Quick tip 198 Adapt to change
We live in a world that changes faster than ever before. What was new technology ten years ago, we are now ready to put in the museum. What we thought was healthy diet fifteen years ago, has been proven to…
October 14, 2015
Fans have the power to fix the broken music business
Posted at October 13, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I was honoured to be asked to write a “blurb” (those recommendations at the back page) for a new music business book coming out soon, written by friend of mine and the host of Break The Business podcast Ryan Kairalla….
11th of October blog update
Posted at October 11, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
I am having a little bit unusual Sunday. There is so much sport on TV that there was no point in competing with it, and Sliotar’s Sunday show got canceled. I don’t know what to do with my self 😀…
Quick tip 192 Offer value past the physical product
Posted at October 6, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
In the old music business model the artist would record an album, go out on a tour to promote the album and hope to sell enough albums to make both the artist and the record label a substantial amount of…
Quick tip 191 Harness your ego
Posted at October 5, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
Lets face it, our ego gets on the way of pretty much everything we do every day. To be successful at something, you need to believe in your self. To believe in your self, the ego comes into play. But…
Are we caging art into a product?
What was the product in music 150 years ago from today? I mean surely most people had music in their life in some form. Granted, they did not have access to endless albums at their fingertips. Still, there were professional…
4th October Blog update
Posted at October 4, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It’s hard to take it in that it is October already. It’s Saturday night as I write this. I am just back from The Porterhouse, where our show with Sliotar was slotted between two rugby matches. Now I have a…
Upside down business model
Posted at October 3, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
Yesterday I heard some rumours about an industry showcase / festival here in Dublin not paying the artists for their performances. The artists are expected to do it for the “exposure.” Unfortunately my landlord does not accept “exposure” for rent……
Quick tip 190 Improve yourself
Posted at October 2, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Any sensible business should try to improve their product all the time. Music business is no different, and nowhere else is this more evident than in the independent music business. So you should work on improving your product at every…
Are we on the brink of war over control in the music business?
Posted at October 1, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
I’ve had this thought for a while now. We have all been pretty wrapped up in the streaming music conversation for a while now. First we were all throwing daggers at Spotify. hen things stabilised a bit, and just when…
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