So I've come to the realisation that so many other deviants have recently (or not so recently). DeviantART has become a popularity contest. And it's true, plain and simple. But there's a couple of things that you could still do instead of just leaving DA.

1) Comment. You could start putting effort into your comments on other peoples work. Most Deviants complain that they aren't getting constructive criticism on their pieces and instead are getting crap like 'woot!' or 'i like this +fav'. I find that it's all a matter of getting what you give.

2) Reality. DA is a lot like reality, meaning that people will look at what they like. And if that means that 1000 Deviants are going to look at and fav the crappy photo of the naked dismembered body and only 2 are going to read your intellectually stimulating short story then this is just a fact that you must face. I've come to understand that people would much rather look at a photo than read my poems so I don't mind, and when people do finally read my stuff then I'm happy to know that they actually read it in full.

3) Who Cares. Finally you can do what I've always done. Which is to just continue to upload your work and comment and fav on things that you like and never care about how many people look at your gallery. I don't use DA as a means to improve my photography or writing (that ship sailed long ago along with DA's purpose). No, I simply use it as a means to copyright protect my work so I don't have to pay the postage fees that are involved when copyrighting it myself.

Enjoy art as it was meant to be enjoyed. Don't buy into sensationalism. And always believe in yourself.

*cqp

If you may have noticed (probably not) I haven't been online in a long time. Nor have I uploaded anything in a while either. Well there's a couple good reasons for the lack of photography but we'll bury that for now.

I haven't been online for a while now because I've been working my ass off in and out of the studio since November. School, job (or lack there of) plus and listening to your songs about a million times in a row tends to exhaust people.

But I haven't come back just yet. Just letting you all know that once the album is complete I will be touring North America from July to September and possibly again from October to December. Most of the shows (actually all but two) are in the states because we couldn't take the rental car out of the country. Sorry BC but we couldn't aford to make it out there.

Here's the cities we'll most likely be playing in. Not every show has been confirmed yet.

Toronto, ON
Hamilton, ON
Buffalo, NY
New York City, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Detroit, MI
Cleveland, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Chicago, IL
Washington, D.C
St. Louis, MO
Louisville, KY
Nashville, TN
Charlotte, NC
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
Orlando, FL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Naples, FL
Biloxi/Jackson, MS
New Orleans, LA
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Phoenix, AZ
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
San Fran, CA
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Boise, ID
Salt Lake City, UT
Denver, CO
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA

If you live in (or near) one of these cities be sure to check us out. Remember that music is just another form of art and any help in supporting the arts is greatly appreciated.

~cqp

So we went into the studio to record today. Very neat place and a very cool recording engineer too. The best I've ever met! But a recording session is not without it's problems

As far as recording went the only problem was we focused to much time on certain songs. Six hours in the studio got us five solid scratch tracks. There's another five or so hours tommorow and I'm very hopeful that we're going to get a lot out of this. We're already planning more recording time for the end of November/beginning of December and I can't wait.

My problem is my conflict of interest with regards to the staff of the band. Dating a staff member of the band and having an ex-girlfriend a staff member of the band and having an ex-girlfriends girl friend an member of the band has a wonderful way of turning everyday events into horribly complicated ones.

So my girlfriend had to come because she is very objective about our music and a nessessity for recording but this meant we could only bring one other person in. Mike has picked one for many many complicated reasons. So now their both fairly angry at me and I feel guilty. Which is funny becuase this was Mike's descision and now I seem to be paying for it.

Oh well it'll all sort itself out or blow up in my face.

~cqp

I know there's a lot of people who are out there who say that saying goodbye is one of the hardest things they could do. Now I admit that in most cases that may be true but it isn't always a constant fact.

Consider this:

An ex continues to hound you for things you don't have or they don't disserve. A most unsettling scenario I know, and a rather irritating one learnt through expirience by yourstruely. So what becomes of this? It's simple. One finale show down were you sever all ties. An agrement is made to never voluntarily interact with the person ever again.

Thus we've come to the conclusion that saying goodbye is a wonderful thing in some instances. I said goodbye to someone today and I know that there is the likely chance I'll never hear from them again, and I couldn't be more exstatic.

~cqp

So the band is going more than great. We're stepping forward in a lot of areas. We're finally done the flyering campaign with the swearing dictionaries and are planning on following it with a possible postering campaign so keep your eyes out for some MIT City parefinalia if you're a Toronto resident.

But this isn't the only news. Mike is insisting that we go into recording to produce a registered album. (Registered meaning that it'll have a little number on the spine to count how many sales have been made. This is used when shopping around for labels) Hopefully this will spread our name outside of Ontario but for the moment it just means that money's tight.

Finally, school just started and the college life is very aggrivating when I need to spend so much time on homework. So instead I'm switching to part time college and spending more time on the band.

So we have another show in Toronto on October 9th at Queen St E & Broadview St. And another show later in October in Newmarket on the 26th. ~ psychosomatic I excpect to see you there.

~cqp