Quick tip 119 Be sceptical
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…
Author: J.P. Kallio
I need your help
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
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
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
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…
Quick tip 116 Secret of success
It is hard to deny the fact that most of us get in to music in hopes of getting some sort of validation. We want to make music that people think is good enough to make the cut. We hope…
New beginnings
From time to time we all dream about new beginnings. We wonder how our life got to the state it is in right now, how did we get stuck with our job, relationships, social circles, commitments… And from time to…
14th of June Blog update
Half way through June, it really seems like time does move faster when you are having fun 😀 This has been a week of getting focused and making some decisions that I’ve been putting off for a while. The acoustic…
Call off the angels rehearsal video
This is definitely one of my favourite songs to sing at the moment, but due to the quiet nature of it, it does not always work in a noisy pub. You can find the songs blog post HERE. This was…
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