Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Spirit of Christmas performed by Kevin Pauls
Thisis my first single released to mainstream radio - TOP 40 in Canada!!
buy the entire CD @ www.kevinpauls.com/kpstore
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!javascript:void(0)
Thursday, November 4, 2010
GMA Canada 2010 - The LOWDOWN!!
Hello! What a great week I had in Calgary!! I was there for the
GMA Canada - Conference and Covenant Awards. Got to hang out with a lot of my music buddies I don't get to see much. I taught 3 classes during the conference. I spoke on The Streams of Revenue (Making a career out of music) and than 2 classes on Making Your Live Performance GREAT!
I had a lot of people to all my sessions and the feedback was great. It continues to boggle my mind...very few people talk about the issues that I bring up at my seminars. The live performance, for the most part, is still a "winging" it experience!!!
I spoke to worship artists, mainstream focused artists and CCM or performance based artists (that simply means that they are not a "worship" focused artist) - I found that all were receptive to the idea that we need to communicate from the stage and stop pretending that our talent alone will connect! It is interesting to see the worship focused artist start with a little skepticism. The "worship" artist tends to fall into the category of..."leave me alone, I am inspired!" - (being a little over the top here!!) BUT - the argument is - this is worship...I don't need to be a show!! Point taken...BUT - Would you want your pastor to assume that if he had good content he does not need to communicate it effectively? I hope your answer is NO!!
If you are leading a congregation in praise and worship...your job is to??? What?? Lead them!!! You cannot do that if you are not watching, and if you do not have a plan...or a destination!! You MUST take time to figure out the following: Who is in my audience? What is the state of mind when they enter the church? How can we connect? Where do I want to take them? Then plan your music and your journey with those thoughts in mind!!
Live Music Producing is simply - teaching an artist to be aware that there #1 focus is connection with the audience. It does not matter if your are leading in worship, if you are playing a mainstream gig or performing on a street corner - if you do not connect with the people you are playing in front of...YOU WILL NOT BE PLAYING FOR LONG!!!
I work with a lot of Christian Artists, Country Artists, Rock, Celtic, Fusion, Jazz - you name it - I have worked with it! The #1 focus still remains...
CONNECT, CONNECT, CONNECT!!! To purchase the best material on this topic you need to goto Tom Jackson's site and purchase his DVD set!! I only teach "The Tom Jackson Method" of stage performance - after all he is the guru!! CLICK HERE to see the product...if you are serious...INVEST IN YOUR CAREER!!
Talk soon,
Kevin
GMA Canada - Conference and Covenant Awards. Got to hang out with a lot of my music buddies I don't get to see much. I taught 3 classes during the conference. I spoke on The Streams of Revenue (Making a career out of music) and than 2 classes on Making Your Live Performance GREAT!
I had a lot of people to all my sessions and the feedback was great. It continues to boggle my mind...very few people talk about the issues that I bring up at my seminars. The live performance, for the most part, is still a "winging" it experience!!!
I spoke to worship artists, mainstream focused artists and CCM or performance based artists (that simply means that they are not a "worship" focused artist) - I found that all were receptive to the idea that we need to communicate from the stage and stop pretending that our talent alone will connect! It is interesting to see the worship focused artist start with a little skepticism. The "worship" artist tends to fall into the category of..."leave me alone, I am inspired!" - (being a little over the top here!!) BUT - the argument is - this is worship...I don't need to be a show!! Point taken...BUT - Would you want your pastor to assume that if he had good content he does not need to communicate it effectively? I hope your answer is NO!!
If you are leading a congregation in praise and worship...your job is to??? What?? Lead them!!! You cannot do that if you are not watching, and if you do not have a plan...or a destination!! You MUST take time to figure out the following: Who is in my audience? What is the state of mind when they enter the church? How can we connect? Where do I want to take them? Then plan your music and your journey with those thoughts in mind!!
Live Music Producing is simply - teaching an artist to be aware that there #1 focus is connection with the audience. It does not matter if your are leading in worship, if you are playing a mainstream gig or performing on a street corner - if you do not connect with the people you are playing in front of...YOU WILL NOT BE PLAYING FOR LONG!!!
I work with a lot of Christian Artists, Country Artists, Rock, Celtic, Fusion, Jazz - you name it - I have worked with it! The #1 focus still remains...
CONNECT, CONNECT, CONNECT!!! To purchase the best material on this topic you need to goto Tom Jackson's site and purchase his DVD set!! I only teach "The Tom Jackson Method" of stage performance - after all he is the guru!! CLICK HERE to see the product...if you are serious...INVEST IN YOUR CAREER!!
Talk soon,
Kevin
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