[5] He interned at radio station KCRW, and then moved to Colorado to work for the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
[7] This turned into his debut album "Big Señorita" which was chosen as one of Performing Songwriter Magazine's Top 12 Independent Releases of 2001.
In 2001, while touring behind Big Senorita, Tannen met his future wife and musical partner Deb Talan at a show at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[8] His second solo CD "Stopped at a Green Light" was released in September 2003; this was quickly followed by the first Weepies album Happiness in December of that same year.
Together, they wrote and recorded five songs with Mandy – the single "Extraordinary," the title track "Wild Hope," "All Good Things," "Few Days Down" and "Looking Forward to Looking Back.