3rd of August blog update
I am writing this blog update in a hotel room in Brno, but by the time it come’s out I will be in Austria, the morning after our last show of Sliotar‘s 2014 Summer tour and a day before I…
August 3, 2014
Finding the right studio engineer
Posted at July 30, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Recording
Studio engineer is a crafter of a very skilled trade. Choosing a good one sometimes seems like taking the second place over the selection of the studio. Most of us go for a studio we like, can afford, is convenient…
You will not believe it until you see it
Posted at July 28, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
It is no secret that I have almost an unhealthy obsession with the independent music business. I dedicate way too much time reading everything I can get my hands on, every book, every blog post. Being Dyslexic my reading is…
Daddy’s Girl
This week’s song is a bit tricky to explain… So let me try to explain the inspiration behind it, maybe that makes more sense. All along I promised myself not to preach to you guys, except about the music business…
The Importance of Failure
I wrote a post on “Why do we fail” awhile back. This got me thinking of failure bit more and this started the digestive process in my head which often leads to these blog posts. In the traditional sense we…
Why I won’t sing Galway Girl
I have been a “foreigner” in a city that has adopted me for nearly 20 years now. I came here as a young man barely out of his teenage years. I had been bitten by the Irish Traditional music bug….
The best pizza in the world
It is thirty-three degrees outside, I’m sitting in a small town bar in the North of Italy. Cold Prosecco is keeping me cool. The non stop lotto is on TV. Luca is just after putting on a bet for us….
Brain Reset
Posted at July 21, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
It is the night before I’m about to head on the road with Sliotar once again. This summers tour will be nice two and a half week tour and all the shows are great ones 🙂 So I am looking…
Tell My Darling
Posted at July 17, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
This week I am in Bondeno in Italy as you read this 🙂 We are about to start this summers tour with Sliotar, and the first show is on 19th of July in Bundan Celtic Festival, a wonderful festival in…
What would you do?
What would you do to get ahead in the music business? Would you sell your mother? Of course not! Would you let your friends down? You probably have and will do again. By this I mean most of us musicians…
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