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In March 2008, QWIKSAND
hit the road on a 35-city North American
tour. Logging in over 8,000 miles through
severe winter storms, the band's accomplishments
were
remarkable and their shows were well received
by fans, club owners, radio DJ's, festival
promoters and college programming committee's
across the country. QWIKSAND
was captured live in-studio during the
summer by engineer Brent Clawson and was
recently featured on an international
surf video by Surfline TV along with rotation
on X1FM Radio in San Diego.
In November 2007,
One
Arm Marsupial and Liquid
Dream from QWIKSAND's CD titled Liquid
Dream made Top100 for new alternative
rock for 28 weeks in a row on Clear Channel.com.
Both tracks featured work with Grammy
award-winning producer Wyn Davis (Sublime,
No Doubt) and engineer Dave Collins (Ben
Harper, Jack Johnson).
QWIKSAND's
Liquid Dream Music Video became a Top2
rated Indie video featured on MTV2.com,
and appeared in the international surf
film release The Endless Journey Continues
produced by Robert August (Star of Endless
Summer) in theaters across Australia,
Europe, Japan, North America and South
America. You can get the limited edition
CD titled: Liquid Dream on sale @ Planetsquared.com
and
iTunes.com.
In
Jan 2006, QWIKSAND was selected one of
the best independent artist in the country.
The Independent Artist Registry (IAR)
is an independent talent scouting service
that works with the top 100 record labels,
A&R reps, producers, and many other music
industry professionals to find performers
ready for the next level. "After an exhaustive
evaluation of thousands of the nation's
performers, only 34 were selected for
membership this year, we feel confident
stating QWIKSAND are one of the best independent
artists in the country. We highly recommend
you consider this artist for any opportunities
you have. They have proven themselves
as an accomplished and developed performer
and we are proud to have them as a member",
said IAR Director Josh Wendell.
In March 2005, QWIKSAND's
debut single
Concrete
Cowboy from the album The
Fellowship Of The Groove
charted # 11 nationwide on Hot AC
Top 40, # 3 on Top 30 Indie, # 55 on the
Top 100 US on
Commercial US Radio Charts.
The music video for Concrete
Cowboy also reached over 12 million
viewers worldwide on the Yahoo! Music
Video Channel, iFilm, MSN Video Channel,
NewBandTV, JustEnoughTV and French AAATV.