I get frustrated when I want to find out more info on an artist when I go to their website… (example – www.artistname.com) and up comes a splash page that has a nice picture of the artist with a link that only goes to their myspace page. Why does this frustrate me? Because what you [...]
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Finding the One…
Some times people will play and play looking for the one only to realize they need to work on themselves a little more to get to a place they feel centered and balanced enough to learn how to find the one. For some this comes with practice and maturity…but once they find the one…they know [...]
Tom Jackson – Live Music Producer and Performance Coach
This past weekend I visited a conference in sacramento. I went to connect with a couple of people, but during my time there I sat in on one of Tom Jackson’s teaching sessions. Tom and I go way back to my days in Big Tent Revival. You see, Tom is a live music producer and [...]
Get Ready For Life In The Live Music Experience
The music industry is changing fast. Here in Nashville, the change is making a few old schoolers nervous and some early adopters excited. In a time when music downloads scare industry execs, we have found a new beginning in the world of free as an entry point to a long lasting career. Life in the [...]
Music Stirs My Soul
There is so much one can say about music. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like music. Think about it. Have you ever met someone who just doesn’t like music? It’s almost not human to not like music. Music has always been the underlying force that has taken me through every stage of life. From [...]
Has Contemporary Christian Music Overlooked The Fans?
I learned something when I attended the Country Music Festival in Nashville. This event was once called Fan Fair and for good reason. The whole week is for the fans. In the Southern Gospel world, their event is called The National Quartet Convention, or NQC…or if you are in the southern gospel market then everyone [...]
Are You Creative?
For some reason I’ve been around way more creative people in the past few days than normal. Mind you…I tend to run in a circle of very creative people. But right now, it feels like the circle of creative people is a lot larger right now. It’s not bad or good…just an observation. Any time [...]
The Rolling Stones – Acting As One Body
So I have a feeling you are looking at this photo and saying to yourself, One body or not…those bodies are getting pretty old!!! Well, thats true…but chances are they have a lot more energy and endurance than most of us. Especially Mick, I’ve seen them 3 times in the past ten years and he [...]
Two Things I Learned With Mercy Me Last Night
Last night I was in Chicago with Mercy Me. I went there with my co workers to do what we do…it was a very interesting day for me and a little heavy at times. Why do ask? Well…because I heard two moving stories…. Story 1. Bart, the lead singer for Mercy Me, has a 6 [...]
Worship Artist VS. Worship Leader
Throughout my career I’ve had a lot of conversations that went like this… “Hey…I’m a worship leader at my church and I’d like to tour full time as an artist and get my songs heard by a lot of people. You know…and get a record deal. How do I do that?” hmmm…. I’ve also had [...]
We Will Always Be Artists
Yesterday at Kalein, Randy Elrod (pictured below) gave one of the most inspirational talks I have ever heard in a long, long, long time. He talked to the heart of the artist. We were standing at Kalein, 100 of us, artists of many types. Listening to a man who had transitioned from worship pastor to [...]
