Learning the music business
In my teens I was something I would call an inwardly rebel. I wasn’t really much trouble to others as such, but if I was told to do something, I’d probably go out of my way to do just the…
August 26, 2014
Close To The End
This week’s song “Close To The End” just tells you that sometimes songs come from the most peculiar places. A few months back someone asked me on Twitter if I had ever written a song about tacos. So I took…
Few priceless free tools for musicians
Posted at August 21, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
Sometimes it can get a bit overwhelming for a musician as to what tools and websites to use to promote your music. There are so much out there these days that it can easily turn into a full time job…
Writers block
I am once again starting the work on a new album, which starts with songwriting. I’ve got few songs already written and loads of ideas I am working on. It seems many people are surprised about how much I can…
17th of August Blog update
Posted at August 17, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It is the early hours of Sunday morning. I’m back from The Porterhouse, where I was playing a show with Sliotar. It was a great show and I’m still buzzing from it 🙂 So instead of laying in bed wide…
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…
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…
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