tonya tyner

My mantra for the day... "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matt. 6:34)

Eric Johnson and Sonny Landreth I know I promised the rest of my SXSW report, but really, who cares?  I have some great pictures and all that, but then I just went to the Old Settler's Festival last weekend and got a whole new set of opinions that no one probably cares about... I didn't create this blog to review music anyways; I don't know what I was thinking.  I mean, really.  What are my credentials?  I write Adult Contemporary Americana Folk Pop FFS.

But why did I (create this blog)?  It's only words.

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Despite the fact that I still like- nay love- soft rock, and my opinions about music lean acoustic/country/lyric/melody-driven/organic and I didn't actually attend anything official SXSW (to my knowledge), some have asked- nay begged- for a recount of my SXSW experience this year, so I have obliged, but you should know first that massive amounts of people give me the heebie jeebies.  And I over-commit to everything all the time.  Enter overwhelming nausea that crashed over me in apprehension of SXSW a…Read more

If you're looking to listen, you'll have to wait a bit.  My producer, Stephen, recommended that I remove the old cuts of the songs that will be coming out on my CD this summer, and I gladly complied.  Those tracks were embarrassing-- even granted they were one-take recordings.  I wonder if there are any artists out there who actually like the sound of their own voice.  I sound so much better in my head than I do through my ears, but inviting you all into my head is out of the question, so a CD it is...

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Making a decent CD is a heck of a lot of work. That said, parts of me are ashamed that I have placed my music in such a low place of priority throughout my life to have waited this long. Other parts of me have low self-esteem and wonder what business I have doing this at all.

So why now? Well, why not? I'm not horrible. Drunk people seem to think I'm fantastic. My friends like me. Sometimes my songs make people cry although I wonder if it's more because they are sympathizing with the sometimes sad…Read more