LITR Promo Push

Hi Sheeler friends and fans,

I will be doing a big promotional push for Light In The Rain. I'll be sending out demos and info to Central Iowa venues and radio stations, and also contacting regional/national independent rock, pop, country and R&B stations. You can help me A TON by requesting "Light In The Rain" and "Heart of the Person" on Internet Radio sites, and also commenting for me on CDBABY, MySpace, Soundclick and my other sites. Keep these dates on your calendar:

October 23 - An Evening With Ryan Sheeler, Mars Cafe 2318 University Ave, Des Moines IA 7PM

October 24th - CD RELEASE PARTY for LITR, Cafe Diem, 229 Main Street, Ames IA 7:30PM

LITR - Radio Single #2

Well...the listeners have spoken! And they have voted "Heart Of The Person" as the 2nd single off of Light In The Rain. A new radio-edited version and lyrics are available on ryansheeler.com

Here are a few online stations to request the new single.

http://www.capital1063.com/new2/artists/i/254968

http://www.iheartradio.com/new2/artists/i/254968

http://www.wrnx.com/new2/artists/i/254968?psid=334808

Winter in Iowa???? so soon??

Low of 28 and Freeze warning tonight. Snow and hi of 39/low of 23 tomorrow????? What's up with that?

Feature song - Believe In Me

www.ryansheeler.com

A sneak peak at the bonus track on LITR. Dan Fogelberg is my single biggest influence as a songwriter. His music has a personal resonance with me that goes back to the first time I ever heard "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne". His songs are beautiful and tough, sad and joyous all at the same time.

"Believe In Me" has to be one of the most quietly beautiful songs of his repertoire. I've always wanted to put it on a project of mine...and it seems perfect for Light In The Rain. Here's also a bonus clip of Dan performing the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMfv9HALUro

Believe In Me – Dan Fogelberg
(from the album Windows and Walls)

VERSE 1
If I could ever say it right
And reach your hostage heart despite
The doubts you harbor then you might
Come to believe in me.

VERSE 2
The life I lead is not the kind
That gives a woman peace of mind
I only hope someday you'll find
That you can believe in me.

VERSE 3
Those other loves that came before
Mean nothing to me anymore
But you can never be quite sure
And will not believe in me.

BRIDGE
Too many hearts have been broken
Failing to trust what they feel
But trust isn't something that's spoken
And love's never wrong when it's real.

VERSE 4
If I could only do one thing
Then I would try to write and sing
A song that ends your questioning
And makes you believe in me.

“Believe In Me” by Dan Fogelberg. (From the album Windows and Walls)
c.1984 EMI April Music/ Hickory Grove Music. Used by permission ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Ryan now featured on Last.FM radio streaming!

Check it out here!!

http://www.last.fm/music/Ryan+Sheeler

Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile

Its funny, how a song from your past that you haven't heard from at all, somehow seems to resurface a time when you need to hear it the most. Sometimes when you're grieving a loss, its like every song you hear hits home. Every word this song rings true for me; I truly have lived this song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxxfEMlBhv8&

MONA LISA LOST HER SMILE
(Written by : J. Cunningham)
David Allan Coe


Chorus:
Mona Lisa lost her smile
The painter's hands are trembling now
And if she's out there running wild
It's just because I taught her how
The masterpiece that we had planned
Is laying shattered on the ground
Mona Lisa lost her smile
And the painter's hands are trembling now

Verse I:
And the eyes that used to burn for me
Now they no longer look my way
And the love that used to be
Why, it just got lost in yesterday
And if she seems cold to the touch
Well there used to burn a flame
I gave too little, took too much
Till I erased the painter's name

Chorus

Autumn in the heart

sigh.... its gonna be 37 degrees in Central Iowa tonight. Fall is here.

It feels kinda like fall in my heart too. :(