Tyson Bowman grew up on country music – during a time when Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and John Anderson were in their prime. He strayed from those roots for a while when he rapped in a high school hip hop collective (in 2006 they opened up for American rapper Ludacris). But country music was always […]
No Other Name – Spotlight Backstage Artist
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Rarely does an up-and-coming artist impress industry and fans so readily they’re recognized with a New Artist of the Year nomination before releasing a single project. But that’s what happened to 2011 Dove Award nominated vocal group No Other Name! Siblings Sam and Laura Allen, along with friend Chad Smith, met at a Nashville music […]
Our Backstage Spotlight: Adrienne Osborn
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Vocalist/performer Adrienne Osborn is a vocalist of varied styles including rock, jazz, soul, and electronica. Adrienne is also a gifted lyricist and songwriter, as well as a multi-instrumentalist (keys, bass, and percussion). She writes and records original songs, records vocals for musicians all over the US and Europe, and composes music for a film/TV music […]
Bootcamp Top Performer Shines in Nashville Recording Studio
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Canadian pop/rock artist Samantha Testa is a young emerging talent who knows how to get things done! Her recent trip to Sunset Boulevard Studios in Nashville to work with award winning Producer/Engineer Steve Dady shows it’s true. With experience performing in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa, performing at events like the Kitchener Bluesfest, the Martin Luther […]
Our Backstage Spotlight: Raintown
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From Glasgow, Scotland to ‘Music City, Nashville, USA,’ Raintown is already creating quite a buzz! Fusing their eclectic musical influences with the roots based instrumentation and conversational writing style of country music, Paul Bain and Claire McArthur of Raintown are a contemporary twist on a country duo. A couple in real life as well as […]
The Spotlights on: Lili Kendall
Our spotlight is on singer/songwriter from Brisbane Australia, Lili Kendall! At the young age of 14, Lili has already self-produced her first debut EP, Place Unknown, a heartfelt compilation of four melodic songs. Not only does the budding pop sensation have a vocal range far beyond her years, Lili also accompanies her lyrics with the […]
The Spotlights on: The Fab Four
Today we shine the Spotlight on Ron McNeil and his group The Fab Four. Ron is one of our Backstage artists that knows how to put the principles Tom Jackson teaches to work on his music career. We want to share with you what Ron does and how he feels Tom’s Live Music Method concepts […]
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