This Town
This week’s song “This Town” is number eight on the new album. Wow! Time just seems to be flying by so fast. Before I get into the story of this weeks song, let me just once again say a massive…
August 15, 2014
I just want to play music
I need a sound engineer that is on standby to record my songs at any given moment the inspiration hits me. I need him to mix my tracks and sent them to be mastered. I need a mastering plant that…
How to make sure you will never get booked for a live show
Posted at August 13, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
Awhile back an email dropped into Sliotar‘s mail box. I do most of the bookings and management duties for Sliotar as well as my solo stuff. This was and Email sent from someone I once met briefly over some other…
Ready to go again
Posted at August 12, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
Today my third album “Tell My Daring” is up on iTunes for the pre-sales. It will be officially out on the 9th of September. This will be my third album since March and 36 songs released this year so far….
The desperate need to please everyone
Us musicians are a funny bunch. On the outside we are big egos, pumping out testosterone (even the girls). Remember that scene in the movie anchorman? Where Will Ferrell stands on front of the mirror and shouts “Hey everyone, come…
Pain
Posted at August 8, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
Few days back home from the tour and I am starting to recover from the unavoidable sleep deprivation and water retention. Now I just need to build back the muscle I lost and lose the fat I gained 😉 I’m…
10 reasons to give up on your art
I used the word art here as this apply as much to music as to any other form of art. We work hard and time to time it feels like it’s all for nothing. My general advice at this point…
Music as a skilled trade
Posted at August 6, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts ⋅ Music promotion ⋅ Rambles ⋅ Singer-Songwriter
Even in 2014 you come across the stereotype of people not seeing music as a valid career choice. I was told by my extended family back in my school days, that music was never going to be a career. Even…
How to tour abroad with your band part 3
In 2006 Sliotar set out on our very first European tour that we organised ourselves. We performed in France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It was over six-week tour that took us from Atlantic coast to…
Bad live sound
It is Sunday 3rd of August the morning after the last show of Sliotar‘s 2014 Summer tour. I’m scheduled to arrive home Monday night. It’s a very mixed bag of feelings always at this point. Part of me can’t wait…
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