“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
That’s my intention with these “Wednesday Worship” blogs and emails I’m doing: I want to encourage you and build you up! I want each one of you to know I appreciate your ministry (even though I may never have seen your worship team).
On this Thanksgiving weekend, [Read more...]
The new CCM Indie website has just been launched as a resource for Christian Indie artists!
A subsidiary of CCM Magazine and Salem Publishing, CCM Indie is designed to be a one stop resource for independent artists and the creative community that supports them. CCM Indie offers information and contacts on everything from performance skills to business smarts and marketing tips to encouraging words through tough times.
CCM Indie’s monthly newsletter will always feature three areas of focus for enhancement: music, business, faith.
Tom Jackson is glad to have been asked to contribute monthly blog features to help Christian Indie artists get some answers about their live show.
For more information and to sign up for their newsletter, visit CCM Indie today.
“Believe every word God speaks to you.” Hebrews 3:14-19; Romans 10:9
God is always speaking to us. What was the last thing He said to you (either through the Scriptures, a spoken word through a friend, in nature, or through prayer)? Did you believe it? [Read more...]
Just like a song intro is key to ‘gathering the chicks’ (from the Tom Jackson ‘Jaxicon’ of terms), a great verbal introduction is important as well.
We recently received this e-mail:
“We work in a lot of churches and more often than not, the host gives the most uninspiring introduction before we walk on stage. From my previous years in secular music, I know a good emcee can build the excitement so the group “rides in on a wave.” Is there a way [Read more...]
“We don’t entertain, we worship.” That’s the main resistance we get from worship artists and … [Read More...]
I was ready for two days of work with a band in Baltimore. I wondered how it would go, because … [Read More...]
The time has come for Nashville and Christian music to have a school that will give in-depth … [Read More...]
I’ve had a beef the last several years with an issue that seems to be getting worse: "over … [Read More...]
