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Leading Your Audience: David Heringer Project “Show Me the Show” – Part 4

David’s here trying to sort out another VERY common issue for musicians as he puts Tom’s Live Music Method to the test. Confidence. It’s an insecurity that plagues even the most extroverted frontmen and the most bold drummers.

David is no different. He even finds himself “asking for permission to join a conversation” in his everyday life, so how will he show authority from the stage?

All of us want to be liked and accepted by our audiences, onstage and offstage. We don’t have to fix the audiences, though, do we? In All Roads Lead to the Stage DVD 4: Show Me the Show Tom talks about taking a hard look at yourself, finding what triggers your vulnerability, and creating a conscious effort to make the change.

Watch this video of David…

David brings up an important point: learning The Fundamentals and Onstage Tools will greatly increase your ability to perform with confidence. More on that in next week’s blog!

What’s stopping you from having confidence onstage? If you didn’t say,“Me,” email me… because it’s YOU!

YOU have to take the initiative to really look at YOURself and ask, “Is what I am doing now helping me to succeed?” If the answer is, “No”, it’s time to make a change. You can do this, but it’s going to require some work from YOU!

For David, and the rest of us, watching the DVDs won’t be enough. You have to: study, woodshed, rehearse, rework, review, repeat. I find this is a lot easier when you have help, so we developed a program to do just that.

The Academy of Live Music Online Course is your next step to getting the confidence you need to create your onstage career! Included in the course:

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Tom is uniquely talented and skilled at transforming an artist's live show into a magical experience for the audience; helping artists at every level create a live show that is engaging and memorable, teaching them to exceed their audiences' expectations and to create fans for life. Tom has taught indie and major artists of every genre. He has worked with Taylor Swift, Le Crae, Home Free, The Tenors, Shawn Mendes, The Band Perry, Francesca Battistelli, Jars of Clay, & many more. Tom also teaches at colleges, conferences and events worldwide.

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  1. John Mianowski says:

    I checked out all of David’s available videos in this series when they were first brought up. One of my first impressions was that there are a lot of principles in the Live Music Method that could (and should) be applied to his videos! We should be able to track his progress by how his video presentations improve over time.

    He may be trying to blow through the program too fast. His comments are like, “Well, yesterday we learned how do open heart surgery, and today we’ll learn how to design bridges and dams.” It takes a lot of hard work to achieve any of those competencies at an expert level. Nobody’s going to get it just by watching some videos; you’ve got to do the hard work to put the ideas into practice – rinse & repeat. The videos provide a framework to use, and guidance for how to do that work. There’s no substitute for the actual work itself

    • David Heringer says:

      Hi John,

      After your comment I had to go back and watch all the videos again because i was a bit confused on where you were coming from. Have you watched all 7 of the videos? I do agree in the first video I was ready to watch them all in one night and then conquer the stage the next day. But i see from video 2 on the realization that ive started a process in my head and the videos are going to help bring it to real life. I talk about the hard work this has taken, and will take in almost every video. These videos have not just given me a step by step how to manual, but have taken all of the ideas of what i thought it meant to be a musician trying to make a living doing this, and flipped them on there head. You’re right there is no substitute for hard work. Wood shedding is of utmost importance. But ill be honest some of the hardest work ive done in the last few months has been the process of working these concepts from head to heart.

      I started this as an honest blog to more or less keep myself accountable so i would keep pushing myself. haha and i also know the videos need work. (my wife my go to marketing person has been letting me know:) You mentioned applying the principles to the videos. Any suggestions on how i can start doing that?

      • David – Thank you again for sharing your journey with us in such an intimate setting. It’s very vulnerable to share you thoughts in a journal-esque format, as they are coming to you! We really appreciate your willingness to share and learn.

      • John Mianowski says:

        At the time I watched “all”, I think there were only 3 or 4 up. I’m really glad that you’re learning, & even more happy that the process is making you think “outside the box” (overused term – sorry).

        As for changes to the videos: I’m not going to offer any specific details – I’ll leave that to you to think about. My point was that a video is every bit as much a performance as is a live on-stage musical performance. You’ve got a lot of the same issues & opportunities, as well as similar goals of making the performance memorable. It can also be a learning exercise FOR YOU, to figure out how to apply the same principles to a different artistic discipline. In fact, I think the principles are universal enough that they can be applied to ANY art.

      • John – Correct again! Tom’s methods are applicable in any art form where interaction with the audience is key. It IS important for an artist to explore their own ideas about how he/she wants to convey themselves to that audience. Then after he/she has an idea, a Live Music Producer can come in with the guidance, experience and encouragement to help bring that idea to life!

    • John – That’s absolutely right! This process is just that, a process. Many artists don’t see how much work it will take to get the results they are looking for. David noticed after watching DVD 2: Turn it Up to 11 that it was going to take MUCH longer to create the show of his dreams.

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