Fri 6th July: A TORN MIND plus guests PENFOLD - Howden Park Centre, Livingston

 Homegrown Season at Howden Park Centre, featuring A TORN MIND and PENFOLD 

West Lothain's unsigned and emerging talent take to the stage for special "Homegrown" live concert!

West Lothian-based rock band A TORN MIND take to the stage as part of Howden Park Centre, Livingston's 'Homegrown Season' - a series of  events supporting homegrown, grassroots talent from West Lothian. Set to be an exciting evening of live music, audiences can expect energetic performances from two of West Lothian's freshest young bands!

Headliners A TORN MIND play an lively brand of modern progressive rock, combining wide ranging influences to create fresh and unique music that is powerful and forward-thinking. Currently at work on their forthcoming second record, expect a lengthy live performance featuring new material and old favourites alongside some unique acoustic versions, with plenty of big riffs and lots of melody.

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>> http://atornmind.bandcamp.com/

Support comes from special guests PENFOLD, who add their hook-filled brand of singalong alternative rock to the lineup. Fresh from their recent sold-out EP launch, the band's entertaining live show is a must see!

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>> http://penfold.bandcamp.com/

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"Ambitious and mature musically while displaying both easy accessibility and genuine depth... A Torn Mind have a considerable amount to commend them and display significant promise"
[Classic Rock Presents Prog]

"Those seeking genuine new contenders in the field of progressive rock should be in raptures over A Torn Mind"
[Mass Movement Magazine]
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FRIDAY 6TH JULY - HOWDEN PARK CENTRE, LIVINGSTON [SPACE 3]
DOORS: 7:00pm
TICKETS: £8 / £6.50 Full Time Student

Box Office: 01506 777666
Buy Online: http://www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk/events/music/a_torn_mind_gig_livingston
Tickets also available on the door!

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Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/atmshow-july6th
HIRES Promotional Photo: http://bit.ly/LQp2Z1

A Torn Mind in Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine

We're really excited to announce that A Torn Mind are featured on the covermount CD of the new Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine, which goes on-sale Wednesday 3rd November here in the UK and is available worldwide!

The track 'Impurity' from our debut EP Barriers is included on the covermount CD that comes FREE with the magazine. The new issue features exclusive interviews with each member of Dream Theater in the aftermath of Mike Portnoy's departure from the band, so be sure to pick yourself up a copy for the latest gossip, news, reviews and features from the wonderful world of progressive rock!

Those of you in the UK can pick it up at WHSmith and Tesco, amongst others.


Check out more from A Torn Mind at the sites below:

www.atornmind.com
www.myspace.com/atornmindband
www.facebook.com/pages/A-Torn-Mind/113394599036
www.twitter.com/atornmind

Listen to A Torn Mind on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/atornmind


Euan, Grant, Chris, Ryan
- A Torn Mind

A Torn Mind on ProgArchives.com!

The awesome folks over at ProgArchives.com were kind enough to add us to their database a few months back when we released 'Barriers'.

You can check out our profile, as well as a review of the EP by clicking the link below:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5378

Be sure to check out the forums while you're browsing the site! If you like what you read, why not head over to our online merch store and order a CD copy of 'Barriers' for just £5 + p&p!!!

Merch Store: www.atornmind.bigcartel.com

Listen to us on MySpace: www.myspace.com/atornmindband

Browse our website: www.atornmind.com

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Mindless Obsessions - Studio Cam 1 (Drums!)

Check out this video of Euan in the studio tracking drums for an exclusive track we've been busy recording! 'Mindless Obsessions' is an older track of ours, but we've decided to spruce it up a bit and record it for the lovely folks on our Mailing List to say thanks for being all cool and following the band and such!

Just the new vocals to record (with Grant's shiny new mic!) which will happen in the next two weeks. He's already started some preliminary mixing so we're hoping to have this wrapped up and ready pretty soon, indeed!

If you'd like the track for FREE when it's mixed and mastered... all you have to do is sign up for our online mailing list, here: www.atornmind.fanbridge.com

You'll get the occasional message with the latest news and show details as well as the change to get your hands on some pretty sweet exclusives and freebies from time to time!

Enjoy the video!

Euan, Grant, Chris, Ryan

A Torn Mind

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'BARRIERS' RELEASED!!!

Our debut EP, 'Barriers' was officially released today and is now available to order physically from our Merch Store (www.atornmind.bigcartel.com) and also digitally from a range of download stores, including iTunes, Tesco Entertainment and eMusic. Keep your eyes peeled for a full list of download stores as the record goes live!

A massive thank you to each and every person who came down to the shows last week. We had a great time at both of them. First shows of 2010 as well! A special thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the launch show and helped us pack Sneaky Pete's out - It was great to be able to play a longer set and we hope you all enjoyed the new tunes as well!

So...

Keep your eyes peeled as more press comes in for the EP, as well as new shows as we announce them over the next couple of months. We're pushing and writing new tunes, and you can expect more of them to filter into the live sets shortly.

Thanks to everyone who's bought the record so far - if you enjoy it, please, please tell your friends and give us a helping hand to spread the word.

Be sure to sign up to the mailing list, to get the latest news as well as a load of exclusive content:
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Thanks for reading!


Euan, Ryan, Chris, Grant.
A Torn Mind

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Barriers is being pressed!!!

The new EP is being pressed as we speak!!! I received this snazzy looking promo to check over from the production company last week. It looks proper good, so it does! Excited to see the full version.

In the meantime we're all very very busy getting everything in place for the release.

We'll be putting up the artwork and well as info on pre-orders, the launch show as well as digital release info on the various band site in the next few weeks.


- Euan

Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater on Planet Rock!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!!

Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater is on Planet Rock Radio! Just switched on and heard him. What a find!

This makes me very very happy!



Euan // A Torn Mind

A Torn Mind | Barriers Preview Video 2

Heeeey...

2nd Preview Video for "Barriers" is up and ready to view on our YouTube channel.

Check it out; the audio samples are different to the one on our MySpace player, so do have a listen!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-ayszl7tM

We're working on a date for the launch show currently. The record is being sent for manufacture this week... artwork and release info all to come.


Euan

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A Torn Mind - "Barriers" is fully mastered!

Today we recieved our lovely finished masters in the post! We were very excited by this! It's sounding really great!

Now that we've got the finished tracks, we've stripped all the old songs from the MySpace page (www.myspace.com/atornmindband) to make way for a full EP Audio Sampler, to give you a nice big chunk of music to check out and hopefully whet the old appetite! This will be going up on our MySpace page very very soon indeed... a matter of days. Keep checking!

As promised there will also be a brand new Preview Video to come, with more music and footage to watch/listen to.

Sign Up for our Mailing List and we'll send you a free download of the video to watch before it goes up anywhere else:

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Photos from the Cabaret Voltaire show in Edinburgh will be up on our MySpace and Facebook pages soon!


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The End of a Busy Week!

Hey!

It's been a busy old week in the A Torn Mind camp!

First:
Three quarters of us kicked the week off with a huge performance at Edinburgh's Usher Hall, with none other than original Deep Purple keyboard player John Lord - performing his "Concerto for Group and Orchestra".

The guys had a great time and played to a massive crowd. The concert has recieve glowing praise in the local press and the A Torn Mind contingent had a good night, rocking out with a musical legend!!!

Second:
We recieved the master tracks from "Barriers" back from the mastering company to listen to this week. We're extremely happy with how it's sounding and can't wait to let everyone hear it. It's been really hard work, but we're nearly at the finish line. We should get the final red book master disc back very shortly.

Third:
We played our first Edinburgh show in a couple of months at Cabaret Voltaire on Friday evening. The show was good and we had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came down and caught us live. We had a whole bunch of photos taken so I'll post a link up to them when they're all up on the various A Torn Mind sites.

Fourth:
We've just confirmed a show in Glasgow at PIVO PIVO on Waterloo Street. This show is part of the venue's genre-specific run of gigs which are going under the heading, "Shut Up And Eat Your Music".

The show we're playing has been given the glorious title of, "Shut Up And Eat Your... Prog!". Imagine our delight when we saw that!

Details are as follows:

Thursday 5th November
Pivo Pivo

A Torn Mind
Eightball
Assume The Form

Doors 8pm / Entry £3

Hope to see some familiar faces for this show - It looks to be a real belter!!!

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Once again - pop over to www.atornmind.fanbridge.com and sign up for our Mailing List to get all the latest news and information about shows, the EP release and loads of extra content, from free tracks and videos to pictures, ticket give-aways and more...


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Our new stickers arrived in the post today!

Thoroughly chuffed with them! Next up is the new batch of shirts with some different colours and stuff. We'll also be getting in some girls skinny style shirts too, which will be cool.


"Barriers" is nearly finished. Chris and Grant informed Ryan and I that they've pretty much 100% finished 2 of 5 tracks now. We've been having a bit of a chat about the mastering and such and there's a few pretty exciting ideas buzzing about.

I'll be back in with Grant tomorrow to do a big shift on the remaining tunes - I'll post another blog with the outcome of that.


That's all for now!


Euan

www.atornmind.com
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A Torn Mind - Mixing, Mixing, Mixing...

Hello!

An update from the A Torn Mind camp this week:

Barriers
We're into the second week of mixing and Grant and Chris have been hard at work putting big shifts in on the EP front.

They've described it in the following ways:

• "Good Good."
• "Brilliant Actually."
• "This ain't no Bridget Jones..."

Apart from the last one, which I'm not entirely convinced about, it sounds as if everything's going well! Preliminary mixes suggest we've definitely not wasted eight months of our lives on this record, which we're all very pleased about!

Preview Video
As mentioned in the earlier post, we've put the first EP Preview Video up on our YouTube Channel which you can find HERE.

It's had a fair few views so far but could always have more - so if you like what you see/hear then please tell your pals to watch it as well. If you're extra nice you could subscribe to our Channel too! Imagine that!

The clip features the full intro into "Sixes & Sevens" and is the very first audio sample from the EP that we've made available!

Keep your eyes peeled for a more in depth preview video in the coming weeks.


Upcoming Shows
We've got two shows scheduled currently, but we plan to hit it hard in the remaining months of 2009 and into 2010 with the EP behind us. When details for a launch night are finalised, we'll be sure to let you know.

For now, you can catch us at the following shows:

Thursday 17th September
Bathgate Music Festival @ The Dreadnaught, Bathgate
w/ JACKIE TREEHORN & FALL AND PERISH
Tickets & Time TBC

Friday 9th October
Metal Tech Album Launch Night @ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
w/ BACKLASH
Tickets & Time TBC

That's about it for this week - another mixing update next week and any new happenings.


Be sure to check us out at the following places:

Website: www.atornmind.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/atornmindband
Twitter: @ATORNMIND / www.twitter.com/atornmind
Blog: www.atornmind.blogspot.com


Cheers
Euan