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/2011/11/the-x-factor-and-opportunities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-x-factor-and-opportunities http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/the-x-factor-and-opportunities/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:10:36 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=11696
I watched The X Factor the other week. I was on the road and it was on the hotel room TV. As Tom has mentioned, although it’s not the primary way most artists should look for opportunities for their career, it is one way. But you have to understand that The X Factor, American Idol, [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/the-x-factor-and-opportunities/feed/ 8 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/bad-songs-dont-bond-then-they-dont-buy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bad-songs-dont-bond-then-they-dont-buy http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/bad-songs-dont-bond-then-they-dont-buy/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:48:04 +0000 Lynn Barrington http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=10931
Haven’t you wondered how is it that some artists can have a fantastic voice, look great, and never really get to the top? Then there are artists that sing pretty good, look okay, and yet have long careers. (Come on, haven’t you thought at one time or another, “hey, I can sing better than them”?) [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/11/bad-songs-dont-bond-then-they-dont-buy/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/charity-vance-receives-top-performer-award/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charity-vance-receives-top-performer-award http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/charity-vance-receives-top-performer-award/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:38:07 +0000 Tom Jackson's Onstage Success http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=11026
Kudos to 18-year-old singer/songwriter Charity Vance for winning a Top Performer spot at our last Tom Jackson Bootcamp! Charity’s award as Top Performer will be a demo song recording session with Grammy award winning producer Mark Heimermann (dc Talk, Michael W. Smith, Jaci Velasquez). In early 2010, this young singer became one of the Top [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/charity-vance-receives-top-performer-award/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/charity-vance-song-critique-review-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charity-vance-song-critique-review-video http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/charity-vance-song-critique-review-video/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:44:36 +0000 Backstage Pass Video http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=10950
Watch this video to learn how your audience will decide if they like you or not. Also, see Tom Jackson show a songwriter how to “not get in the way” of the lyrics, and hear him talk about appealing to a broader audience to make fans. The Bootcamp industry panel saw a distinct future for [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/10/charity-vance-song-critique-review-video/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/03/the-voice-alone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-voice-alone http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/03/the-voice-alone/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:02:16 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=6767
I was watching American Idol and saw an ad for the new series called “The Voice.” I am very interested in how this will play out. In real life, I don’t think you can ever separate the voice from the person, the character, the looks, the actions… (If we could, there would be a [...]Kevin [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/03/the-voice-alone/feed/ 6 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/02/songs-or-singing-which-came-first/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songs-or-singing-which-came-first http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/02/songs-or-singing-which-came-first/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:16:59 +0000 Kevin Pauls http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=6136
Which came first: the song, or the art of singing? The question is usually about the chicken or the egg… not a musical reference! It is a question that doesn’t even need an answer… does it?? Do we care? Does it matter which came first? The answer… I HAVE NO IDEA!! Here is what I [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/02/songs-or-singing-which-came-first/feed/ 0 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/02/mystery-of-the-sunday-soloist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mystery-of-the-sunday-soloist http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/02/mystery-of-the-sunday-soloist/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:30:09 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=6022
There’s a mystery to solve here at Tom Jackson Productions, and I’d like to get to the bottom of it! We got an e-mail from Glenda, who sings solos at her church every few weeks. She’s only been singing for a year, and said for awhile the people seemed to enjoy it – clapping and [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2011/02/mystery-of-the-sunday-soloist/feed/ 3 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/04/idle-thoughts-on-idol/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=idle-thoughts-on-idol http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/04/idle-thoughts-on-idol/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:48:42 +0000 Tom Jackson http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=3785
I had some time last week to sit down and watch American Idol again (at least parts), and picked up on some interesting things with some of the contestants. Maybe you did, too. Change Things Up Casey James has been playing guitar each week. It works for him. In fact, he says “this is what [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/04/idle-thoughts-on-idol/feed/ 1 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/03/american-idols-%e2%80%93-do-we-know-who-you-are/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-idols-%25e2%2580%2593-do-we-know-who-you-are http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/03/american-idols-%e2%80%93-do-we-know-who-you-are/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:12:36 +0000 Amy Wolter http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=3623
I think I may have figured it out…that underlying factor that pegs me every time I watch American Idol. It’s the age factor, or more importantly, the maturity factor. It hit me when Kara commented for the umpteenth time, “we don’t know who you are!” Of course we don’t know who they are…they are [...]Amy [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/03/american-idols-%e2%80%93-do-we-know-who-you-are/feed/ 9 http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/03/kara-cried-american-idol/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kara-cried-american-idol http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/03/kara-cried-american-idol/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:54 +0000 Lang Bliss http://www.onstagesuccess.com/?p=3594
Last week, during the cuts down to the final 12 on American Idol, I heard a lot about song choice. It seemed people were being critiqued on that issue frequently. The other night, Kara cried when Big Mike sang a song that he owned. Would you say that he created a moment? Well, when Kara [...]]]> http://www.onstagesuccess.com/2010/03/kara-cried-american-idol/feed/ 1