It’s 2020! Happy new year Alpha Tide fan (and your friends). We start the year with one less band member but a new passion for… new! We’re hoping for 2020 to be a year where we knuckle down, bring something new for you and to grow our little batch of…
Mark’s Equipment Rundown
I have played guitar now for about 12 years and touring the local gig circuit with Alpha Tide for 5 years. Over the years of playing with different musicians both in Alpha Tide and in Church worship groups I have had to adapt my sound to compliment different arrangements. This…
Songwriting
Before you read I’d love to say ‘I’m expert in songwriting…’ :/ There are many, many great songwriters who I admire and have tried to glean some wisdom by simply listening to their songs. I remember the very first song I wrote: it was called ‘Innocence’. I wrote it when…
Am I Delirious?
Music hasn’t always been as important to me as it is now. My first CD purchase was in fact the soundtrack to the Phantom Menace (I love me the Star Wars). I wanted to be an actor until the later end of sixth form. School was weird for me as…
Tom’s 2019 Picks (So Far)
Here’s Tom’s 2019 Picks so far and this 2019 has been very busy for Alpha Tide so far (with even more busy-ness to come). As you all know we released our debut album at the beginning of December and the lovely Emily joined us to make up a five piece.…
Hymns (and Hers)
Alpha Tide didn’t just originate at a church fete (you might recall Paul McCartney and John Lennon met at a church fete… you know just sayin’). We are all church-going Christians too which means that we all share a rich history when it comes to to music. Specifically hymns. Hymns…
That’s No Moon…
So… that’s no moon… this is a box. Not just a box, but a box on wheels. And not only that but it houses our new Peavey 16FX mixing desk. So really it’s our portable sound system box, which I could’ve just said at the beginning. We felt that when…
The Beatles and Me
There might’ve been more written about the Beatles than any other band in the history of ever and rightly so because just look at what they did do! Their crazy ride to the top isn’t as straight forward as many people believe: they weren’t this huge monster from the get…
Tom’s 2018 Discoveries
Finding new music that I connect with is not only beyond satisfying but sadly also rare. Like most of us I tend to go back to the same bands and songs because they remind of a certain time, feeling or inspire me in my own song writing and even give…