20th of June Blog update
It has been amazing week. I have really felt the love and support from you guys in the past week. I mean I always do, but somehow it just has been amplified this week 🙂 And all your lovely messages…
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Tip the scales
Posted at June 20, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
The darkest moment of the night, is just before the dawn. It is important to remember this. If you are a musician, a startup company, artist, writer, blogger… You work long hours for a very little money, if any, and…
Quick tip 120 Take action
Posted at June 19, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
I’ve had a productive morning. I wrote a blog post for this weeks song, got the song back from my mastering engineer, uploaded it to Soundcloud and posted the song with the blog post on my website. I Had a…
While I’m Here
Through out the years I have been lucky enough to get to do quite a lot of touring. And especially with Sliotar we get to go back to places year after year. One of the best things for me about…
Quick tip 119 Be sceptical
Posted at June 18, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
I know today’s Quick tip sounds like a quite negative one, but it’s not really. It’s just a simple reminder that not all advice is equal. When you set out to succeed in music business, the first thing after creating…
I need your help
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in Music promotion
I don’t ask you directly to help me too often, as in the past I found this kind of hard thing to do. But I ‘m reading Amanda Palmer’s wonderful book The Art of asking, and now putting some of…
Quick tip 118 Don’t try to be everywhere
Posted at June 17, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
When it comes to social media, I think it’s safe to say many of us musicians end up wasting a lot of time just trying to be engaging (or looking at funny cat videos…) Social media is a powerful tool,…
Melosity
Ok, so many of the regular readers of my blog have heard about Melosity by now. I asked some of my followers to sing backing vocals on a song of mine through Melosity, which is a new online recording software…
Quick tip 117 Be true
Posted at June 16, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
As an artist you are expected to have something to say. You are expected to have core values that people ( your fans) can relate to. The generic magazine cover image, ribbed abs and a carved smile with no substance…
Investment in the music business
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in Music promotion
I am not in a position to invest into another artists, (not yet anyway) heck I have hard enough time to keep my own solo career a float. But I have enough knowledge to know what I would consider a…
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