Dwindle down the numbers
Do you really want to think big? Do you want to be the guy that does it all in a music business, climbs the highest mountain, still standing strong and proud? You know all ready what it takes, don’t you?…
April 8, 2015
Quick tip 67 Gear v Tone
Posted at April 7, 2015 by
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Here’s one I need to remind my self all the time 😀 Stop buying more gear! Sure thing you need a quality instrument, and if you are a touring musician you need a backup. But don’t get new instruments mixed…
The importance of the human being
The scales have shifted. The big machines known as the major labels have lost their power. They are reduced to producing bubble gum pop, and picking up those artists who against all the odds make it to the top on…
5th of April Blog update
Posted at April 5, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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This week my fifth album “After the Storm” came out. It was bit hard to take in as I have been working flat-out. But at the end of this week, I managed to take few days off and head down…
Utilise wasted time
Posted at April 3, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I am on the move again 🙂 Here in Ireland the bars are closed on Good Friday, which means I did not have my usual Friday night show with Sliotar. This was a perfect opportunity run away from the city…
Don’t do as I do
Posted at April 2, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I have no problem saying I have gone on bit of a promotional over drive in certain aspects of my career. It is hard work to get your head above to noise and make your voice heard in the music…
Quick tip 63 Throw mud at the wall and see what sticks
Posted at April 1, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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It is good to have a plan, even quite specific plan if you want to succeed in music business. I’m a firm believer that by getting organised and structuring your path is the way to success. But from time to…
Are you serious about career? Act like it!
Posted at March 30, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
If you are a musician you often work in a bar and many of your friends work in a bar. Yep there are wild nights out. It is a hard-working environment, and when you work hard, you play hard. But…
How do you feel the song?
What happens when you play a song? Are you just playing the chords, singing the melody? Are you repeating a structure you practiced over and over again? Do the words mean anything in the moment? Do the chords mean anything?…
29th of March Blog update
Posted at March 29, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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This week we had the first promise of spring, followed by a hail stone storm here in Dublin. You know that time of the year when you don’t know which jacket to put on 😀 But I also had a…
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