Here are two more reviews on the album and they are very nice.. which means I am about due for a verbal whipping soon. *shudders*

http://www.soulshine.ca/reviews/albumReview.php?arid=627

http://youthink.ca/reviews/cds/06DecCDs/KristaD.html

So.. heading off to the 72 hour jam thing today in Halifax for ECMA's and the weather is planning our untimely demise as I type.

In other news the album is being considered for release in Japan. That's pretty exciting. The Sailor Moon-esque pic in my photos and anime clothing tendencies may help secure the deal ;) Otherwise there are a few other things up in the air and I will post as they land.

Cheers all, please wish me luck and travel happy conditions... and fresh coffee at Tim's. ( wish really hard for that one)

KD

Logic dictates that at some point I should tell people where to actually buy or download the album that I keep showing reviews for. Even when I received messages asking where to find it.. it still did not dawn on me.

Hmmm.. nope...I just went over my last bit of blogs.. aaand.. don't think I have ever given that link before. So yeah... here is the link!

http://www.sandbarmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=120

As far as T-shirts/buttons/ and stress bunnies ( yes stress bunnies) I will make a little store for that at some point.

Although Mr. Super Squishable Stress Bunny has a picture of his own in my myspace pictures. Isn't he handsome?

Perhaps at some point I will take a pic of myself in my "Bunny of Eternal Sadness" T-shirt so he won't feel left out.

Otherwise.. finally.. in the spirit of wanting groceries I have decided that perhaps posting something business-ish might be clever.

No wonder some musicians starve... horrible business ethic.

LOL  It's like "let's record an album.. pay a publicist to get attention.. pay a tracker to put you on the radio and keep the location of the album a TOTAL SECRET".. yeah that's it. Then wonder why this god awful debt eats your groceries.

Pure genius.

Well anyway.. I remembered now. Yay for me.

KD

Hi all.

Here is a new review on  www.lipstikindie.com  you just go to "music" and there I am.. yay!

It's a really sweet one too. Thankfully, for every reviewer that wants to burn me at a stake there is a couple who really seem to genuinely enjoy the album.

Cheers!

KD

O.k. so I'm sure this doesn't necessarily qualify as music related anything.. I should get a personal page. Anyhoo, my space has been re-pimped.. I'm sure you noticed ;)

lol Patrick rocks. I think my struggle with this darn html encoding, and my flagrant disregard for continuity from my web site, caught his eye.

He was so sweet to fix 'er up! And during holidays too :)

Here's his myspace address if you want to check out some of his work, he's an amazing artist!! 

http://www.myspace.com/101industries

www.101industries.ca

That's it for the moment.. oh ..well I suppose I was also included in Toronto Exclusive Magazine. Yay for me. woot.

I think you can see it at www.torontoexclusive.com/torontoexclusive.html

lol I like how being in a magazine is somehow lower priority than the decor of my myspace.

Gotta go get some caffeine.

KD

"..and coming soon when Krista can stay focused.. a little ebay store!"

A friend of mind had sent me a little celebrity look alike thing and I thought the idea was cute. Judging from the results I think it's probably more fun than acurate.

I will actually be posting something relevant next time.. I'm a little lazy since it's so close to Christmas. Perhaps just plain ol' burnt out.

Let's see if my html attempt worked.

So weee!... wasn't that fun! I definately need to go to bed if this has started to become amusing.

Night all.

KD
 

Whining is one of the primary uses of blogs!

Enough with this review stuff.. it's time to lament.

I'm SO sad :(

Here's my story.

I was going to do a little photo shoot for this amazingly talented artist. He was sending in cover art to a magazine. He had this really cool idea to.. actually..you know.. since he hasn't done it yet.. I should probably keep it to myself.

Anyway.. it was a really cool idea.

I was going to be able to make my own costume.. a very cute pouffy dress! And I had picked out some "sparkly red platform shoes of happiness" and was very elated at the opportunity of doing this.

However...

The magazine which it was for is called "Heavy Metal".

"I" thought hmmm.. not my genre of music... but I'm just going to be a chick used for graphics and such.. whatever.

 ( and I know all of you are already pointing and laughing because "Heavy Metal" magazine has nothing at all to do with music)

SO... I dropped into Reid's and picked up a mag... with my 3 year old... and leafed through one of their magazines. And was like..."oh dear".

I was introduced to the content of the magazine and had the epiphany that anime artists spend more time on nipples than they do on the poor little cartoons faces. hehe

Soooo I was faced with the decision.. I can be in control of my decency on the cover... but the inside can have just about anything in it.. as it's a sci-fi erotic/fantasy adult magazine. So I had to back out... and I feel like a flakey idiot doing that to him. He'll probably never talk to me again. :(

The artists that submit to this magazine are amazing.. like for the comic/story portions. I mean I'm not so big on the amount of boobs littered throughout... I mean I'm cool with boobs and all.. got a couple of my own.. we're cool.. but the magazine is heavily "endowed" with breastage and sexuality.

Being anti-'porn industry".. cartoon or otherwise.. I just thought it would be hypocritical for me to be even a potential canidate for a magazine that is fetish oriented.

No.. I'm not repressed.. no I'm not a prude.. no I'm not judging anyone regarding this topic.. I'm just not personally cool with it.

 I can't locate a soap box so I'm not going to blog my inner most feelings on the topic.. the topic of the blog is my infinite sadness over not getting to work with an amazingly inspired artist.. design a cutesy pouf dress and have a valid excuse to buy sparkly red platform shoes!!

*whimper*

mat cat sat bat... there, got all the rhyming out of my system.

So my interview and review is now posted on www.tasteittv.com and I'm so darn lazy that I'm not even including the direct links! It's a really cool site and easy to navigate so you can just click on  "Written Interviews" and there I am... and also in "Album reviews". Cynthia is a sweetheart.

I also have a review ... of sorts.. at sugarbuzz magazine... it might be a recipe.. not sure. 

http://www.sugarbuzzmagazine.com/bands/krista/krista.html

Chris is hilarious, and I did send him a lovely paper clip so he was at the very least pleased by my clippy thing. I'm doing a written interview with him as well... right now I'm stuck on the question "who are my musical influences". I HATE that question. I never know how to answer.

I'm currently considering a live EP.. pretty rough.. but it will have my new material on it. Might be interesting to guage peoples preferences.. see which style they prefer. Also planning a video.... maaaybe.

I'll blog if it comes closer to fruition. 

Cheers!

Guess what? It's another review! Yay!

I feel like that's all my blog has been for so far.

Let's think of at least something else to type.

Hmm. Naw... nothing charming or witty comes to mind.

Sorry!

So here is yet another album review link. And this is a good one! I had to laugh though when they said some of the vocals should be redone.. because I was like  "I SO agree". hehe  It shows me that he was really listening.

You see, I'm stubborn and would not use  pitch correction on my vocals. So what you hear is what you get live. That of course means they are not perfect. But I'm cool with that. Budget was limited... so doing 52 vocal takes was out of the question. That and I get cranky  when I have to sing over and over again. Ask any of my band mates ;)

So anyway, I'm very pleased with this review.

Happy, happy.

http://www.renownmagazine.com/main/modules.php?module=reviews&id=506

KD 

Coming from all sides today. This one is an article/review. That means they are both giving bio info about me and throwing in comments on the album.

It's a nice one.. it's good that things balance out...within minutes.

Although I think I'm going to need a reviewer to pretty much crown me as the "queen of pop" and proclaim that "the course of music is forever going to hinge on my artistic genius"... to ever balance out some of the harsh criticism I've taken from some of these reviewers.

If you don't know my sense of humour.. that is a joke.

Sooo... here's a nicer and more palatable article/review.

Hopefully in the next 10 minutes I will not get another review.

http://www.sugarcainentertainment.com/?p=241

The horror.

Here's another REALLY bad cd review.

I guess I expected mediocre reviews.. but not ones that detest my music.

Geez guys... I tried!!

So here's the link to the new one.

 I post 'em all. The good.. the horrible and the .. uh worse than horrible.

But PLEASE no one send mean comments to the reviewer. (Like what happened last time)

Like I said before, I love that you want to defend me.. but I'm o.k!! If they hunt me down to beat me up.. THEN come defend me.

They are just reviews. They are two people that hate the album. There are TONS of people who will hate the album. Can't help it.

Music is subjective.

If you don't like to see my music ripped apart.. skip this one.

But we both know curiousity will get the best of you. hehe

I know I at least have one nice one coming. ( next week I think) And an interview... so it will be fun to post that. Me... struggling to answer questions... it's a good time. Interviews are scary. ( but not as scary as reviews I'm learning)

Anyway.

Here it is.. in all it's disapproval.

http://www.thefulcrum.ca/view.php?aid=38860

Enjoy!

Here are the current album review stats:

Awesome: 1

Good: 1

So-so: 2

Horrible: 2

( a couple are from papers and are in my EPK as they don't have web links. www.sonicbids.com/kristad )