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From Comet To Calm

Ryan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:46:14 +0000

The album is now in production and is tentatively scheduled for a late August release. A lot of hard work went into this album and we can’t for everyone to hear it.

If that wasn’t enough, we are also competing in the Battle of Birdy’s this year. We make our First Round appearance on Friday, August 7th. Show starts at 9:00 PM, we go on at 10:30 PM. The fans will determine the winner so we hope to see everyone there.

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We were feeling generous…

Ryan — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:35:25 +0000

So we decided to make Chicago Sessions available to download for FREE! Yes that is right, completely free. Head on over to our last.fm page (link up top) and choose Chicago Sessions. You will see “free download” next to each track. If you have been holding off on picking it up, you have no excuse. If you are one of the many who purchased the album, we can’t thank you enough for your support and hope you spread the word and get some people to download the album.

Don’t forget, tonight, Spin, 9:00 PM. Tomorrow, Locals Only, with Avero, probably 9:00 PM as well. Hope to see you guys there!

-Ryan

Absence is Nonsense

Ryan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:41:57 +0000

For anyone who has found themselves asking the question “where has Tyler Bender Band been??” I am happily here to tell you the answer is “nowhere,” (sorry if that was anti-climactic). Our last show was way back in early January at SPIN. But we haven’t been idle for the past month and a half…

Last year when we recorded “Chicago Sessions,” the long-term goal I wanted to set was that we’d use those recordings to help us raise money to one day go to Nashville and record a full length album.

That goal is finally coming to fruition! On March 13, we will be making the hike down to Nashville to record a 10 song album.

We’ve scheduled some studio time at Lyric Canvas Studios to work with Jason Hall as he guides us through the rigors of perfection, trying to get the best out of ourselves and our creativity.

So, the last few weeks we’ve been spending time together, trying to get our stuff together in order to make this experience as painless (mostly for Jason) as possible. We’ve been trying to perfect some new songs and tweaking some old ones that will be on the new album.

Right now the list of songs we’re working with look like this (but not in this order):

Stir
In Between
Chicago
So Cold Alone
The Rain
Sound of Waves
Simple Man
It’s Okay
More Than A Word
Wolf

I’m still trying to decide on a name for the album at this point.

One of the best pieces of news I’ve received in a long time is that my brilliant friend, Phil Keaggy is going to be joining me to play on a track or two. I’m thankful to him for taking time out of his schedule to play on this album.

So that’s what will be happening in the coming weeks. We hope to have blogs, photos, videos that document the experience. After that, we’ll be back playing shows (probably starting in April) and trying to reach another goal of mine for 2009 (play a significantly larger amount of shows outside of Indianapolis consistently).

As always, thank you for your support, and joining with us in our excitement for the future of what we’re doing. You’re the best.

tyler

new photos from the show at Birdy’s on 1/2

Ryan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:22:19 +0000

A good friend of the band, Mindy McCutchan, was kind enough to take pictures for us when we played at Birdy’s on January 2nd. Huge thanks to Mindy, they look great.

Radio Radio this Friday!

Ryan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:42:37 +0000

Early Christmas Presents! Treat yourself and your friends to the concert of the year!

The band will be playing at Radio Radio this Friday. Radio Radio is in the heart of the Fountain Square District and is a pretty sweet club. We will be playing with Andrew Ripp and Brandon Whyde so it should be a great show and one not to miss.

If you do make it out to the show we love it if some people could take pictures and post them on our Facebook page. There also might be a chance to score a free CD so make sure you get out to Radio Radio. Here’s a map.