Share love, music and art Part 1
Ok, so here is a new short form category I decided to add to my blog. It will only be a short description of the artist, relevant links and their art shared in some shape or form 🙂 Some of…
Author: J.P. Kallio
Quick tip 126 Professionalism is part of everything you do
If you are a working musician, you run a business. Act like it! Learn how to write a professional emails. Build yourself a professional online press pack (eliminate as much paper waste as possible. it is 2015, we need to…
How to become an artist festivals love to book
I am just back from a short trip to Germany with Sliotar. We played at two festivals and had fantastic time 🙂 Now I’m back home for two and a half weeks, before we head out to Italy and Czech…
28th of June Blog update
It has been a week of sunshine and cloudy hot weather in Dublin. I managed to get a bit of tan on Tuesday afternoon while chatting about social media with Rory on the roof top of Melosity‘s office. We also…
The immortal life of a song
It can take me a few hours to write a song, sometimes longer. I craft a story that resonates with me, and I hope it will resonate with others as well. I tie that story into a melody line with…
Quick tip 125 Change it up
I know the common idea is to stick with what works. But from time to time, it can be a good idea to shake things around a bit as well. If something we have been doing works just fine, you…
Junk Yard Dog
Junk Yard Dog by J.P. Kallio Today’s song is another quite special one for me. I was asked to write a song for a father of a friend of mine, who is suffering from ALS. Writing a song about people…
Quick tip 124 Slow consistent growth
We live very much in a world of “Now!” We want everything now. We want to be successful over night. We want a video that goes viral. We want to be playing the largest venue in town tomorrow. But anything…
Validation of the middleman
Music business, I think more than any other business has managed to perfect the importance of the middleman. The artist used to travel from town to town to perform for the people and got paid in money, accommodation for the…
Quick tip 123 Concentrate on one thing at a time
Multitasking is definitely a skill that takes work to perfect. But as much as it is a handy tool to have in your arsenal, it can actually work agains you as well. Promoting your music can feel like trying to…
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