SUMMER or what have happend so far during summer

SUMMER or what have happend so far during the summer.

We have played at two bigger festivals in the town Skellefteå, Stadsfesten and Trästock (Swedens answer of WOODSTOCK). We have been successful in that way that we have been given the task to close the festivals. Stadsfesten were we tha last band out on the whole festival and on Trästock we closed the opening night. We didn´t have the mayor stages but we was in the right place for all passing people and our fanbase have grown since this gigs. This Sunday our manager read about a Mexican guy who have found Summoned Tide thanks to Trästock. So now have we another new fan in Mexico and some of his friends to. It is great to play at festivals because you never know where people come from and who they are if you not get in contact with them. During this two festivals we have used two different drummers and we are satisfied with both of them. Now are we starting up the planning for next festival where we play, Hadnone Metal fest, the 24th of august. We will combine this gig with a bandparty, but first after that we have shown all the metalheads there that the cradle of Metalmusic in Västerbotten is standing in Robertsfors.

We are also looking for possibilities to take a European tour during the fall. So If you have any names of bookers or venues, share that info with us and help us spread the word.

Rock on and stay Cool in the Sun \m/

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Whats up with Summoned Tide?

Whats up with Summoned Tide? Drummer issue - Since the last blog we have tested all three drummers several times and we are very happy with all three. They are all highly qualified as drummer for us and we will continue our work with all three in different shapes. For example one wants to be a backup drummer and that’s good for us. Because one of the other two will be a father in August and the seconds are a student. Gigs – It has been very empty in the booking so far. But now we can see a trend change. During the last week we have been booked for two gigs and been asked about a third. If this will continue we will have a full agenda for a long period within a couple of weeks Help from You - If we could double or triple our fan base with all Your help we would been more interesting for financial backups in form of scholarships, sponsoring etc. And to succeed with that we need YOUR help. If you could invite 2 or 3 friends to our places in the social media we have accomplished that. And I think that You have at least 2-3 friends that could be interested in our music. So please take some minutes and help us growing. We want to be on the road touring instead of sitting here. Our music are better LIVE than on radio.

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Update from Summoned Tide Whats happening?

Update from Summoned Tide Whats happening? DRUMMER So far have we been in contact with six drummers that have showed interest to be the replacement after Nicklas, who have left the band. We have tried out two of them. Henrik, one of them we have tried out, have declared that he is interested to be a backup drummer and not be a permanent one, to begin with. We have also two others that we will try out during the upcoming week. Both of them have been playing in other bands. We have been very clear about that our drummer must put us in the first room and other commitments in the second room.

We hope that we in the nearest weeks can present our new drummer

GIGS NATIONAL AND ABROAD We have been in contact with a big number of festivals both in Sweden, Europe, USA, India and South America. We haven´t got any response yet about that. But as You can see we have been more and more clear about that we are ready to tour for a longer time. And we also have told the drummers that they should have that in mind if they want to play with us.

I think the main problem for organizers in southern Sweden to book us depends on that we live far away from them. They see the distance as a problem when they look on it from their point of view. And we on the other hand don´t see the distance as a bigger problem. The time in a bus will merge the band tighter together. And hopefully will they realize that the one to decide the distance must be the traveler.

I think that we are in lane for a tour both in Europe and USA during the year. Now I have to find solutions to cover the costs for travelling. Do You have any ideas about sponsors please send them to me // MIKK

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Tankar från en snögrotta!

Ja inte sitter vi i en snögrotta direkt. Men rent vädermässigt så skulle vi kunna göra det. Hur är temperaturen på Summoned Tide? Vi har fortfarande ögonen öppna för att få oss en trummis. Vi har träffat tre stycken hittills, en av dem ville inte bli permanent trummis utan han ställer sig till förfogande om vi behöver ha en back up trummis både innan vi hittar en permanent trummis och förhoppningsvis vill han finnas med som sådan även om vi hittar en. Vi har träffat en kille vars bagage till Sverige var dyrare än hans egen biljett, och då är det inte kläder vi pratar om. Som det ser ut så har vi faktiskt löst den akuta problematiken kring trummis. Namn på den eller de aktuella kommer att släppas när bandet och trummisarna är klara och överens om att det är dags.

Vi väntar på att få svar hur det går i tävlingen Wacken Battle Sweden och om vi blir utvalda till någon deltävling. Om allt stämmer så ska vi ha svar på detta under denna veckan. Nu gäller det att hoppas att vi faller Lunkan & Co på läppen så att vi får visa dom IRL vad vi kan leverera

Men vi undrar vart alla inbjudningar till spelningar har tagit vägen. Det känns som om vi har ett för stort spam-filter som tar bort dem. Eller kan det vara så tokigt att vi inte fått några?

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Summoned Tide till Wacken Open Air?

Summoned Tide till Wacken Open Air?

Det vet vi inte något om i dagsläget. Men däremot så har vi anmält oss för att vara med i Wacken Battle Sweden 2013 För fjärde året i rad drar tävlingen Wacken Metal Battle Sweden igång i Sverige. Wacken Metal Battle är tävlingen för oetablerade band där vinnaren får spela på Europas största metalfestival, Wacken Open Air, i Tyskland. I år arrangeras tre deltävlingar (Falun, Göteborg och Stockholm). Den stora finalen avgörs den 25 maj i Stockholm.

Wacken Metal Battle startade 2004 när Europas största hårdrockfestival Wacken Open Air ville ge nya okontrakterade band chansen att få spela för en stor publik. Sverige är med för fjärde året. Vinnarna får spela på den gigantiska tältscenen Bullhead City Circus på Wacken Open Air i augusti 2013. Det är den största metalfestivalen i världen och har funnits sedan 1990. Wacken Open Air hade drygt 75 000 besökare i somras, och var som vanligt utsåld lång tid innan. Årets festival, Wacken Open Air 2013, var utsåld redan i september 2012. Den stora finalen i Stockholm äger rum den 25e maj i Stockholm. Där koras vinnaren som får spela på Wacken Open Air. Som bonus får vinnande bandet även spela på Rockstad: Falun i augusti. I deltävlingarna och på finalen kommer en branschjury bestående av musikjournalister, metalmusiker samt beslutsfattare inom musikindustrin att utse det vinnande bandet. För mer information: http://www.metal-battle.com/ och klicka sedan på den svenska flaggan. https://www.facebook.com/WackenMetalBattleSweden

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What´s on the agenda?

What´s on the agenda? Our plans to go to the United States in May rolls on. Our agents in USA have some gigs booked and some that are still in process. It looks like we fly to Newark and then takes us down to Massachusetts and Boston. There will be gigs on the way down and then after a few gigs back up to New York and New Jersey. We have submitted to two festivals that will be held in New York and New Jersey between 17 to 19 May. And if everything goes as expected, we will be over there in 12 days, and play 12 gigs. Lisa, our agent, are also working with booking us on radio stations and TV-channels. More details will come as soon as something is quite clear, We will set up the live shows events at Reverbnation and Facebook, just so that you can keep you updated what happened on our United States travel

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New Year New Possibilities

New year new possibilities. That’s true even if we don’t have ONE gig booked yet so are we in a right mood anyway. As the most of You already know have we cancelled our performance at Lunar Independent Festival in Utah between 9-16 of January. WHY did we do that? When I talked with the CEO at the festival I told him that we needed 5 gigs to justify the travel costs from Robertsfors to Salt Lake City. And he said that it shouldn’t be any problems with that. It ended up with two gigs in Salt Lake City and none in Park City. There wasn´t any kind of hospitality in form of food or accommodation in it either, and we wasn´t willing to pay 9000$ for only 2 gigs. I hope that You all out there also understand why we didn’t go.

Whats on! We are planning for a trip to USA in the spring, if our friends over there are successful and can book us in on a number of gigs in middle of May. We have a deep trust in that Kath and Bri at Obscure, Nick at TMRN, Ben at DAA and the others that are involved in the job to find gigs for us succeed. We are looking for 8-10 gigs during 10 days.

We have been interviewed for OBCURE CHAOS ZINE issue# 1 * Release date : FEB 15, 2013 (http://www.obscurechaoszine.com/) There will be a lot of new info for them of You who have followed us during the years.

We have sent in interests to a lot of festivals and other gigs but haven´t anything to inform you about yet. We are waiting for answers from them this following weeks. And during the time we put a focus of being in the rehearsal room and make a good show with both old and new material.

If You have any ideas of gigs and other things for us. Don’t hesitate to send us info. We are open for all type of questions, suggestions etc.

Summoned Tide // MIKK

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Summoned Tide take a step back

Summoned Tide take a step back Not as a band or our focus on being one of the biggest bands in the world. This is still there. What we mean are that we are cancelling our trip to Utah and Lunar Independent Festival in January. We have found out that we are only getting two gigs for 9000 USD and that’s a lot of money to pay for a band with 3 unemployed, 1 student and 1 shop assistant and a quite empty bankaccount. We have got some sponsors who have granted the money for going to USA and we are still in for it. Our manager are talking with people in New York area to find gigs for us in May. So the plan for today is that we are going to USA but in May instead and hopefully have 10-15 gigs in clubs, venues and parks during that time. We are sorry for them of You who had planned to see us in Salt Lake City and are disappointed right now. But we are not giving up to make USA, let´s see at the end next year how much USA we have covered during the year

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Our way to Utah and fundraising SVE/ENG version

Our way to Utah and fundraising SVE/ENG version Vi har ju som du säkert redan vet blivit inbjudna till en festival i Utah den 8-12 januari. Det är en festival som är inne på sitt sjätte år och vi ser detta som en fantastisk möjlighet för oss att stärka vår fanbase och att nå ut i både USA och övriga världen.

Men allt är ju inte "Guld och gröna ängar" utan vi måste finansiera resan själva. Så nu är det dags att ge sig ut på tiggarstråt och hitta sponsorer för resan. Vi räknar med att en sån här resa kommer att kosta ca 70000. Och med tanke att vi börjar från noll så är det en tuff uppgift att lyckas med. Men viljan och energin finns och tron kan ju försätta berg. Så nu kör vi!!

Nu har vi kommit igång med insamlingen till vår USA resa. Vi har valt att gå ut på bred front för at hitta sponsorer, där varje insamlad krona är lika mycket värd, så nu har Ni chansen Vi kör med en insamling på nätet där alla givare får gåvor beroende på vad de skänker. Den kommer hålla på i 45 dagar och har på 5 dagar inbringat 2750 kr. - http://www.fundedbyme.com/projects/2012/10/summoned-tide-on-the-road/

Under de kommande veckorna så kommer hela bandet få gå ut och träffa företag i Robertsfors och vårt närområde för att se om det finns villiga sponsorer där som förhoppningsvis ser nyttan med att stötta ”lokalproducerad” musik.

Och som sponsor kan man även få vara totalt anonym om man nu skulle vilja det

Det håller på att anordnas en spelning för att vi ska hitta både sponsorer och nya fans. Tanken är att denna spelning ska vara den 14 december, så boka redan idag in detta i era kalendrar. Det kommer bli en kväll i hårdrocken och de olika metalgenrernas tecken, dvs 1band = 1 genre Exakt tid och plats meddelas först via facebook.

Och om vi skulle slå i taket när det gäller att samla in pengar så kommer överskjutande medel att läggas på en Europa turné 2013. Nu är det dags för oss att nöta vägarna och vi hoppas på er och eran support

English version: We are invited to perform at Lunar Independent Festival in Utah in 8-12 january 2013. We appeal to anyone who might be willing to contribute a penny for this. We are counting that a trip like this will cost approximately 70000 SEK (10000 USD). Considering that we start from zero, so it's a tough task to achieve. But the will and the energy and belief can move mountains. So now we run!!

Each Crown is as much worth for us so if you want to be involved and support us in our efforts for playing in United States, please back our project!

Now we have started with the collection to our Utah travel. We have chosen to go out on a broad front to find sponsors; each collected Crown is as much worth, so now you have the chance we will run with a collection on the net where all donors receive gifts depending on what they give. It will stay on for 45 days and so far during 5 days we have got 2750 SEK from 10 sponsors -http://www.fundedbyme.com/projects/2012/10/summoned-tide-on-the-road/

In the next weeks (or when we reach our goal), the entire band to go out and meet with companies in Robertsfors and our “neighborhood” to see if there are willing sponsors there that hopefully will see the benefits of supporting "local produced" music. And that the sponsor may also be completely anonymous if you want it It is arranged a gig for us to find both sponsors and new fans. The idea is that this show will be on December 14, so book today in this in your calendars. It will be an evening of hard rock and different metal genres, i.e. 1band = 1 genre. Time and place will notified in the first round through Facebook.

And if we reach the goal when it comes to collecting money, the excess funds will be spent on a European tour in 2013. Now is the time for us to hit the road and we hope and have faith in you and your support

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About rumors that We are invited to a festival in United States

About rumors that We are invited to a festival in United States. Regarding the rumors about playing in the United States! Yes, it is true. We have been invited to a festival in the Western United States at the beginning of next year. It is a festival which is in its fourth year and we see this as a fantastic opportunity for us to strengthen our celebrity fan base and to reach out in the United States. But everything is not "Gold and green meadows," but we must finance the trip themselves. So now it's time to go out and find sponsors for the trip. To do this, among other things, We will have a money collection on our gig on October 27. All money received will be going to this effort to come to the United States. We will also appeal to anyone who might be willing to contribute a penny for this. We are counting that a trip like this will cost approximately 70000 SEK (10000 USD). Considering that we start from zero, so it's a tough task to achieve. But the will and the energy and belief can move mountains. So now we run!!

Each Crown is as much worth for us so if you want to be involved and support us in our efforts for playing in United States, so contact us at INFO@SUMMONEDTIDE.COM

If you want to book us for a gig, either a concert or an event send a message to BOOKING@SUMMONEDTIDE.COM .

We have also for sale: A number of discs from both our first and second album SEK 100/st T-shirt w. pressure SEK 100/st Cap w. embroidery SEK 100/st Which can be ordered at ORDER@SUMMONEDTIDE.COM

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