Thoughts & Essays Archives

Quick tip 240 Motivate yourself

J.P. Kallio / December 11, 2015

We can have the greatest of ideas and plans in the world, but we need to motivated to get it […]

J.P. Kallio / December 10, 2015

So you think you are an artist? You write songs? Great. Now let me set some ground rules. As an

J.P. Kallio / December 9, 2015

If you are a musician, you either work in a band, or you are a solo artist. Being a part

J.P. Kallio / December 8, 2015

Yesterdays Quick tip was a bit of tough love, you can read it HERE. If so many people around you

J.P. Kallio / December 7, 2015

People will doubt you. They will doubt what you do. Sure you don’t have a real job. You only work

J.P. Kallio / December 6, 2015

It is late Saturday night as I write this weeks blog update. I am back in Dublin and the “storm

J.P. Kallio / December 4, 2015

Music business is full of obstacles. Things will go wrong, things will seem hard, sometimes nearly impossible. Not a week

J.P. Kallio / December 3, 2015

Being a great musician requires the ability to work through what ever a live show throws at you. Things will

J.P. Kallio / December 2, 2015

If you are faced with problems to do with sound or equipment while playing a show, who is responsible? Well

J.P. Kallio / December 1, 2015

I am extremely lucky to have had a chance to play with some fantastic musicians over the years, I still