Time for some good ol' fashioned marketing for my band!

Quantum Paradox released their first full-length album on May 1st, 2012. It is called "Time Well Spent" and it has 12 tracks, they are as follows

• Watching Stars
• Whatcha' Got On Me
• Moon Man
• Fade out
• Live On
• Don't Do It
• Nuclear Love
• Hangin' In
• Bed Of Nails
• The Romantic (Irony At Its Best)
• Girl's Got a Gun
• P.A.A. (Post-Apocalyptic Assassin)

You can purchase it on iTunes, Amazon, or CD Baby, just type "Quantum Paradox" into the search bar!

Rock on! :D

Wow

They really changed the UI of this website. It took me a good 5 minutes to find out where "new post" was. :P

I digress.

Tumblr just could not satisfy my blogging needs (Does such a thing really exist? (I'd like to think so (and now i'm having a conversation with myself))) I figure i should come back to blogspot because it's not as odd and weird as tumblr. Allright. This is my first post in a little under a year. I'm choosing to talk about the latest developments in the video game industry. We'll start with Nintendo. Nintendo is planning to release their latest console title, known as the Wii U. Now, essentially, the Wii U is the successor to the Wii, and supposedly will revolutionize the way console gaming is done. The Wii U's controller will be rather large, and have a screen on it. (Wait, what you just described is a handheld system)

Take a look

 

Yeah.

And the other peripheral that will come with this console, is the console itself.

 

According to some notes i read about it, The controller's screen will show things like inventories, or maps of dungeons, etc. and the Screen of your tv will show the game you're playing. Reading further, I read that if someone wants to watch TV while you're playing on your Wii U, they can, and you can resume gameplay on your Controller, without having to worry. This is what confuses me. The fact that, at one point, the controller's screen would show maps and inventories. But then someone changes the channel, and now your entire game is in your hand? What?

My other gripe with it, is the fact that it is also being released after the 3DS.

 
The 3DS, Nintendo's latest release in the handheld market, has, and still is revolutionized/revolutionizing the way handheld games are played. I mean, c'mon, they mastered the art of 3D without the need for glasses. And do not go into that BS about how it's not 3D it's just increased depth perception. Last i checked, increased depth perception = 3D.

They mastered that art so well, I confidently felt that Nintendo could just rake in the dough from marketing that one system. Granted, the 3DS hasn't wow'd the community as much as it should be wowing them. They have yet to find that one breakthrough game. They almost hit it with Ocarina of Time, but it was reaching.

Bottom line is this: the 3DS is great, and it is Nintendo's 1 step forward in the gaming industry. They should focus on making it the best it can be. Releasing the Wii U will be their 2 steps back.

I'm interested in hearing what you guys have to say, so leave a comment.

Peace

The History of Quantum Paradox

"Remember back when Radiohead was good? yeah, me neither"

lol, anyway: this is how my current band got started

Having first arrived at UMass Lowell in the Fall of 2009, i had just quit my last band "Inimicus" to create a brand new one with the people i met here. Don't get me wrong "Inimicus" was great fun, but with me going to college, and them still in high school, there would be schedule conflicts up the wazoo.

Pretty soon, a friend from Westford, Roger Maillet, and I. got together to start formulating ideas for a band. We brought in my friend Steve Choinski to play drums. I knew Steve played drums because we were in the Marching Band together at UML. The original line up was as follows.

Roger - Guitar/vox
Me - Bass
Steve - Drums

Then comes Spring of 2010:

Before we even scheduled our first practice ever, Steve had to opt out. :( this left the band with a void to fill. Also, Roger claimed that he wanted to only do vocals, as also focusing on an instrument would be difficult. ok, 2 voids. Having been an intern on the Stress Factor, UML's most brutal radio show, I met with a guitarist that I've known from my orientation group, Enzo Albanese. I asked him if he wanted to be part of a punk band i'm starting, and he agreed.

Roger recruited a drummer that was in a band he used to be in himself. The band was Cougar Bait, and the drummer was Chris Cook. Little did i know that Chris Cook, was the Chris that i was getting along with in my Basic Music Theory class that semester. so i practically already knew the guy.
Lineup at this point:

Roger - Vox
Enzo - Guitar
Me - Bass
Chris - Drums

This would be the lineup for our first set of shows, and when we recorded our Demo. By this time, i had written 4 songs that we could play. Watching Stars, Bed Of Nails, Don't Do It, and Hangin In. Also, by this time, i had brought in my friend in Music Business, Stuart Huntington to be our manager. We recorded with Stu's Roommate (SRT major) and we recorded our first demo. It included the 4 songs listed above. Shortly after this however, Roger quit the band to focus on school. Chris went to an old friend of his, an ex-cougar bait singer, and brought him in to QP. Alex De La Cruz would become their vocalist.
Lineup at this point/Lineup Now:

Alex - Vox
Enzo - Guitar
Me - Bass
Chris - Drums

They recently recorded "Nuclear Love EP" and it's going to be released very very soon

Watching Stars - song i Wrote in 2009

Skies change from gray to blue
the day that i met you
opened my eyes to see
there's so much life in me

Sitting in the back of the room
can't take my eyes off you
maybe I need some help
it's like my modern hell

To feel this way about you
my heart can't take your smile

It blows my mind how everyday
i think about you
wipes away my problems
And i feel find even though
im dying in here
need you by my side

I know it sounds cliché
but you'll be mine someday
I'll fight till the ends of this earth
to see you smile

Sit back and watch the stars
from the hoods of broken cars
throw rope, around the moon
and bring it down to you

Seasons can come and go
and it just goes to show
time passes by so fast
it's our job to make it last

Nuclear Love

I figure i should do some propaganda for my band on my blog so here we go.

NUCLEAR LOVE is the title of our Debut EP. We'll be going into the studio on November 10th, and November 17th to finish recording it.

The track list is as follows

-Watching Stars
-Live On
-Nevermind
-Don't Do It
-Whatcha Got On Me
-Bed Of Nails

Expect it in late November/Early December.

Here's the Artwork!

Snowtober and Marchvember

Wow Mother Nature, what the hell was that?

Westford got 6-10 inches of snow last Saturday. And Yes, last Saturday was October 29th. I don't think ive ever seen snow in October in my life. At any rate, Saturday night, right after watching Passenger 57, the power went out. "Well, ok, it'll be back in 5-10 minutes" i thought.

Nope.

The power was out until around 1:30 yesterday afternoon. and it was terrible! i spent all my time on South Campus cause they had internet and power. I even showered at the Rec Center on East. -_-

coming home every night last week to a house that was quieter than death itself was equally terrible. No sound, no movement, just 15 candles on the kitchen table.

I feel bad for those still without power. National Grid sucks and they'll get you when they get you.
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November is here, and that means Connecticut! Its been a great Marching Band season this year (My favorite so far) We leave for CT on the 12th, and come back on the 13th. I honestly cannot wait, it's gonna be a blast.

Also, I'm 99% sure i'm rejoining the Batterie next year to play Bass Drum.

I really should blog more! this is fun!

See ya later

Methuen

UML Marching Band performance @ Methuen

Hell yeah!