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.

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Quick tip 34 Be true to your self

J.P. Kallio / February 19, 2015

Here’s a lesson I learned the hard way, the long way and I am still learning it every day. Be […]

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High Consumer Of Music

J.P. Kallio / February 19, 2015

I am bit baffled this morning and I am hoping the combination of my big mug of coffee and writing

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Quick tip 33 Music

J.P. Kallio / February 18, 2015

In the world of promotion it is sometimes easy to forget about the most important aspect of it all, the

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On Songwriting Part 7

J.P. Kallio / February 18, 2015

In the wise words of Tom Waits “For a songwriter, you don’t really go to songwriting school; you learn by

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Quick tip 32 Stepping out of your comfort zone

J.P. Kallio / February 17, 2015

Is there something that you have meant to do for years? I give you an example: My first attempt at

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Pat your self on the back

J.P. Kallio / February 17, 2015

The reasons behind one becoming a musician is a lot more complex than just the simple fact that we love

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Quick tip 31 List

J.P. Kallio / February 16, 2015

I am a master at having a fifteen great ideas a minute, and before I get to any of them,

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Monetizing music gone wrong

J.P. Kallio / February 16, 2015

The Guardian reported that according to music industry consultancy firm Midia Research “Streaming music’s next leap forward could be interactive artist subscriptions”.

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