Bread my way
I decided to make a low carb, gluten-free bread this morning. There is something strangely satisfying about making bread. It’s like it fills some kind of hidden primal desire. So needless to say, I was chuffed with the results, snapped…
Author: J.P. Kallio
The joy and suffering of songwriting
It is around 11 am on Tuesday. I’m about to experience the joy and suffering of songwriting. I take my trusty guitar out of its case and sit down on the sofa. The sun is reflecting from the white wall…
Troubled artistic heart
I am definitely in possession of a troubled artistic heart. And it does come with a price. What I am about to tell you is not easy to put into words, but as I have come to realise after talking…
Never ignore the creative
For the past two years, I was involved in an exciting Dublin based music tech startup. I joined the company for two reasons. As a musician who has been embracing online marketing, I had a good understanding of Social Media…
Digging deep in DADGAD
Lately, I have been digging deep in DADGAD, which is the alternative tuning that is the standard tuning for me. There are some preconceptions about this tuning, which I will try to break down here. But before all of that, let’s…
I am a musician
In the past year or so, I have been going through some existential crises. It’s nothing serious but still, something that has been floating in mind for a while now. It seems forces that be around me were trying to guide…
Why do we doubt our heart?
Why do we doubt our heart? Do we not trust it to do the right thing? Logic is much easier to justify, but it hardly ever takes us out of our comfort zone. It hardly ever is the path to…
Monday Motivation
When the dawn breaks and a new week begins, we search for hope, purpose and Monday motivation. The weekend is gone and we look forward to the next one. For some archaic reason, we feel like this a new beginning….
How does the creative mind find balance?
Being a creative person can be rewarding as music as it can be exhausting. How do creative mind find balance?
Recording a new Sliotar album
I’m feeling a little bit rough around the edges this morning. We had an NDRC end of summer cohort dinner last night, which continued into the small hours of Saturday morning. But nothing that an avocado and egg sandwich and…
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