The Dead Don’t Dance Audiobook: Behind the Scenes
Last week I recorded the audiobook narration for The Dead Don't Dance by Charles Martin and published by Thomas Nelson, an imprint of Harper Collins. This is how it [...]
BOOKED – Charles Martin Audiobook Series
I'm excited to announce that I booked a recording project as a narrator with Nashville Audio Productions and New York Times Best Selling author Charles Martin. Sessions begins next [...]
Movie Speak by Tony Bill
If you walk onto a set, you have to talk the talk. – from Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set by Tony Bill [...]
Women’s World — Secret Deodorant Commercial
Secret deodorant has a new ad campaign (#allstrengthnosweat) featuring inspirational female celebrities. And me. Just kidding, but I am here if you keep your eyes peeled. When I told [...]
A Sunday Surprise
My brother Jeff and I excited to see Hamilton at TPAC. "Hey, what are you doing tomorrow afternoon?" It was my brother Jeff on the phone. "I [...]
Love and Joy
I want YOU to come see us Christmas carol! Happy Holidays, ya'll! Caroling season officially kicks off for me tonight as I sing with the American Caroling [...]
Conversations with Mother – Driving for Uber
In this episode of Conversations with Mother, I explain how I've been driving for Uber.
Conversations with Mother – The Wedding Singer
In this episode of Conversations with Mother, I'm asked if I'm going to sing at my daughter's upcoming wedding.
BOOKED – Global Company Commercial
I'm excited to announce that I booked (and filmed) a commercial in Cincinnati (thanks for the love, Cincinnati) that will be used on the world wide webs. ;) Small [...]
A Perfect Week
Our friends loan us Wilma, the pickup truck for our annual trip to Fall Creek Falls. Every year our family packs the cars to the gills [...]
Conversations with Mother – Airbnb
In this first episode of Conversations with Mother, I explain to my mother what Airbnb is. Click here for $30 off your first Airbnb visit and to give [...]
Hymn Duet – Leaning on You
I love this hymn from Phil Madeira and Cindy Mogan. It appears on Madeira's Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us. I love how it embraces our human [...]
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
True belonging is not passive. It’s not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It’s not fitting in or pretending or selling out because its safer. It’s [...]
Fast Away the Old Year Passes – Caroling 2018
Here we come a-caroling! It's that time of year again when I rock a Victorian vest and top hat as if it's [...]
The Clovehitch Killer: Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes* Dylan McDermott in The Clovehitch Killer In the fall of 2016, my talent agent notified me of a film being shot in Louisville. The [...]
Anthony Meindl’s Acting Workshop
Obligatory group photo from Anthony Meindl's 2018 Atlanta workshop Anthony Meindl I recently attended a two-day Anthony Meindl workshop. Anthony Meindl is a well-known [...]
The Actor’s Life by Jenna Fischer
You cannot possibly get every role you audition for, so don't put that kind of pressure on yourself. ... Your job is to go in, time and time again, [...]
What I’m Listening To – Part 3
This is the third part of a series on what I'm listening to (you can also see the first and the second parts). As I've mentioned before, I’m [...]
What I’m Listening To – Part 2
This is the second part of a series on what I'm listening to (first part here). As I've mentioned before, I’m an auditory learner. This means I retain information [...]
Caroling Season 2017
Here we come a-caroling! I am an unapologetic Christmas music nerd and in 2017 I sang my fifth caroling season with The [...]
Year-End Reflections on 2017
nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight – from "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" by Bruce Cockburn [...]
Jonathan K. Riggs with The American Caroling Company on the Pickler & Ben Show
The Pickler & Ben Show I got to sing with The American Caroling Company for a studio taping of the Pickler & Ben show. It airs Monday, November 20 [...]
Wicked Mom’s Club: Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes* Last March I was cast in a made-for-TV movie whose working title was Momster. It's a continuation in my series of films of grown women behaving badly [...]
Selling Financial Stability: Western & Southern
Behind the Scenes* Last August, I self-taped an audition for a non-speaking commercial role for Western & Southern [...]
Fascinate by Sally Hogshead
The most fascinating option wins. Everything else goes extinct. – from Fascinate: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist by Sally Hogshead I [...]
Selling Home Comforts: Bed, Bath, & Beyond
Behind the Scenes* Hey, ya'll, I'm in the Fall 2017 Bed, Bath, & Beyond catalog! I drove to Columbus, OH for a quick day in May [...]
Wait, What? by James E. Ryan
In almost every instance, it is better to ask clarifying questions first and to argue second. – from Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions by James E. Ryan [...]
Selling Healthcare Technology
Behind the Scenes* I recently appeared on an Internet marketing video for a healthcare app. The spot was produced by Clif Sneed and directed by Kemp Lyons from Cincinnati-based [...]
BOOKED – Cincinnati Commercial
I'm excited to announce that I booked a commercial shoot next week. It shoots in Cincinnati and will be used in Ohio and on the internet. More detail to [...]
BOOKED – Alabama PSA
I'm excited to announce that I booked an acting job next week. It's a public service announcement. It shoots here in Nashville and will be used in Alabama. I [...]
Tranquility Base
Behind the Scenes* Tranquility Base was a short film that I was a part of in 2015. It tells the story of a war veteran suffering from PTSD and the [...]
Murder by Numbers Shoot: Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes* w/ Dir. Geoffrey Proud and actor Derrick Dee Drake I first worked with Geoffrey Proud, Flower Hulihan, and Lusid Media in 2015 for Murder [...]
Murder By Numbers Broadcast
Series Premiere There's a new show on Investigation Discovery and I'm in the series premiere. Murder by Numbers re-enacts the true crimes of serial killers and the detectives on [...]
BOOKED – Web and App Shoot
I'm excited to announce that I booked an acting job in Cincinatti, OH! A very special thank-you to my agent Heyman Talent for pitching me. This is a commercial [...]
High Noon by Glenn Frankel
Each generation has read into the film its own politics and values. Yet what has largely been forgotten is that High Noon's original creator set out with a very [...]
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
Rabih is not marrying – and therfore fixing forever – a feeling. He is marrying a person with whom, under a very particular, privileged, and fugitive set of circumstances, [...]
Indiana Tourism Commercial Shoot
Behind the Scenes A commercial I shot earlier this year is now airing! I had the opportunity to work with Williams Randall Ad Agency and the Indiana Office of [...]
BOOKED – Modeling Shoot
I'm excited to announce that I booked a modeling job in Columbus, OH this week. A very special thank-you to my KY agent, Heyman Talent. I will post here [...]
So, Tell Me About Yourself
I was challenged recently by Bonnie Gillespie to make a video that answers the question "so, tell me about yourself." I mention my brother Jeff in this video. He's [...]
What I’m Listening To – Part 1
*This is part one of a series on what I'm listening to. You can read part two here. I’m an auditory learner, which means I retain information and am [...]
Secrets in Suburbia
Many times when hired for a shoot, an actor is not allowed to publicly share the details. This is to protect the marketing plans of the project and to [...]
Pigeon Forge Tourism Commercial Shoot
Many times when hired for a shoot, an actor is not allowed to publicly share the details. This is to protect the marketing plans of the project and to [...]
(The Second) Remember the Goal Opening
What fun it was to reunite with the director and some of the cast from Remember the Goal, a faith-based film about a new coach of a girls cross-country team [...]
Another C-Spire Spot
This week C-Spire released a new commercial spot that contains some footage I did with them last fall kayaking the Strong River in Jackson, MS. You can read my [...]
Selling Home Connectivity
I did a quick video shoot for Interlogix for their booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This is an annual gathering of high-tech companies and [...]
Remember the Goal Playing Again in Nashville
Remember the Goal, an inspirational film about a girl's cross country team will be playing again in Nashville. The film stars Allee-Sutton Hethcoat (aka Miss Tennessee 2017) as the [...]
BOOKED – Feature Film Shooting in Lexington
I'm excited to announce that I booked a supporting role in a feature film in Lexington, KY. Shooting starts next week. A very special thank-you to my KY agent, [...]
C-Spire Commercial Shoot
Many times when hired for a shoot, an actor is not allowed to publicly share the details. This is to protect the marketing plans of the project and to [...]
Country Music Marathon 2017 – Training Begins
OK. It's the half-marathon, but who's counting? This year will be my 7th time running in the Country Music Marathon in Nashville. I'll be running the half-marathon for the [...]
Episodic Shoot Booked
Next week I have my first television episodic booking for the year! Can't say much about it and don't know my schedule, but it shoots 01/31 - 02/03. [...]
First Booking of 2017
I'm excited to have my first booking for the year. It's a commercial that shoots in Indiana. Come on, 2017!
2016 Business Review
2016 was the fourth year in a row of financial growth for Riggs Creative Services! 2012 - 2016 RCS Gross Income I've just begun my year-end chores [...]
Finally – Website Relaunch
Redesign of website ThatJonathanRiggs.com The ugly side of website maintenance After two malware attacks, several conversations, most of 2016, and countless hours chipping away, I am thrilled [...]
Happy Holidays
I love that Christmas and Hanukkah land on the same day this year. I find it prophetic. As our Jewish friends celebrate the Festival of Lights and we Christians [...]
Booked – An undisclosed industrial
When I was in sales, we had a term for the occasional gift of someone making a purchase from you without your doing any work for it: a "bluebird." [...]
And so it begins: Caroling Season 2016
Tonight begins the 2016 caroling season with the American Caroling Company for me with a performance at the Foxland Harbor Golf and Country Club in Gallatin. I've sung [...]
Every Valley (It’s Hard to Wait) – Table Tuesday Music
A song for Advent, featuring my friend Darci Wantiez. It's gonna be OK, but it's hard to wait [tentblogger-vimeo 161230543] See more of The Table Troubadours on Vimeo! [...]
Eternal Life – Easter worship music from The Table
The following marks the 157th and final post in my "Sunday Setlist" series, outlining the music that I have used for Christian worship services. I continue to direct music at [...]
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down – a song for Good Friday
I heard the voice of Jesus Christ. Satan, your kingdom must come down! [tentblogger-vimeo 124069284]
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Photo belongs to Amazon.com Here's another great bedtime autobiography: Bossypants by Tina Fey. Light, easy, and laugh-out-loud funny, Fey describes her nerdy growing up years to being one of [...]
