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Perception is Reality?
It’s a well worn phrase, but not always true, especially in music. And in creating pop music, there are few places where that’s more proven than in mixing. Just ask yourself: How many albums have you heard which sound really dreadful? You scratch your head and wonder how was it possible those mixes got approved. [...]
Amy Wolter and Lang Bliss in Memphis on 10/28/11
Amy Wolter and Lang Bliss will be featured as part of the Visible Music College Lecture Series for fall 2011. They will be teaching Tom Jackson’s Live Music Methods, as well as working with artists onstage to demonstrate what really needs to happen in a rehearsal for your live show! Started in 2000, Visible Music [...]
No Such Thing as a Small Stage
Not long ago, I was having lunch with a new acquaintance/friend from Canada who was in Nashville for a couple days. He had seen my work, told me he’d become a fan, and asked me to work with a couple of his artists. At the end of our meeting, he mentioned there were two other [...]
Rae Solomon Top Performer Wins Nashville Recording Session
Congratulations to Rae Solomon on receiving a Top Performer spot at the recent Tom Jackson Productions Bootcamp! Rae was awarded a recording session with producer/engineer Steve Dady (Keith Urban, George Strait, Michael Tait, Steven Curtis Chapman) of Sunset Blvd Studios. Rae will be recording one of her songs there with four of the top session [...]
Rae Solomon Song & Critique Review Video
Learn about the power of changing dynamics to help the audience understand what to pay attention to and to help create an emotional connection. Also, see another example of drawing people in during an intro; hear the difference one chord change can make; and learn about leaving space to “milk” the emotion. Rae Solomon performed [...]
Leanne Regalla Song & Critique Review Video
Learn a very simple way to create a musical bed for an introduction in this video. Also, it’s vital to know what your strengths as a musician/performer are! Watch singer/songwriter Leanne Regalla tell and sing one of her “story songs” at a Tom Jackson Bootcamp. The positive remarks from the judging panel reinforce what Leanne [...]
Small Stage, Big Responsibility
I had the privilege of speaking at our last Bootcamp along with Live Music Producer Lang Bliss on the topic ‘Conquering the Small Stage’. We know that many of you perform solo, with just you and a guitar or one or two other players – probably in an acoustic set-up, on a stage that is [...]
Marc Martel of downhere Goes Viral with Freddie Mercury Audition Video
Congratulations to Marc Martel, lead singer for the Christian rock band downhere, on his YouTube video audition for a Queen contest! This week, Roger Taylor of Queen launched a North American talent search offering vocalists and musicians an opportunity to star in “The Queen Extravaganza” – a live touring band that will pay tribute to [...]
On Becoming a Student
There are many things which characterize songwriters. Tenacity, a gift for observation and dialogue, a love of language, thick skin… However, I think the most common trait I’ve seen, at least among the best of them, is they’re students of the craft. They may write rock, country, pop, r&b – but you can bet they’re [...]
Tom Jackson in Toronto ON on 12/04/11
Register today for this one-time only one-day seminar hosted by Canadian Musician Magazine! Tom will be speaking about his Live Music Methods, showing first hand what a real rehearsal should look like, and helping artists like you discover how you can deliver “moments” that capture and engage. Learn what it takes to build a true [...]
