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Today (Thursday the 15th of January 2015, for those of you reading this later) I have a busy day. First I have five-hour rehearsal with what seems like might be the beginnings of my touring band 😉 Then I have…
January 15, 2015
Quick tip 8 Productivity
Posted at January 14, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Let’s get productive today 🙂 Write down five things you need to do today. Then look over the list. Which of the tasks is the one that will make the biggest difference in your career today? Or is there one…
Music explorer
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I don’t want to sound like an old fart, but when I was young teenager, I would have done pretty much anything to have access to as much music as we do these days with all the streaming services, Youtube,…
Quick tip 7 Recording acoustic guitar
Today’s quick tip is a small recording tip. This is how I make my acoustic guitar sound big! Use two microphones, one pointed at the neck just about where the neck meets the body, and another pointing at the body…
Song crafting
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Songwriting, like so many other art forms have this mysthical glow about them. I suppose the late sixties and early seventies drug fuelled hippie artists have a lot to answer for. Sure, it’s all about the flowers and meditating until…
Quick tip 6 Facebook
Posted at January 12, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Facebook. Oh boy, I had fun giving out about it in the past few months. But I think many of you still use it as your main social media site for your band or musical project. So I’d like to…
Writing past the writer’s block
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I’ve been blogging for a quite few years now and on my own website bit over a year. I also write songs constantly. So I thought I’ll share with you something I have learned about writing in general, that you…
11th of January Blog update
Posted at January 11, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
So the week just gone was a busy one, but that’s the way I like it 😉 It was during this week that I realised I have two days off this month and one of them was this week, and…
Country as the last frontier
Posted at January 10, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Country Music
I have gone through most musical genres in my self-inflicted musical discovery/ education. Stacks of CD’s lineup my office walls to prove it… Anybody doubting the practicality of Spotify and Soundcloud are welcome to check out the dust gathering on…
Quick tip 5 Email list
Posted at January 9, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I don’t really believe regret is very beneficial emotion to dwell in. but if you had to ask me if I have any regrets in my music career, it would be not starting a mailing list earlier. In fact if…
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