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The suicide rates in Ireland are at all time high. And still it seems to be brushed under the carpet. It is 2014 we should be able to talk about it openly. I for one will never be silent. In…
November 28, 2014
You and I Video
Posted at November 27, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Country Music ⋅ Folk Music ⋅ Guitar ⋅ Singer-Songwriter ⋅ Songs
Here’s another video from my new album that is coming out on the 2nd of December 2014 🙂 I had been recording videos for two days at this point, and it was getting late. The rain was pounding on the…
On Songwriting Part 4
Posted at November 26, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songwriting
How about songs as a personal snap shot? You know I have talked about the famous songwriting techniques especially popular in Nashville and well documented in the Ralph Murphy’s wonderful book “Murphy’s law on songwriting”. I studied this book over…
Offline
I think we all are fully aware that the internet can be a massive distraction as well as a powerful tool for us musicians. I for a while now have been playing with the idea of a one day off…
Let’s be nice
Posted at November 24, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
You know I noticed something cool yesterday. I was reminded of some simple things in life, things we all know or should know, but especially when the winter bogs down on us and the days get colder, shorter and darker…
23rd of November blog update
Posted at November 23, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It has been a wild week once again. Ireland is going through some rough times with the governments attempt to privatise the water supply, and we are witnessing the collapse of the political system. The cracks are starting to show,…
To pay or not to pay?
Posted at November 21, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
There are many services out there for independent musicians and many of them unfortunately don’t eve return the artists financial investment. I have a plan to invest (waste in some cases) some money to try some of these out and…
What Are We To Do
Apathy is something we all are guilty at some level. We go about our lives as we are expected to. We do our job, have a family, try to buy a house, pay our mortgage… Our everyday life becomes a…
No safe bets video
Posted at November 19, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Country Music ⋅ Folk Music ⋅ Guitar ⋅ Singer-Songwriter ⋅ Songs
Here’s a new live video of a track from my fourth album “The Call” that will be out on the 2nd of December and is already up on iTunes and Amazon for pre-order. To read more about the song you…
Wake up call
Posted at November 18, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
I’m playing a few of my songs in the Mezz bar here in Dublin on the night I am writing this blog post. I was asked to play a handful of songs by the organisers few days ago after they…
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