I will be playing two shows this week to cap off a strong 2007… nothing else until January! Both of the shows will be solo/acoustic so I’ll need you folks to come cheer me on and keep me company!

TONIGHT: Mississippi Pizza (songwriters in the round) – 6 to 8pm
FRIDAY: Kay’s in Sellwood – 11 to midnight

I hope to see some familiar faces (accompanied by the new). Thank you everyone for all of your support!

MISSISSIPPI PIZZA PUB
3552 North Mississippi Ave
Portland, Oregon
503-288-3231

KAY’S
6903 SE Milwaukie Ave
Portland, OR 97202
503-232-4447

Quickly becoming one of my favorite songs, Cellophane was schemed at the top of Mt. Pilatus in Luzerne, Switzerland roughly one year ago. As you can see from the picture, very few sites in this life parallel the beauty of a Swiss Valley and the magnificent Alps in the distance; however, as the song lyrics suggest, one other caused distraction:

Oh, look there!
See that gleam?
It’s the sun-
Your eyes the beam.

Below is the new recording of Cellophane from Mississippi Studios, PDX. Though the lyrics aren’t quite current in this version, I hope you’ll take the time to read along with the updates on the lyric page at some point. I laugh because when I wrote this song, my intentions were romantic but I’ve since been told that there is nothing romantic about plastic wrap:)

The water looked like Cellophane,
Reflecting stars back into space
And your eyes look that way to me.

Cellophane by Tyler Stenson

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Random Note: Lake Pilatus is said to be the resting place of Pontius Pilate.

As I mentioned before, the Lander live at Mississippi Studios recording is in the process of being mixed and mastered and it seems some time since I last updated everyone on the status. Well, I’m proud to report that we are in the home stretch! Approximately sixteen songs are being mixed and mastered at SmileyNote Studios by Daniel Work and it is sounding great. Though the finished product is still a couple months away, I wanted to let everyone sample Popo Agie. Again, this is not considered a final product but a fair gauge of what to expect later this winter. Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present Popo Agie, live at Mississippi Studios, PDX.

Popo Agie by Tyler Stenson

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