The power of reflection
It is so easy to get bogged down in the world of promotion, rehearsing, recording, writing or touring. We have a task to accomplish and we put our blinkers on and get on with it… Or so we think so…
November 17, 2014
16th of November blog update
Posted at November 16, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
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Ireland has been battered with some heavy rain and widespread flooding in the past week. It always gets to me when it is peoples homes that get destroyed. I hope the insurance companies step up to the plate and sort…
Just Friends
The term “Friend” really can mean so many things to different people. This week’s song “Just Friends” talks about something I have witnessed over and over again. I have seen it cause a lot of heartache to people, I have…
The future of recorded music
Posted at November 11, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
I’ve been observing the developments in the music distribution and in the way people consume their music for quite some time now. Sometimes it can be hard for me as I have been an old fashioned man when it comes…
Responsible crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has been a lifeline for many musicians and artists, since the so called “fall of record industry”. Amanda Palmers phenomenally successful campaign is a great example of how this concept can change an artist’s career very much like getting…
9th of November blog update
Posted at November 9, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It’s been a long, but successful week at the J.P.s headquarters 😀 Busy week playing out as always in the sessions and with Sliotar. But also I turned my house into a video set for three days. Unfortunately some of…
Recognition
We have been told that it takes hard work, we have been told that this is the way it goes. Our unconscious minds have been thought to settle for what we have. Sure, what’s the point in trying when more…
Fight
I think by the nature of human relationships we all get knocked down somewhere along the way. It is harder than we give ourselves credit to get up and go again. The unseen scars our breakups we carry will not…
November – Video
Today’s blog post is short and sweet. I am in a middle of shooting some videos and as we are in the beginning of November I thought a song from my first album “Northern boy” called “November” had to be…
Eamonn Dowd, Down A Hundred Crooked Roads
I met Eamonn Dowd good fourteen years ago on a rainy day in Dublin at the Ha’Penny Bridge Inn. Even back then it was hard to ignore the “coolness” around him when he walked into the pub. Eamonn is one…
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