Happy New Year!!! I have a new song for you to hear / see - click here to listen/view. It is my New Year's wish to you! I just recorded it.Yesterday, Tracy, Elizabeth and I were driving down to the 101 from Del Mar Heights Road when we saw the most amazing wall of fog rolling in from the south. We stopped, marvelled, took a picture, then raced north along the edge of the fog bank just to catch it pass by us at the 9th street lookout. Absolutely amazing. I've never seen this dramatic of an oceanic effect ever, living here for 9 years now, and I look the ocean every day.
This picture is an appropriate metophor for this new year. The past is a fog, beautiful in its own way, but gone - covered in misty history. We race along the edge of the present, which is the most beautiful and exciting place to be, where you get whisps of the past and hints of the future. The future is wide open, bright, and full of color, its direction not yet determined. I'm going to jump into this 2009 with the pizazz of this photo. Join me!
Contents:
1. Locals of SoCal: BIG SHOW at the BELLY UP this Wednesday, January 7th. Please join me!!
2. Locals of the Earth: Lunchtime Internet Concerts take off - Read this article in the San Diego Reader! Please comment on it and send it to your friends / facebook. And join me every Friday at Noon Pacific on your computer!
3. Michael on national TV January 21st. Tune in!
4. Tiernan in Mammoth this Winter
5. New Album in '09. Coming soon....
6. Lil' bit of House Keeping....
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1. Come to the Belly Up this Wednesday, January 7th for my New Acoustic Generation Showcase!
Biggest and Best show of the New Year!! My New Acoustic Generation show is back!
If you've never been to one of the N.A.G. shows before, or if you're a returning afficionado, please join us next week!! This is a rad show, and if you come to one or two shows all year, make this one of them! Help us get the word out and invite your friends. This is going to be an amazing night of music! NAG is a showcase I host and perform at, where I take over the Belly Up ( a tall order!!) and try to pack it with acoustic music loving people like yourselves. I'd appreciate your support if you're free. Our musical menu for the evening includes:
Veronica May and the To Do List,
The Michael Tiernan Trio,
Kyle Phelan, and
Owen Roberts and the Doghouse Brewer.
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2. San Diego Reader reports on my High Noon with TiernanTunes Lunchtime Internet Concerts - Read it here!! As many of you know, I've been broadcasting Live on the Internet every Friday at Noon (my time, Pacific) for a little show called High Noon with Tiernan Tunes. It's been a total blast and a great way to connect with you listeners and newcomers alike. The San Diego Reader just did a great article on it. Can you do me a favor - click on the link, read up, and if you have a few minutes, please post some comments under the story - if you've seen the show or not, you can comment on the music or whatever. You can also email your friends the story from the Reader page and also add it to your Facebook. That would really help me 
out (the more hits and comments it gets, the better!)
And please join me this and every Friday at Noon - go to www.tiernantunes.tv, close out the little tour video that comes up, then click on the broadcast tower icon in the upper left menu bar. When I go live, you click on "Watch Now". It's fun and interactive! You can watch archived shows on my page as well - www.tiernantunes.tv. Thanks! *************************************************************************************
3. Michael Tiernan songs on MTV’s the “Real World” January
Two of my songs, “Better Life” and “Distractions” will be used in an upcoming episode of that O-So-Reality-TV show (not!!) on MTV, “The Real World”. January 21st, set those TiVo’s – check your local listings for airtime. I wish I could tell you exactly when they'll be on, or if it'll be songs w/ vocals or just instrumentals - we'll see! This is going to be fun, and if not, at least it'll be interesting! Can't remember last time I tuned into the Real World.....
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4. Tiernan on the Slopes:
Anyone going to Mammoth for some skiing/boarding this winter, please check my schedule for dates. I'll be perfoming on the mountain January 9-10, February 20-21, March 6-7, and April 3-4. See you on the mountain!
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5. What's up in '09? New Album, that's whaddup!
I'm more than ready to get back into the studio! I'll heading back there very soon to begin recording album #4 - yay! When I was out in Denver last year, I did a show where the people voted for which songs they thought should be on the album. They did a great job and helped me out big time. Here's the songs I'm kickin' around:
- L.A. Can Wait
- Father and Child
- Small Things
- Here
- No More Oil
- Out Walking
- Sunrise
- Easy
- Strong
- Here to Sing
- Dying Tree
- You With Me
- Write You a Love Song
and maybe this new lil' ditty - "Easy 2"
This year, I will also be working on several tailored songs for corporate, commercial, movie/TV use, as well as continuing to build my production company (www.StillListeningProductions.com), which provides music for private and coporate events. Let me know if I can be of service! *******************************************************************************
6. House Keeping - Your membership of this Fan List:
So a while back, I transferred my email service to Reverbnation. I hope you like it! Let me know what you think! If you haven't yet, please follow the links below to update your profile online via Reverbnation. It'll help me to better stay in touch with you and target my emails based on your location. There's also a lot of cool features you can browse through on the Reverbnatio site. Excellent stuff!
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That's it! Thanks so much!
Feel free to drop a line and hope to see you real soon - either at the Belly Up or Online soon!
Wishing you the best this New Year,
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Sponsorship Opportunities
I am currently seeking sponsors for music and promotional projects, which will involve CD production for my next album, as well as handing out several hundred sampler and promotional CD's, posters, and fliers. If you would like to be a part of sponsoring a project, please email or call me for information. I would love to collaborate with your business to help get the word about both of us - my music, your business. Let's make it happen!
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Bring Tiernan to you this year: www.eventful.com/michaeltiernan
or bring him out for a House Concert: www.tiernantunes.com/houseconcerts