AVAudioPlayer refuses to give in!

[architectpianist]

Hi,
This chunk of code has been evading me for a while now. It's supposed to play a 3-minute song when a view is loaded, but the music doesn't play. Here's the code:

	NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"MyBackgroundMusic" ofType:@"wav"];
	NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path]; //temporary (for the below line)
	NSLog(@"Data: %@", data); //SKIPS!!!
	NSError *err;
	NSLog(@"Path = %@", path);
	player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:&err];
	if (player == nil) 
		NSLog(@"%@", [err description]);
	else 
	{
		[player prepareToPlay];
		player.numberOfLoops = -1;
		[player play];
		NSLog(@"Duration: %10.4f Current Time: %10.4f Playing? %i", player.duration, player.currentTime, player.playing);		
	}

The output is:

2011-04-02 16:58:36.602 mathematics[10699:207] Path = /Users/architectpianist/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications/33B3F7B0-74ED-4DD1-8965-BDF0CD957C66/mathematics.app/MyBackgroundMusic.wav
2011-04-02 16:58:48.590 mathematics[10699:207] Duration:   173.7525 Current Time:     0.0000 Playing? 1

I'm running this on the simulator, and yes, my computer volume is up . Any idea what's causing it to not play?