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Jessica Ridley Making Big Time Music: Backstage Spotlight

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“Success to me is getting to do what I love and making a living at it,” says singer/songwriter Jessica Ridley. But it’s already been more than simply making a living for this Canadian artist. You might even say she’s hit The Big Time! Recently, Jessica landed a spot as a Top 3 contestant on a […]

Jessica Ridley Wins The Big Time on ABC-TV

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Canadian singer/songwriter Jessica Ridley is beginning to see her dreams turn into reality, partly due to social reality show Bud United presents: The Big Time, which debuted Saturday, January 21 on ABC-TV. One of 3 finalists, picked from thousands who auditioned via Budweiser’s online casting call, Jessica swept every talent category to win the contest […]

Brett Manning Workshop Preview Free Video

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Take a peek Backstage with this Free Video from a recent Bootcamp event! This awesome workshop session was taught by Master Teacher, Brett Manning, founder of Singing Success: Website

The Stellas Nominated for Canadian Radio Music Award

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Congratulations to The Stellas on their nomination for the 15th annual Canadian Radio Music Awards (CRMA)! Their first single “Perfect,” released September 2011 was nominated for the CRMAs based on hitting Canadian charts for the first time and having achieved top airplay in different formats based on radio “spins.” The awards will be presented March 23rd, 2012 at […]

Bootcamp Alumni Stars in Movie Heartland to Hollywood

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Singer/songwriter Dannie Marie, a Tom Jackson Productions Bootcamp alumni, will be starring in the movie Heartland to Hollywood. Filming began January 2012 when Dannie Marie recorded her very own “Marry Me” for the production. The film is about a young girl from the midwest who falls prey to a morally corrupt agent. Sarah (played by […]

Robert Pierre’s Silent Cry Inspires Pro-Life Movement

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Singer/songwriter Robert Pierre dedicated “Silent Cry” to a movement, Hear the Silent Cry, with the hopes to put an end to abortion. His moving song, co-written with Matt Bronleewe and Jason Ingram, delivers a powerful message about celebrating life. The campaign is using the song to promote responsibility and generate a response from Americans about […]

The Musician’s Guide to Google +

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Not long ago, Google introduced their own social networking platform with the intention of entering the ring to contend for the social media crown against the likes of Facebook and Twitter. This platform, simply dubbed Google + (pronounced Google Plus), showcases quite a few similar features as its leading competition. So as a musician, you […]

Bob Dylan and Writing Something to Sing About

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“The world don’t need no more songs.” Bob Dylan He has a point, while sort of missing the point altogether.We write songs because we like to sing.People like to sing.They want to sing along with us.So, we write songs they can sing with us. Rick EliasAlong with releasing 3 critically acclaimed solo projects, Rick was […]

The ‘In-the-Moment’ Moments

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Ok. You’ve worked on your set. You’ve worked on your show, your moments, your transitions, and all manner of details. You are now standing onstage, keeping an eye on the audience. To one side of the stage you see some people doing a really cool dance move to the chorus of your song and you […]

3 Ways to Shake Up Your Songwriting

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Ok, so you wrote five songs before the holidays. The holidays were crazy with family, friends and lots of eating. Now, it’s the New Year and back to work. You go back and listen to those five songs and they all seem a bit similar. This is an issue that comes up with the most […]