The Importance of Time
We rush around in a frantic race to reach our goals. We spend time in meetings, we plan, we implement. We write thousand Emails and every time new one appears in our mail box we rush to read it, like…
Rambles
Facing your fear
When it comes to your career as an artist, what are you scared of? For years I was scared that my music would not matter. I mean when I hear a song by some of my heroes, how am I…
Has U2 lost the plot?
It was hard not to miss the launch of the new iPhone and the Apple Watch last week. I must confess I do like my iPhone. I was never much of a watch person, I find being reminded of the…
Music as a skilled trade
Posted at August 6, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts ⋅ Music promotion ⋅ Rambles ⋅ Singer-Songwriter
Even in 2014 you come across the stereotype of people not seeing music as a valid career choice. I was told by my extended family back in my school days, that music was never going to be a career. Even…
Small things in life
There are days when the simplest things are the best things in the world. I was sitting in the Restaurant Stoleti with my band mate Ray. Cool Czech beer and meat broth. It had been a crazy week. Bundan Celtic…
The Importance of Failure
I wrote a post on “Why do we fail” awhile back. This got me thinking of failure bit more and this started the digestive process in my head which often leads to these blog posts. In the traditional sense we…
Take a break before you break (or burn your toaster)
Sometimes life throws obstacles on our path. Sometimes they are big, sometimes just small. There is no avoiding this. You can plan ahead and predict some of them, but still there are some that you just have no control over….
Which comes first, art or money?
In the past few weeks there has been a quite lot of debate on copyright and especially musician / photographer related, due to a case that in my eyes is nothing short of a shambles. I am not going to…
Sunday, what is it to you?
What is Sunday to you? Day of rest? The first day of your working week? Walk in the park? A hangover from Saturday night? Day of worship? Day of Sport? Family dinner? For the past 14 years my Sunday nights…
Shortcut in Music Business
I am subscribed to Seth Godin’s wonderful blog and get almost a daily post from him. His stuff is on a bad day pure gold! Anyway, today he posted a blog post on shortcuts. You can read the post HERE…
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