The Ballad of a Road Warrior
The Ballad of a Road Warrior by J.P. Kallio Being a musician I end up spending a lot of time on the road. But I guess it’s in my blood, as my father was a truck driver. I spent weeks…
August 21, 2015
Back against the wall
I had my back against the wall this week once again. I’ve got in to pretty smooth routine in the past few months with balancing time between, writing and posting blog posts, writing, recording and releasing songs, promotion and playing…
Quick tip 157 Know your limits
Few days back I was up in the Wicklow mountains climbing a one tough peak. I knew I was pushing my limits. I was strap for time as well as I knew I had a show to do that night…
Transparency
I know we all are getting bit tired with the “streaming services killing music” saga. But there are still musicians who like to raise their fists up every time someone mentions Spotify or Apple music. Spotify has been transparent about…
Assumption
Assuming something is certain way can be a dangerous thing. Why do we assume? Because someone said so? Do we trust that person? Or maybe you found the information online? Do you trust the source? When you go to your…
16th of August Blog update
This week has been a real reminder of something I talked about before, balance. balance between good times and bad times. As the regular readers here know I had some pretty serious problems with my website. It had surprisingly wide-spread…
Quick tip 155 What you would want your self to do?
Big part of promoting music is creating content. This can be anything from music, videos and shows down to things like art work, blog post and social media posts. Lately I have spent a little bit of time trying to…
Quick tip 154 Things happen for a reason
I know this is going to sound like some kind of spiritual speech, but hear me out. Weather you believe it or not, it is better for the success of your career that you accept the fact that things happen…
Get passionate about finding where you are going wrong
The twenty something year old me was very scared of some one spotting me doing something wrong. But I guess that is normal for most of us at that age… The thing is, now I understand the importance of finding…
Quick tip 153 Do the opposite
This one is purely artistic quick tip. I have many artist friends, and family members. Most of these have one thing in common. They all have unique style that they are known for. And to simplify this advice, I will…
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