, ‘Live with
Regis and Kelly,’ MTV’s ‘TRL’ and the Red Dress
Fashion Show.  You’ll never hear her complain,
though.  After months spent singing in America’s
flashiest karaoke competition, the freedom to perform
her own songs her way is still a novel concept.

   “I have been having so much fun doing all the TV
Shows this week,” McPhee says, “I’ve actually not
been as nervous as I thought I would be because
there’s just such a difference singing your own material.
It’s free because it’s your song and you get to create it
how you want it to be.  At least Randy [Jackson] can’t
be, like, ‘I don’t know dog, you shouldn’t be singing
Whitney Houston’ or something.

   “It’s like, don’t worry – I won’t sing it anymore.”

   Yeah, cause she’s got her own hit record now.
She’s, like, over it.

--Kate Bredimus


First let me say that Each Other is a clear standout here and sounds amazing!
 Here are the flv rips for people who are on a slow connection or want to convert them to something other than AVI.  View them in a FLV player.

Over It

Open Toes

Love Story

Home

Each Other

Some AVI conversions:

Over It

Open Toes

Love Story

Home

Each Other

This is all the non performance video material  in the AOL Sessions package.  The first two (BTS  and Q&A) are from the high bit rate stream (700kb/s) just like the song performances and are nice.  The thumbs are tiny and poor quality.

Behind the Scenes

FLV

AVI

Sessions Q&A (just Katharine's answers actually the questions are text on the AOL site)

All 7 FLV in a zip

All 7 AVI in a zip

Sessions Thumbnail Videos ( I upsized the AVI's to keep them from distorting)

7 FLVs in zip

7 AVIs in zip

All five songs mp3 audio files in a zip
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02/16/2007 1:30 AM Alert 

You deserve a medal for typing that out. The thought crossed my mind very very briefly but I dismissed it immediately.

Streaming for those with download or flash problems:

Over It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzFpKWNzhWI
Open Toes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvdw_7sIS1M
Love Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jW6uP0tZ9I
Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTGWuK55dM
Each Other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwY-TqlPy-Q
Behind the Scenes and Q&A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxs5y7xSi90
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02/16/2007 1:48 AM Alert 

LOL.  I tried to save you guys some work by reposting all your stuff from IDF, but this is more organized so...  Thank you both muchy ver!!
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02/16/2007 1:49 AM Alert 
I only downloaded on AVI file to see if it worked with the player I use...and it does work but the left hand side of the picture has lines all over it??
Just wondering before I download the others if its supposed to be like that, or is it something else?

Thanks
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Posted By ASiriusObsession on 02/16/2007 1:49 AM
I only downloaded on AVI file to see if it worked with the player I use...and it does work but the left hand side of the picture has lines all over it??
Just wondering before I download the others if its supposed to be like that, or is it something else?

Thanks

No they shouldn't have lines all over them.   If you aren't using  VLC or Media Player Classic then I recommend them.   Which file did you have a problem with, I'll see if I have the same problem.
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02/16/2007 2:17 AM Alert 

So incredibly great! What a wonderful way to get tucked into bed for the night! Thanks for all the links! I am falling in love with that girl all over again! What an awesome person!!! 

 OOOOHHHH, I better stop this or I'll never get to sleep!
in my mind the ultimate "Idol" contestant of the pre-lapsarian era, the one who most perfectly combined the demands for relentless emotive singing and the wow factor -- Katharine McPhee
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02/16/2007 3:13 AM Alert 
My Gosh CRB -thank you so much for doing all of the text and the sendspace AVI downloads.. I couldn't get the songs to play right on tthe Sessions page so this is great. Thanks again!!--Linda
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02/16/2007 3:45 AM Alert 
Remember that you have to use IE in order to get the AOL stuff to work right. They still (after all this time) suck-up to Microsoft's IE rather than the more logical Firefox. Even with IE, though, you sometimes have to download the Active X control plug-in in order to get their media player to work right. But it worked fine for me right on AOL itself on IE. You can play the videos all together if you select 'Play All' on their main page.

The Behind-the-Scenes thing is pretty short--but you have to click on that separately in order to view it. And the Q&A is a little confusing to access. I had to press on the #8 in order to get to the page where they show the text questions. The videos all played together...except for the last one where I had to press 'Play Clip' under the text. I have no idea what happened there...so watching through the downloads here will obviously be better for many.

This, 'Ellen' and all the other upcoming promotions should make Kat's album shoot back up the charts in the third week I'd think. It's probably just in time, too, in order to stop the runaway train of people thinking it's not going to sell well. Kat did need a little breather after that first week of media rather than doing all these day after day after day.  But I guess that goes to show that you need to be constantly in the press daily in order to keep album sales up...especially during this lethargic time of year. AOL made a big difference in Kat's pre-sales at Amazon last month though. There's no reason why these performances shouldn't move people to go out and buy the album...despite the reality of these performances being better than the studio cuts in my opinion. Thanks to the media team...we can save these on a DVD...

Kat's utterly brilliant on taking a song and figuring out what to do with them to take them to a higher level. And now we know that spur-of-the-moment band rehearsals can sometimes bring on the perfect band. Now I think Kat's band is one of the best around right now and right in tune with her performing style. I didn't think that in the beginning. But they should have a blast playing some of those songs live when they finally tour. That drummer is lucky getting to play all those cool grooves in the backbeat of 'Open Toes'...and he looks like he knows he's lucky to be there.
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I'm not sure I'd say "Each Other" is the standout.  I think it wins the Most Improved Award from the CD version though!  Love Story wins the Most Like The CD version award.

I think Home is the best because of the emotion she gave it.  But they are all great.  I hope a lot of people see this and buy the record because of it.  This was a great thing for her to do.  And having the interviews with the band was cool as well.

Jaco's ready to tour the world with Katharine.  Woooo!
"I saw Katharine McPhee when there were about 12 contestants left on American Idol. She blew me away. I loved her grace, her style, her poise, her voice and her hair! I wanted her to be the face of Sexy Hair because she represented everything that I had in my head for the brand: youth, beauty, talent, class, a young sophistication, and sexiness." -- Jim Morrison, CEO of Sexy Hair Products.
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02/16/2007 8:27 AM Alert 
thanks simon for the youtube performances, those are super
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.Others stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same. That my friends is Katharine McPhee
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02/16/2007 9:41 AM Alert 
I really enjoyed watching these. Thanks again to all the video, techie guru's!
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Posted By CRB on 02/16/2007 1:56 AM
Posted By ASiriusObsession on 02/16/2007 1:49 AM
I only downloaded on AVI file to see if it worked with the player I use...and it does work but the left hand side of the picture has lines all over it??
Just wondering before I download the others if its supposed to be like that, or is it something else?

Thanks

No they shouldn't have lines all over them.   If you aren't using  VLC or Media Player Classic then I recommend them.   Which file did you have a problem with, I'll see if I have the same problem.
I'm using Divx player...and the only AVI I downloaded was Over It.  I'll trying another one to see if I get the same result now.
maybe I'll try VLC
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Posted By ASiriusObsession on 02/16/2007 9:58 AM
I'm using Divx player...and the only AVI I downloaded was Over It.  I'll trying another one to see if I get the same result now.
maybe I'll try VLC


Yes, try that VLC player.  These files are up at IDF and here at KMF and, thus far, you are the only one to report this line issue.  You might want to try to redownload that file and/or grab another one and see if the problem persists.


I'm adding mp3 audio files to the OP if anyone wants the audio of the songs.
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02/16/2007 10:10 AM Alert 
   But “McPhans” (sic) may be surpised by what
they hear.  Unlike on ‘Idol’, where dewy-eyed
renditions of classics like ‘Somewhere Over the
Rainbow’ and ‘Come Rain or Come Shine” became
her trademark, McPhee’s debut CD updates the
22-year-old’s flawless voice with more current
Pop fodder, somewhere between Christina Aguilera
and the Pussycat Dolls.  It’s not your
grandmother’s music.

   “I always wanted to make a fun, young pop
Record that has a little bit of an R&B, soulful
thing,” she explains.  “I think the way I approached
‘American Idol’ was, ‘What song … is going to be
the best song that shows America that I can sing?’
I didn’t look at it, like, ‘OK, I better pick a current
pop song so that people know this is the kind of
record I want to make.”

It's great to see that she's finally formulated a coherent explanation for her seeming transformation from her conservative AI persona to her more funky and fun current persona.  She had been using a shorthand explanation - "I'm not as innocent as I appeared on AI" - that left people scratching their head wondering what sort of not-innocent, Lohan-type mischief she might be up to when all she meant to convey was that she isn't as reserved as she appeared to be.

She must have hooked up with her high school Composition teacher after the Kimmel Show and worked on message control.  Way to go, Kat, you brainiac...!
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02/16/2007 10:17 AM Alert 
oh gosh! this is amazing!! thank you so much for the videos and mp3z !!
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02/16/2007 10:25 AM Alert 
ok i got the same with open toes as well and using VLC
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02/16/2007 10:47 AM Alert 
wow, this is going to be amazing, 4 the album!!!!!
can u plis upload in other serve, thanxs!
and yes, i want to .mp3, too!!!
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Posted By ASiriusObsession on 02/16/2007 10:25 AM
ok i got the same with open toes as well and using VLC

I can't think of anything that would cause that.  You might try updating to the latest version of divx codec via the divx.com website but that is a long shot.  Usually codec issues result in no picture at all and not what you are describing.  You may  want to just get the flv version and the flv player.  At least you'll have them and be able to play them, hopefully without the problem you are having.
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THANK YOU CRB and PHEE,    YOU GUYS ROCK !
We are definitely working together -- working on a record together. She sings so magnificently, it's just amazing -David Foster-
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02/16/2007 11:20 AM Alert 
thanks CRB...the FLV works fine...so i dont know what the deal is with the AVI
thanks for the help though, I appreciate it!!!!
Thanks for posting these and the MP3s !!!
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kat is getting to skinny, all songs were wonderful, her control of her voice is awesome, it is really hard to keep up with a song like open toes, she is getting better and better, she has a awesome voice, I predict the best is yet to come, I am going to make her some pasta, her face is so beautiful, this