Quick tip 162 Make your words count
What I learned early on in my days as a musician, this industry has a lot of hot talk. People say they are going to do this, that or something else, but never get around to it. First it did…
August 25, 2015
Musicians, listen to music!
I was talking to a fellow musicians few days back and I asked him if he actually listens to music in his free time. His answer was something I have heard bit too often in the past, “not really.” The…
Quick tip 161 Core values
I was talking to a fellow musician and a long time friend of mine last week. He has been working on a new project for the past few months. The type of music is very specific and only listened to…
Is money making us sick?
It can be ridiculously difficult to relearn something the society has taught us for years. When I was growing up, low-fat diet was the way to go if you were to live a healthy diet. We were given a food…
23rd of August Blog update
I am writing this blog update on a train rushing through beautiful Danish countryside. We were over here to play at a festival in the north Jutland with Sliotar. Now we are on our way back to Dublin. The week…
The price we gladly pay
What are you willing to do to get to play a great show? I remember back in 2006 Sliotar heading out on a tour. We were all exited, we had some great shows booked across Europe. We knew it was…
Quick tip 160 Stay positive
Hey it’s Friday 🙂 So lets talk about one productivity tip that will have an effect on everything you do. And this is a simple one 😉 Stay positive. You might be tired in the morning, but hey its a…
The Ballad of a Road Warrior
The Ballad of a Road Warrior by J.P. Kallio Being a musician I end up spending a lot of time on the road. But I guess it’s in my blood, as my father was a truck driver. I spent weeks…
Quick tip 158 Don’t try to reinvent the wheel
The regular readers of my blog know I am all for innovation and creating something new. I love to see artist chomp with a new way to promote their music. Be creative, music promotion is an art form in it…
Back against the wall
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…
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