Welcome to Lander! Home of singer/songwriter Tyler Stenson of Portland, OR. I always post the latest news below and the most current show calendar to the right. I invite you to take a look around, sample some of my music and videos and help me spread the word about the original Lander sound.
I just received notice that my song Whistle Stop was featured in an interview with Jonathan Poneman, co founder of SubPop Records on RoadtripNation.com! If you scroll to roughly the six-minute-mark you’ll hear it playing softly in the background- barely noticeable but present nonetheless. I’m hoping for more of my music to be featured on the PBS television series Roadtrip Nation (in 2009) but until then, this web video will suffice. Enjoy the taste and expect more to come.
I just posted this new video on YouTube of me playing Come Around at PolitiPalooza earlier this January at the Montgomery Park Building in Portland. This is the newest song that will be included on the upcoming album so give it a watch, read the lyrics and patiently wait for the album to be released within the month or so!
I hope someday
In the sunlight’s softest rays
That you will glide your way
Back through this town.
I hope someday you come around.
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.
Whether you know it or not, recording and producing music is extremely expensive and always a climb for indie bands everywhere. You can have talent, heart and loads of original music but in the end, it will require an enormous personal investment to see any of that material immortalized onto an album. This spring, I hosted a concert and live recording at Mississippi Studios with the plan of eventually releasing that recording to the public. However, all of my money was spent hosting that show and without a surplus, that recording has sat on the shelves waiting for my pocket book to catch up with me. I have no doubt that it would have collected dust until 2020 if it wasn’t for one very generous fan…
I am overwhelmed with gratitude toward Super Fan Jeff Sanford and his family. He emailed me asking when are you going to release the Mississippi Studios recording? I answered with the truth, probably never. I gave him my financial sob story; explained how I am still paying for Orange Chrome Sky and a new solo album (amongst life itself). I expected nothing from that conversation but nonetheless, a check arrived at my door today.
There are no words to explain his Big Heart. He simply shrugs and calls it an investment in good music. I will never disclose the amount donated to my cause but the recordings will be heard and I will no doubt dedicate them to his name. Thank you Jeff, for everything you’ve ever done for me.
Big Hearts are filling up the hemispheres
Big Hearts are warming up the coldest years
They’ll lie beside me forever more
Cause Big Hearts make mine grow
