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/things-that-are-seen-and-things-that-arent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-are-seen-and-things-that-arent http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/things-that-are-seen-and-things-that-arent/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:28:48 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=13323
I don’t know about you but it helps me to understand things better when I can categorize them. I try to put different concepts into different categories; it helps me. At any rate, I was thinking about the concepts we teach and realized that one way of categorizing them is into those things you do [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2012/01/things-that-are-seen-and-things-that-arent/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/talladega-nights-and-the-problem-with-hands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talladega-nights-and-the-problem-with-hands http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/talladega-nights-and-the-problem-with-hands/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:33:02 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=12921
There’s a scene in Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby in which Will Ferrell is being interviewed and doesn’t know what to do with his hands. Consequently, his hands just float awkwardly up by his face. Funny stuff! Most of the artists I work with can relate to this scene, because they don’t know [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/12/talladega-nights-and-the-problem-with-hands/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/get-creative-before-the-show/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-creative-before-the-show http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/get-creative-before-the-show/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:39:38 +0000 Tom Jackson http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=569
Most people think that planning makes a show boring or even less creative. They’re “artists,” after all, and real artists are spontaneous, or led, or… In reality, the planning process is one of the most creative parts of a great show! It’s where you, as an artist, have the opportunity to turn the music of [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/get-creative-before-the-show/feed/ 1 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/make-sure-your-show-has-no-spelling-errors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-sure-your-show-has-no-spelling-errors http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/make-sure-your-show-has-no-spelling-errors/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:13:34 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=8191
Most, if not all, we teach here at Onstage Success falls under the heading of communication; some is visual, some verbal, some musical. The goal in every area is to effectively communicate our ideas so our audience… gets it! When I receive emails that have incorrect spelling, wrong or missing punctuation, no capitals, etc., I [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/06/make-sure-your-show-has-no-spelling-errors/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/please-do-not-use-that-4-letter-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=please-do-not-use-that-4-letter-word http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/please-do-not-use-that-4-letter-word/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 17:12:51 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=7572
WORK! There I said it! This is worse than a swear word to many artists. Now, you might think I am overstating it (“not all artists are lazy, Kevin”). I am not saying that artists are lazy at all. (“Well then Kevin, what are you saying?”) Thanks for asking! I work with artists that are [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/05/please-do-not-use-that-4-letter-word/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/04/how-many-guitar-players-does-it-take/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-guitar-players-does-it-take http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/04/how-many-guitar-players-does-it-take/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:17:09 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=6810
How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb? … SIX. One to change the bulb, and 5 to sit around and say, “Yeah that was pretty good but I could have done it BETTER.” Ok. Sorry guitar players. You can thank/blame an extraordinary guitar player I toured with – Rex Carroll [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/04/how-many-guitar-players-does-it-take/feed/ 3 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/11/wanna-be-or-wanna-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wanna-be-or-wanna-do http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/11/wanna-be-or-wanna-do/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:05:41 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=5578
I’ve been working a lot this past year with young artists – many through the artist development firm, Porter Consulting Group (PCG) here in Nashville.  A lot of these young artists are just getting started in their careers. In some cases they have only performed a song or two at a special event somewhere. Bernard [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/11/wanna-be-or-wanna-do/feed/ 2 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/10/sensitive-thick-skin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sensitive-thick-skin http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/10/sensitive-thick-skin/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:13:49 +0000 Tom Jackson http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=5327
How thick is your skin? As a performer, sometimes it needs to be pretty thick. We just finished two of our Nashville events: an Intensive workshop (6 artists maximum, entirely hands-on), and our Bootcamp (60-80 artists, lots of teaching from me and other experts, watching some hands-on examples, and more). At the end of each [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/10/sensitive-thick-skin/feed/ 8 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/08/what-music-and-football-have-in-common/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-music-and-football-have-in-common http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/08/what-music-and-football-have-in-common/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:46:08 +0000 Scott McReynolds http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=4938
By the mere title of this blog, you are probably trying to figure out what the heck Scott is talking about! Well, there is a story here about an experience my son just went through that could apply to anything in life. However, because it’s my son and I’ve worked in the music business, [...]Scott [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/08/what-music-and-football-have-in-common/feed/ 2 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/08/confidence-on-stage-priceless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confidence-on-stage-priceless http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/08/confidence-on-stage-priceless/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:35:56 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=4838
I just sat on a panel with country artist JoDee Messina and regional rep for Shure microphones Ryan Smith, to judge the “Sing Your Heart Out” talent competition in Franklin, TN. Contestants from grade school through high school came from across the South to perform in front of us judges and a live audience. There [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/08/confidence-on-stage-priceless/feed/ 0