http://www.onstagesuccess.com Onstage with Live Music Producer Tom Jackson Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:28:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/the-in-the-moment-moments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-in-the-moment-moments http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/the-in-the-moment-moments/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:53:59 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=13270
Ok. You’ve worked on your set. You’ve worked on your show, your moments, your transitions, and all manner of details. You are now standing onstage, keeping an eye on the audience. To one side of the stage you see some people doing a really cool dance move to the chorus of your song and you [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/the-in-the-moment-moments/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/simple-but-profound/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simple-but-profound http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/simple-but-profound/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:10:51 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=13084
Perspective is everything. Looking at your music and stage show through the same lens usually gives you the same results… Seems simple. But, do we pay attention to this? I often hear that bands and artists want their stage show to be better, but they continue to do the same things or look at the [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/simple-but-profound/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/my-nemesis-the-pedal-board/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-nemesis-the-pedal-board http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/my-nemesis-the-pedal-board/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=12103
Yeah I know, you guitar players LOVE having gigantic pedal boards. Boys and their toys. I’m sure shopping for pedals is like women shopping for shoes… the guy version of ‘accessories.’ When I walk into a session and see massive pedal boards, my heart sinks. Not because I inherently hate pedals, but because I know [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/my-nemesis-the-pedal-board/feed/ 9 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/dont-squash-the-creativity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-squash-the-creativity http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/dont-squash-the-creativity/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:08:24 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=12099
Do you remember watching Winnie the Pooh? Remember Eeyore the donkey? Here is what someone wrote about Eeyore: He is the lovable donkey who is dismally gloomy. But that’s not Eeyore’s perception of himself, according to him; he doesn’t expect too much of himself and therefore remains quiet for most of the time. That in [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/dont-squash-the-creativity/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/school-of-rock-what-you-didnt-expect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-of-rock-what-you-didnt-expect http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/school-of-rock-what-you-didnt-expect/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:14:53 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=11423
There’s something that always happens when we work with an artist that you might not expect. If you’ve seen one of our Live Music Makeovers, you know to expect the song will be rearranged and you’ll see a new visual element to the performance. But something always happens to the artists themselves… and that’s what [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/school-of-rock-what-you-didnt-expect/feed/ 1 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/i-hear-better-when-i-put-my-glasses-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-hear-better-when-i-put-my-glasses-on http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/i-hear-better-when-i-put-my-glasses-on/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:35:54 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=9320
I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced this little phenomenon; but somehow, I think I hear better when I can see something more clearly. Hello!! I’ve had great sight my whole life, but just within the past couple of years, I’ve noticed I’ve been rubbing my eyes because it seems like things are blurry. [...]Lang [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/i-hear-better-when-i-put-my-glasses-on/feed/ 4 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/4-things-to-look-for-when-hiring-a-band/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-things-to-look-for-when-hiring-a-band http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/4-things-to-look-for-when-hiring-a-band/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:59:59 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=8023
I have seen this problem many times: a solo act gets an amazing opportunity, the gig pays well, so the artist hires a band. The band, being “pros” don’t need to rehearse… “I just need the CD and I will make a chart!” The band comes to the gig and the music sounds great, [...]Kevin [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/4-things-to-look-for-when-hiring-a-band/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/do-the-work-live-the-dream/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-the-work-live-the-dream http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/do-the-work-live-the-dream/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:50:15 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=1234
I remember putting a young new band from Canada onstage and doing a quick Live Music Makeover. I was demonstrating for a number of artists how much better a song, a band, could be with some fairly simple changes. I re-tooled the song arrangement a bit, rearranged how the band was set up, expanded the [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/do-the-work-live-the-dream/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/the-ah-ha-moment-and-artist-review-special/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ah-ha-moment-and-artist-review-special http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/the-ah-ha-moment-and-artist-review-special/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:10:21 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=7867
I just worked with an incredible band, Love Like Gravity, this past weekend here in Nashville. Amazing songs, great guys, a great band! Here’s what they had to say about our time working together: “Thanks for working with us this weekend! We feel like we’ve gained great insight and direction. In talking over things on [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/the-ah-ha-moment-and-artist-review-special/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/dude-but-we-rock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dude-but-we-rock http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/dude-but-we-rock/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:55 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=7752
A majority of bands think unbridled energy equals a great show. What they do not see is the impact on the audience. To take your show to the “next level” you need to understand what is happening to the audience during your show. You need to give them what they want and set them up [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/dude-but-we-rock/feed/ 0