J.P. Kallio

Author name: J.P. Kallio

“Hey darling, don’t you worry about me. This is the life I was meant to live. I always loved the wide open road. And I always loved to sing my songs”   I am a Finnish-born singer-songwriter and an acoustic guitar slinger, spent most of my life in Dublin. Passion for writing honest songs about life. Everything you say might end up in one of my songs.

Thoughts & Essays

19th of April Blog update

J.P. Kallio / April 19, 2015

I’m writing this week’s Blog update in Poland for a change 😉 It’s one of my many “runaway and hide […]

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Perspective

J.P. Kallio / April 18, 2015

I talked a bit about how especially in the songwriting you need perspective. I’m writing this in Warsaw, in Poland.

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Quick tip 75 Concentrate on what you can give

J.P. Kallio / April 17, 2015

I’ve become to realise the value of giving. This is not a new concept in the music business anymore, but

Music

Life of Crime

J.P. Kallio / April 17, 2015

This weeks song “Life of Crime” was almost an accident 😀 The writing process was fast, kind of writing something

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Quick tip 74 Document

J.P. Kallio / April 16, 2015

When you are writing music, one thing I have learned the hard way was to document everything. Fresh ideas come

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Backup plan

J.P. Kallio / April 16, 2015

I am a strong believer in going after your dreams, in fact I’ve built my career based on going after

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Quick tip 73 Clear your mind

J.P. Kallio / April 15, 2015

Here’s a one I can stand one hundred present behind, but I must give credit where there credit is due

Music

On Songwriting part 9

J.P. Kallio / April 15, 2015

I’ve just been handed a slap on the face lesson, by me! I’m in a middle of songwriting for the

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Quick tip 72 Message

J.P. Kallio / April 14, 2015

When you go in to the wild world of social media to promote your music, are you armed with a

Guitar & Craft

D’Addario EXP17 review

J.P. Kallio / April 14, 2015

Bit over a month back the good people at D’Addario sent me a set of their phosphor bronze coated EXP