The amazing Lee Coulter is back at En Fuego with me this week.  Can't wait - come on out!

My weekly jaunt into funland - come join me for music, margies, and a special guest. 7 til 9:30

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me!

The triumphant return to one of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

The triumphant return to one of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on in 2011! Special guests every week TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on in 2011! Special guests every week TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on in 2011! Special guests every week TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on in 2011! Special guests every week TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on in 2011! Special guests every week TBA...

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me!

Presented by ListenLocalSD.com and KPRI FM 102.1, 14 bands, 2 stages, AMAZING line up!  Join us for a super fun evening!

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me!

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Michael Tiernan's New Acoustic Generation returns to the Belly Up in the New Year.  Come out to see some of San Diego's top singer/songwriter talent.

Come celebrate the post-cd release high tonight w/ a margarita and some tunes by your's truly...my special guest: me!  Come hang!

Acoustic Wednesdays roll on! Special guest TBA...

Join the trio for some serious beer-fueled music fun down at the coolest german brewery around:)

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: Collin Elliot joins me for some SERIOUS jammin'!  Don't miss this one!

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 9:00 til midnight this time!

Come down to Del Mar to end your weekend, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me, 5 til 7 as the sun sets....

A very cool, intimate venue at Brenda Panneton's cozy cottage by the sea.  Come on out and get up close and personal!  Reservations required and space is limited - contact these fine ladies for yours - Ronnie or Brenda at veronicagraciano@att.net or brenda@she-is-brenda.com

Come down to Del Mar to start your weekend, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me,6 til 7 as the sun sets....

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! Little I.E. celebration of the CD release...

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: Brent Curtis from Mysdirection!!

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 9:00 til midnight this time!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: Lee Coulter

This is the re-do concert from last month's concert in the cove, when a freak thunderstorm forced us to cancel the show!  Plus, its finally summer in SD, so bring your beach blankets and pickanick baskets and join us for some tunes at sunset!  See you there!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 8:00 til 11:00

On Saturday, September 11, the long-awaited resurrection of Allied Gardens, the alliance of Sven-Erik Seaholm, Michael Tiernan and Peter Bolland will take the stage at John and Patty's House Concert in a beautiful backyard in Encinitas.  Three part harmony, percussion, the whole Allied Gardens album live, plus a batch of new songs and covers, this show will prove to be a feast for the Allied Gardens-starved.  Join us for a super-intimite night of music!  Make your reservations now by emailing Patty - pattylmorris@roadrunner.com - she'll tell you where to go and when!!  Gonna be awesome!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Train Headlines the Mammoth Festival on Saturday night.  My Trio is playing all Friday evening in the Village to kick off the weekend, 6:00 til 9:00 p.m. for the Friday Wine Walk.  Gonna be a blast! Make it a weekend!

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 8:00 til 11:00

One of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

One of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

One of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: Aaron Kimble

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: Jen Trafficanda

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

Our Special guest this week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: A very special artist from LA, my friend Renata Youngblood.  She is AMAZING!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: Chuck Schiele straight outta OB!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: Chuck Schiele straight outta OB!

Come check out the new Egoscue Clinic in Del Mar.  A great bunch of people who can help you and what ails you feel grand.  Jammin' some tunes for the opening party this afternoon.  Stop by if you're in Del Mar!

One of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

One of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: My Birthday!!!

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: TBA

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 8:00 til 11:00

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: San Diego newcomer Mike Moran.  Come out and show him some love!

The triumphant return to one of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: The always super entertaining Patti Zlaket!! www.pattizlaket.com

The triumphant return to one of the coolest hangs in N. County.  C'mon out for some vino and tunes...

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: St. Patty's Day at a Mexican restaurant?!?!? Why not!

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: TBA

Every Wednesday, I don the acoustic under the lovely Modelo Negro neon sign, and serenade you as you enjoy the finest margies around.  There's a special guest every week, too, and I hand-pick 'em cuz I know you'll love 'em!

This week: Chuck Schiele!!!

Join Tiernan in Wine Country.  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 8:00 til 11:00

Any WEdnesday, any time you need good music, any moment you feel the need for a great margarita and some uplifting of the spirits, come join me in the lovely garden bar at En Fuego Cantina in Del Mar.  With special guests every week, its always a great time!

This week's guest: Sven-Erik Seaholm!

Any WEdnesday, any time you need good music, any moment you feel the need for a great margarita and some uplifting of the spirits, come join me in the lovely garden bar at En Fuego Cantina in Del Mar.  With special guests every week, its always a great time!

This week's guest: Mike McGill www.mikemcgillmusic.com

Any WEdnesday, any time you need good music, any moment you feel the need for a great margarita and some uplifting of the spirits, come join me in the lovely garden bar at En Fuego Cantina in Del Mar.  With special guests every week, its always a great time!

This week's guest: newcomer to SD Dan Langdon!!!

Any WEdnesday, any time you need good music, any moment you feel the need for a great margarita and some uplifting of the spirits, come join me in the lovely garden bar at En Fuego Cantina in Del Mar.  With special guests every week, its always a great time!

This week's guest: TBA

For all you spiritual types :) I'll be the featured performer for the 9:00 and 10:30 services.  A couple songs wrapped up in warm vibes and a great message.

A rare appearance in the I.E.!! All ye' hometown Redlands folks and Temecula friends - Come out and join me for some wine and music in Old Town Temecula!  Gonna be fun, cas, and relaxing!

Please join me for a very special free show at the Encinitas Library - a lovely venue with an amazing backdrop, this will be an up-close and intimate sneak peak of all the songs off the new album....

Join Tiernan in Wine Country - well sort of!  Heading back to Temecula to share in some good wine, good vibes, and good music!  join me! 8:00 til 11:00

Acoustic Wednesdays rolls on!  Join us for a margie and some tunes!

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Bring a date and let the Tiernan Trio woo you with spicy originals that'll bring out yor inner Barry White on Valentine's Day Eve.... 

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Come down to Del Mar after work, grab a glass of wine, pull up a couch and a heat lamp (yes, they decked out the deck in Del Mar with couches and heaters!!) and enjoy the eve with me!

Acoustic Wednesdays rolls on through the wintertime!  Rain or shine, join us in the garden bar at En Fuego - plenty of heaters, margaritas, and tunes in the air, w/ Michael performing solo, joined by a special guest(s) each week.   Always a good time, you never know what'll happen on Acoustic Wednesdays...

This week's guest: Shant  http://www.reverbnation.com/shant?eid=2757630_19939171

Fall - almost winter - in Del Mar, underneath the stars and heat lamps, margarita in hand,  Tiernan singing to you every Wednesday with a special guest or two....its a HOOT! C'mon out!!

The concert, featuring popular L.A. artist James Lee Stanley, and local favorites Michael Tiernan, Peter Bolland, Mountain Ghost, Cahill and Delene, and Rathburn himself, will center on songs promoting the idea of peaceful coexistence in a more enlightened world. “This isn’t an anti-war rally as such”, says Rathburn, “it’s simply a song celebration of the idea of peace on earth.”

All proceeds go to benefit the Peace Alliance (ThePeaceAlliance.org), a national organization founded in 2004 whose mission is to empower civic activism for a culture of peace. Their vision is a future where the practical programs and principles of peacebuilding are the bedrock of our personal, national and global interest and investment. Their goal is to make peacebuilding central to our policymaking, investment and understanding. Their current focus is the campaign for a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace.

Who:

James Lee Stanley
Michael Tiernan
Peter Bolland
Mountain Ghost
Cahill and Delene
Joe Rathburn

The New Acoustic Generation concert series is back!  Michael Tiernan and his trio host a great lineup of local acoustic talent.  Featuring Lee Coulter, the Ozzy-turned-San Diegan, one of SD's quickly-rising stars.  Other special guests TBA.  Acoustic fun mid-week at one of San Diego's best venues.

Ruby Presnell of Ruby Blue - Lead Singer

Robin Henkel  - Blues Singer / Guitarist

Michael Tiernan  - Singer / Songwriter

Cici Porter  - Singer / Guitarist

Bob Boss - Guitarist

Monet Payne - Classical Soprano

Monique Kunewalder - Classical Pianist

Valerie Chereskin - Classical Flutist

David Millard - Jazz Flutist / Percussionist

Joe McNalley - Jazz Bassist

Lynn Becker - Classical Flutist

Bobo Czarnowski - Singer / Songwriter

Nathan Welden - Singer / Songwriter

Kate Fuller - Singer / Songwriter

Rick Lineback - Songwriter / Pianist

Linnea Norsworth - Pianist

The Louisiana Saturday Night Band

Good local german-style beer and music?  What else do you need on a Friday night???

This Wednesday: "Me and Lee" - Michael Tiernan and Lee Coulter split the night!

Music. Wine.  Vibe.  Come on out for a solo acoustic show - 8 til 11.  Reserve your table in the bar area. 

On the Pacific Terrace at this hotspot for weekend wildlife viewing - mainly cougars.  Come grab a drink and hang with the Del Martians.

On the Pacific Terrace at this hotspot for weekend wildlife viewing - mainly cougars.  Come grab a drink and hang with the Del Martians.

On the Pacific Terrace at this hotspot for weekend wildlife viewing - mainly cougars.  Come grab a drink and hang with the Del Martians.

6 til 8 ushering in the sunset w/ tiernantunes!

On the Pacific Terrace at this hotspot for weekend wildlife viewing - mainly cougars.  Come grab a drink and hang with the Del Martians.

On the Pacific Terrace at this hotspot for weekend wildlife viewing - mainly cougars.  Come grab a drink and hang with the Del Martians.

An awesome evening with an outside house concert feel (it's actually the house right above our house in Del Mar!).  With the amazing Cactus Twang and Whyte, Eve Selis, Michael Tiernan, and Berkley Hart.  BYOB and BYOC (C=Chair!).  Gonna be awesome!

6 til 8 ushering in the sunset w/ tiernantunes!

On the Pacific Terrace underneath the evening Del Mar summer sky.  Come grab a drink and hang with the Del Martians.

6 til 8 ushering in the sunset w/ tiernantunes!

The Trio in PB?!?!?  We rock 10:00 til close - come on out!

6 til 8 ushering in the sunset w/ tiernantunes!

Good local german-style beer and music?  What else do you need on a Friday night???

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Tapping of the new Sommerbrau  - join us for some beers and music! Damn that sounds yummie!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

House Concert open to tiernan tune fans.

RSVP and info at

tiernantunes.com

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Music. Wine.  Vibe.  Come on out for a solo acoustic show - 8 til 11.  Reserve your table in the bar area. 

Join us at Canes in Mission Beach this lovely Saturday afternoon for KPRI's summer Homegrown series

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

What goes better than coffee and music? But not just any music, old 80's hits! Ever hear DePeche Mode on acoustic? Well get ready to

Hosted this weekend by John Foltz.

Nice - the Tiernan Trio is getting out into other parts of town!  Join them with Guiness in hand as they rock this fun Normal Heights pub - 10 til close!

Come down to Del Mar every Wednesday the summer for some serious acoustic fun.

Margaritas, Music, and Michael Tiernan, with a guest performer each week!

Our monthly gig at our favorite hang - come join in the fun!  Great food, amazing vibe, and we PARTAY!!!  Call for table reservations to guarantee seating.  

Our monthly gig at our favorite hang - come join in the fun!  Great food, amazing vibe, and we PARTAY!!!  Call for table reservations to guarantee seating.  

Bring your beach blankets and a picnic and come chill with me and the sunset. 

Get your tickets now!  This is going to be a great opportunity to see the Tiernan Trio in an intimate setting.  It'll be all about the music, supporting the museum, as well as sampling some great local food and drink!  Hope you can join us - tell your friends and family!

Nice - the Tiernan Trio is getting out into other parts of town!  Join them with Guiness in hand as they rock this fun Normal Heights pub - 10 til close!

Awesome new venue - great vibe.  Join us for a fun Friday night out!

Tiernan rocks solo acoustic at the Embassy Suites' shiek and vibey bar from 6 til 9. 

Our monthly gig at our favorite hang - come join in the fun!  Great food, amazing vibe, and we PARTAY!!!  Call for table reservations to guarantee seating.  

Music. Wine.  Vibe.  Come on out for a solo acoustic show - 8 til 11.  Reserve your table in the bar area. 

Music. Wine.  Vibe.  Come on out for a solo acoustic show - 8 til 11.  Reserve your table in the bar area. 

Our monthly gig at our favorite hang - come join in the fun!  Great food, amazing vibe, and we PARTAY!!!  Call for table reservations to guarantee seating.  

The Trio in PB?!?!?  Come out to celebrate Sam's B-day, MT-3 style!  We rock the joint 10 til close!!

Tiernan rocks solo acoustic at the Embassy Suites' shiek and vibey bar from 6 til 9. 

Join us out in the sun in the heart of Del Mar with interntionally acclaimed singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini (hit songs "Last Request" and "New Shoes")

To get on the ticket list - just RSVP to Andy at KPRI FM - afranco@kprifm.com

Powers to rock!!! Ahoy there maties!  Here's what's on the lookout for this month. 

Contents:
1. Great shows this month, plus get tix for SD and LA shows next month now! 
    * Alert!! ---  Calypso Cafe this Thursday!!!  Tons of fun, with a very special guest joining the Tiernan Trio!
2. Get on my Street Team!!  It's simple, its fun!  I'll put you to work with goofy tasks, like voting for me on stuff!
3. Bragging and Swagger section: I am a Great American: Song Contest Finalist, that is....Yeeehaw! The Great American Song Contest awards "Better Life"
4. Thought of the month: Facebook / Twitter / Pitter Patter: Being Uber-Connected in this crazy, fast-paced world.  I used to hate it, now I think its pretty cool!

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First, check out this video greeting from Elizabeth and Me...
click HERE to view....
 

1. Highlighted Shows:
Since the schedule is printed just above in the top now, I'd just like to call your attention to a few very special shows coming up.
***Of course, there's Calypso this Thursday.  We're being joined by a very talented singer/songwriter, David Ryan Norgren, who will actually be jamming my tunes w/ me for a part of the set!  Check it out!
*** Downtown dwellers!  KPRI Homegrown Show at Dublin Square on the 27th!  Such a great time!
*** Belly Up show just added!! Not my NAG show, but a great local showcase.  Mark you calendars for May 6th and tell all your friends!
*** L.A. Can Wait: but only another month!  Get your tix now for a very special music and cancer benefit at Molly Malones in Los Angeles on May 19th, supporting "I'm ToO Young For This!", an outreach and networking group for young adults with cancer and cancer survivors.  Its going to ROCK, and I'm bringing the band!
**** Not in SoCal? Don't forget my live Internet Broadcasts "High Noon with TiernanTunes" every Friday at noon Pacific at http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/fan_reach/pt?eid=_&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiernantunes.tv.
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2. TiernanTunes TaskForce and Street Team - Join and help in lil' tasks from time to time...
OK - sometimes I need a little help here and there with goofy little voting things online,  or posters and fliers handed out to friends, etc, but I have a hard time buggin my whole list about it!  So please, if you'd like to lend a hand from time to time, please make sure you're signed up via my ReverbNation site (which is where this email is coming from!) to be part of my Street Team - click the update your information link on the bottom of this email to sign up!   There's some fun stuff coming through the pipeline and you'll discover some great new sites and people.

Here's a little taste of what I'd ask you to do, and anybody can do this:
***Go to www.webceleb.com and sign up (it's a great new, cutting edge social networking tool to discover music, art, and writing, started by people here in SD).  Find my music by going to http://www.webceleb.com/#/profile/4251/ and vote me up - click the "up" tabs by my songs when  you play them.  There's a contest for the next couple weeks for the most voted upon artists to perform at San Diego State University for a big show.   Silly, yes! But also fun, if you like surfing the net and discovering new stuff!  Thanks!

Or, create your own TaskForce Tasks!
 Self-inspired Task Force example: Some people ask me what they can do to help the music spread, and I'll let you know via the Task Force when specific things come up.  Others take matters into their own hands.  Like my friend Laura Lee (www.somaticexperience.com ) - she liked the song "L.A. Can Wait" so much, that she sent a letter to the Ellen show requesting that I get on there.  Who knows if it'll work, but that's pretty rad!!!  Thanks Laura Lee!  Anyone else who wants to write to the Ellen Show, be my guest!!  My friend Kathy, in Denver, took it upon herself to call the Craig Furgusen show to try to get me on there! Sweeeet!

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3. "Better Life" wins Honor Award at the Great American Song Contest!
I guess its sort of like being proud of your children once they make the Honor Roll, get into a great college, or do something really praiseworthy.  I wrote this song a few years back now.  Just writing it was thrill enough for me - it was one of those that took me by surprise and took me on a journey.  I recorded it w/ Sven, Barbara Nesbitt added some seriously killer vocals, Alex DePue nailed some insane violin parts, and away it went - on the CD, played during live shows, etc.  Its fantastic when a song takes on its own life - you get it out there and let it do its own work!  So far, this song has been featured TWICE on MTV's Real World, and just recently was a finalist in the Great American Song Contest in the Contemporary Acoustic / Folk Category.  Sweet!
Now I just need a bumper sticker.
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4. Twitter / Facebook musings: Just a waste of time? Or Universal Mind?
I often hear people, young and old, complain - "What's with all this social networking mumbo-jumbo? Why waste your time?"  And true, to get caught up in spending too much time reading up on people's Twitters and updates that read something like, "Sam Johnson is eating a scrumptious Peanut Butter sandwich" seems quite ridiculous.  And I used to agree.  In fact, some time ago, I held out on getting a cell phone for months and months b/c I didn't want the intrusion of my own space.  I've always been an advocate for creating space in our lives.

But is there really something to this whole Facebook and Twitter phenomenon?  Isn't it amazing that at a glance we can know what's going on in the lives of others, especially those we care about?  Yes, a healthy dose of self-control is needed not to waste hours living vicariously through the lives of others. But even if we don't care what Sam is eating for lunch, isn't it cool that Sam came across our awareness today - that we thought of him, wished him well, cracked a smile at his good fortune that he is so ecstatic about a simple meal?  Isn't that better than not thinking of him at all? 

I think its absolutely cool and amazing that we can share our up-to-the-second thoughts, whereabouts, emotional states, pleas for prayers, or thoughts of gratitude, instantly with those we're connected to.  Of course it doesn't substitute for real human contact, but it puts us in a realm of togetherness that can help us get through our days that we usually spend alone at work - we sympathize, criticize, rejoice, chat, send good thoughts out to others instantly.  We can communicate so incredibly fast on in depth thoughts and issues.   I guess the collective subconscious of humanity was feeling the alienation that technology seemed to impose and responded with a way to inject some humanity into the hours we're glued to the screen.  This modern world sometimes seeks to destroy community by putting up ideological walls and prejudices - but this social networking thing, done right, is great therapy. 

Through Facebook, whole parts of my history that I've turned off unintentionally have come rushing back into my life - and instead of being an intrusion, it helps connect the dots of where I came from, and who I am now.  Re-connecting with everyone from pre-school friends to post-college workmates has brought a delightful richness to my life.  Its so great to share where I am now with them and see what they have made of themselves as well.  It gives me a sense that we really are being taken care of - that things DO work out, that people realize their dreams, and that the world is a good place. 

O, and I am very happy about Sam's PB&J.

With that in mind, if you haven't yet, connect with me and each other around the music at places like:
TWITTER - http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/fan_reach/pt?eid=_&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fmichaeltiernan&eid=_
RSS Feeds - add my feed to your daily updates here.
Facebook - add me here.
 
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Alrighty everyone, that's about as much as I can pack into one Newsletter for this month!  Thanks for joining me, and I hope to see you at a show this month, or online during my Friday webcasts.

Michael T.
www.tiernantunes.com
http://www.tiernantunes.tv/ - Live Internet concerts every Friday at Noon
 

Wine-infused solo acoustic fun!

Wine-infused solo acoustic fun!

This is going to be a GREAT night of music!! Hope you can join us - tell your friends and let's have a fun mid-week partay!

Everybody in the Los Angeles area - PLEASE consider coming out to this fundraising event that will have KICKASS music from all-cancer-survivor artists, me being one of them.  Its only $15 and its a great cause at a superb venue.  I'm on at 10:00 with the band to finish up the night.

"Too often, when some of the life's unavoidable crapness takes over and things get out of control, we turn to music to help make sense of the madness. In dealing with cancer, this is no exception.

Cancerpalooza is about empowering young adults affected by cancer and raising awareness for the cause of "cancer under 40" through an artists showcase featuring musicians diagnosed in the prime of their lives who chose to get busy living by expressing themselves and sharing their story through the art of their survivorship.

The event will be taking place at Molly Mallone's in Los Angeles offering survivors with a hip, non-clinical and non-threatening social environment to interact and mingle amongst a likeminded community of their peers.