Travel Part 1
Growing up, my father was a long-haul truck driver. From a very young age, I got used to spending time on the road. Travelling is in my blood. Twenty-six years ago, I moved to Ireland, and very soon after, music…
Songwriting
The joy and suffering of songwriting
It is around 11 am on Tuesday. I’m about to experience the joy and suffering of songwriting. I take my trusty guitar out of its case and sit down on the sofa. The sun is reflecting from the white wall…
Vlog 142 Songwriters self-doubt
In today’s vlog we get into songwriting once again. This time we are going into the deep end of the pool, so bring your snorkel with you 😉 I break down the emotional process of songwriting. I try to explain…
Vlog 114 On songwriting part 2
In today’s vlog I once again talk about songwriting and the importance of building a consistent routine and your surroundings. After over two years of writing, recording and releasing a new song every week, I believe I know a thing…
Vlog 72 On songwriting
So as I promised, I will be including occasionally also some of the stuff that in the past I posted in the blog posts in the vlogs as well. Monday’s have become my dedicated songwriting days. It is not the…
We Travel On
We Travel On by J.P. Kallio Let me get a little bit geeky about songwriting and guitars for a second. The idea for the music for this weeks song We Travel On actually came from listening to a recording of…
On songwriting part 14 How to get better at songwriting
What I am about to tell you is the most important lesson for songwriters, but still so many of us refuse to believe it, or put it to practice. How do you get good at something? You simply do it…
On songwriting part 13 Visualise your story
Would you like to be able to tell more visual story in your song? Bob Dylan is a master at painting pictures with words. But also as we study his work inevitably we end up trying to replicate something similar,…
The so-called plagiarism
I’m sure many of you heard the story that made the front page music news about Irish singer songwriter Hozier and the plagiarism claims. In fact it is so well documented, that I won’t even go in to the details…
On songwriting 12 Why do you write songs?
One of the big benefits of taking time off, is the time to reflect. Time to take distance from everything you do and kind of look at it with a fresh eyes. When I set out to write 52 songs…
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