Would you like to be able to tell more visual story in your song? Bob Dylan is a master at painting pictures with words. But also as we study his work inevitably we end up trying to replicate something similar,…
As an independent artist, this is what it ultimately comes down to. You need to have songs, you need to have good original songs. And if you don’t own the rights to them, you are loosing a lot of potential…
I’m sure many of you heard the story that made the front page music news about Irish singer songwriter Hozier and the plagiarism claims. In fact it is so well documented, that I won’t even go in to the details…
In the early hours of Monday morning I contemplate the future. The city is slowly waking up around me, and it looks like we are going to have another nice day here in Dublin. As you might know I am…
One of the big benefits of taking time off, is the time to reflect. Time to take distance from everything you do and kind of look at it with a fresh eyes. When I set out to write 52 songs…
Walk Away Alone by J.P. Kallio Ever heard the phrase “we hurt the ones we love the most?” Why is it that we seem to accept this? Being someones rubbish bin is not what relationships should be about. But as…
The regular readers here know I can sometimes take the long road to get to the point 😀 So strap your self in, here we go again. I was reading an article on how Twitters shares dropped earlier in the…
I write songs all the time, that’s no secret anymore. Along the way I have been asked several times how can I write so much. Well, you see, as I mentioned so many times before, a lot of it has…
Wheels for Wings by J.P. Kallio Combination of few small bad decision can alter the course of our life for ever. This weeks song “Wheels for wings” once again made it’s way from somewhere deep in side the massive filing…
I had my back against the wall this week once again. I’ve got in to pretty smooth routine in the past few months with balancing time between, writing and posting blog posts, writing, recording and releasing songs, promotion and playing…
