This week, David Heringer’s challenge to put Tom’s Live Music Method to the test brings him to All Roads Lead to the Stage DVD 3: Get the Show on the Road. David is about to tackle another important topic: understanding your audience. So many of us musicians only surround ourselves with musicians, work with musicians, play […]
Archives for February 2012
Understanding Your Audience: David Heringer Project “Get the Show on the Road” – Part 3
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The Musician’s Pre-Nup (of sorts)
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I have a series of questions for you and the members of your band, your producer, the studio where you might be recording in, and anyone else from managers to agents, labels and so on, that is directly involved with you, your music or your revenues, both existing and potential. Lets play the happy go […]
Dawn Jones Hits No. 1 on iTunes Business Audiobook Charts
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First-time published author and popular speaker Dawn Jones topped the iTunes Business Audiobooks chart where well-known authors rank, including Dave Ramsey, Stephen Covey, and Dale Carnegie! Her new release, Top 7 Personality Challenges: Successful Communication Secrets for Differing Personality Types, also reached the Top 10 on iTunes Top 100 Audiobooks (All Genres). Top 7 Personality […]
Road Show Bootcamp in Nashville TN on 05/05/12
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Take one full day and learn how YOU can turn YOUR show into a captivating concert of “moments” for your audience! Sessions will include: Tom Jackson’s Live Music Method Loving Your Audience Live Music Makeover: Hands-On Graphing the Perfect Set List and more! Find out how you can be a confident, compelling artist who connects […]
Tom Live Around the World
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As you can tell by the photo, I’m working really hard over here in Europe this week! 🙂 Actually, the photo is just me taking a break. I really am working hard and looking forward to the time I’ll get to spend with some great artists. I’m traveling in Europe with my lovely wife, and […]
Fighting Temptation: David Heringer Project “Turn it Up to 11” – Part 2
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It’s another installment in the David Heringer Project: putting Tom’s Live Music Method to the test! Last week I commended David for going against the norm and not being an artist who waits for an opportunity to arise before they call Tom. This week David talks about another “normal” thought process: the temptation to go […]
Melissa Schlenvogt Song & Critique Review Video
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As Tom Jackson would say, sometimes you have to go “fishing” for the best way to visually perform your song. When it’s the type of song that can have several options (stool, mic stand, walking, sitting, etc.), it’s OK to try it several ways and decide what will work for you. Watch this video and […]
David Archuleta Surprises Children In Philippines
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David Archuleta made an unannounced visit to a ChildFund program gathering in the Philippines recently. As the children were preparing a performance for the ChildFund Philippines National Director, Katherine Manik, David appeared for a surprise visit. David joined the director and other children to watch a 10-minute skit performed by ChildFund Philippines’ program’s children. David […]
Angie Johnson Joins Team Cee Lo on “The Voice”
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Way to go Angie Johnson! Angie recently auditioned for NBC’s The Voice and joined Team Cee Lo! During the Fall of 2011 while U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Angie Johnson was deployed on her 7thtour, she performed Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” with military band Sidewinder at a morale show overseas. Someone in the audience recorded […]
Write From the Stage
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If you have watched and listened well to Tom Jackson (you might even call it “drinking the Tom Jackson Kool-Aid®“… and I have), you’ve probably discovered a disturbing truth about your concerts. The very minute you get the big “Aha!” about creating all those different “Moments” for your audience, it’s likely a panic set in. […]
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