Dwindle down the numbers
Do you really want to think big? Do you want to be the guy that does it all in a music business, climbs the highest mountain, still standing strong and proud? You know all ready what it takes, don’t you?…
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The importance of the human being
The scales have shifted. The big machines known as the major labels have lost their power. They are reduced to producing bubble gum pop, and picking up those artists who against all the odds make it to the top on…
Photography v Music rights
Posted at April 5, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
The band Garbage have found themselves in a middle of a sh*t storm with a photographer Pat Pope over some rights to use photographs the band paid him to take twenty years ago. You can read all about it HERE….
Utilise wasted time
Posted at April 3, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
I am on the move again 🙂 Here in Ireland the bars are closed on Good Friday, which means I did not have my usual Friday night show with Sliotar. This was a perfect opportunity run away from the city…
Don’t do as I do
Posted at April 2, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
I have no problem saying I have gone on bit of a promotional over drive in certain aspects of my career. It is hard work to get your head above to noise and make your voice heard in the music…
Are you serious about career? Act like it!
Posted at March 30, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
If you are a musician you often work in a bar and many of your friends work in a bar. Yep there are wild nights out. It is a hard-working environment, and when you work hard, you play hard. But…
Hangover
I was asked to write this blog post (half jokingly) by a good friend of mine. The purpose here is to bring down some of the preconceptions about musicians. As I write this I am “recovering” from a night out….
Don’t worry too much what others think
Yesterday I found myself wasting nearly an hour looking for a photo suitable for a blog post. The thing was I had a photo all along, but I was concerned how some people might read in to it bit too…
Connecting the dots
Posted at March 23, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
Randomness does not get you very far. If you just do what you feel like, when you feel like, you won’t be getting far as a musician, artist or entrepreneur of any kind (and yes if you are an independent…
Busting some myths
Posted at March 21, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
Why is it so hard to let go some of our preconceptions? Music business is filled with so many myths, and outdated information. This is how they did it before, so this must be the way to do it right…
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