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/are-rules-putting-the-kibosh-on-your-artsy-fartsiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-rules-putting-the-kibosh-on-your-artsy-fartsiness http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/are-rules-putting-the-kibosh-on-your-artsy-fartsiness/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:10:01 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=13329
So you have authority issues; I get it, I have some too. And for us artists, who are all about not playing by the rules, painting outside the lines, walking to the beat of a different drummer, and all that… when someone tells us that there are rules to something, I think we get a [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/are-rules-putting-the-kibosh-on-your-artsy-fartsiness/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/where-am-i-going-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-am-i-going-wrong http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/where-am-i-going-wrong/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:03:00 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=12973
During a recent Tom Jackson Webinar, we got this question from Angela: “Any thoughts for those of us who perform to super conservative “critical” audiences? I’m in ultra conservative churches each weekend and have had to weather lots of criticism. How do you stay creative and confident?” I feel your pain, Angela! I was raised [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/where-am-i-going-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/to-move-or-not-to-move-its-one-of-the-questions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-move-or-not-to-move-its-one-of-the-questions http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/to-move-or-not-to-move-its-one-of-the-questions/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:51:47 +0000 Tom Jackson http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=9677
There are a lot of psychological and spiritual reasons why we don’t want to move when we’re on the platform. Many people think it’s distracting. And it can be distracting when it’s done at inappropriate times. But it’s also distracting if it’s not done when it is appropriate! We should always look to keep the [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/to-move-or-not-to-move-its-one-of-the-questions/feed/ 1 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/a-better-way-to-bring-the-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-better-way-to-bring-the-word http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/a-better-way-to-bring-the-word/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:47:54 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=9672
Southern Gospel music is steeped in tradition, heart, and of course, the gospel message. It’s a sound like no other genre, has been around for over 100 years, and is still going strong. In Part I of this blog, What Would Southern Gospel Do?, I pointed out some things – good and bad – that [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/a-better-way-to-bring-the-word/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/invest-in-your-career/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invest-in-your-career http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/invest-in-your-career/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:53:11 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=5366
Let’s talk about the money musicians spend on their careers…from a sampling of what I have heard, seen, and experienced in the industry. Your spending speaks volumes about what you think is important. And I’m hoping to challenge the “status quo” thinking when it comes to your money and your music! Let’s break down a [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/invest-in-your-career/feed/ 5 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/what-would-southern-gospel-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-would-southern-gospel-do http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/what-would-southern-gospel-do/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:42:53 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=9668
My Dad always wanted our family to go on the road. He thought since ‘Daddy Sang Bass’ and mama sang – actually soprano – and me and big brother joined right in there, quartet-style, that we should get a bus and be the ‘Singing Swartzendrubers.’ But it wasn’t meant to be, since my brother and [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/09/what-would-southern-gospel-do/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/07/its-my-fault-a-reflection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-my-fault-a-reflection http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/07/its-my-fault-a-reflection/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:53:55 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=8461
I have been surrounded lately by a whole bunch of people that never do anything wrong. They can mess up, sometimes really bad, and it is never their fault. WOW – that is tough to do… be blameless. I’ve run across people all over the country who have a hard time dealing with screwing up. [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/07/its-my-fault-a-reflection/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/im-stuck-what-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-stuck-what-now http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/im-stuck-what-now/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:59:20 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=7935
I talk to a lot of artists who at one point or another come to a ‘stuck’ place in their careers, and they’re not sure what to do about it. Things have stopped moving forward; they are not getting the calls to come play, the money’s not there, they have writer’s block… [...]Amy WolterAmy has [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/im-stuck-what-now/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/love-covers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=love-covers http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/love-covers/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:30:25 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=7421
My wife sang background for a number of years with Amy Grant during the heyday of her career. I remember Amy saying at one time, something to the effect that “God can speak to me and get my attention pretty easily. When you’re in front 17,000 people on a regular basis, it would be easy [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/love-covers/feed/ 2 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/this-crazy-music-biz-ch-ch-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-crazy-music-biz-ch-ch-changes http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/this-crazy-music-biz-ch-ch-changes/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 13:24:24 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=7308
Shunned. Yes, that’s how I felt when I pulled out my Razor phone in front of a 20-something client, and they said, “I haven’t seen one of those in for-EVER!” Jeez, it’s not that old! And it still works just fine, thank-you-very-much. It was a harsh reminder of how fast things are changing in technology. [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/this-crazy-music-biz-ch-ch-changes/feed/ 0