Fight
I think by the nature of human relationships we all get knocked down somewhere along the way. It is harder than we give ourselves credit to get up and go again. The unseen scars our breakups we carry will not…
Songwriting
Drowning Man
There come’s a time when we got to give in. There come’s a time when whatever someone says, it will not take away what was said in the past. The wounds are too deep, the fragments are too close to…
The songwriter within us
When I was thirteen years old, I wrote my first song. I tried before, hell I even tried before I could play an instrument. But when I was thirteen I wrote a song that had a story, two verses and…
Watch The Rain
During the July and August this year, like most summers in the past eight years I spent quite a lot of time at festivals around Europe while touring with Sliotar. I was always a big believer as a musician you…
You and I
It’s late on Thursday night here in Dublin as write this. The rain is beating on the window. It is not very inspiring day for a night walk, I can tell you. I am after spending a long day in…
On Songwriting Part 3
Posted at October 16, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songwriting
Back in June I wrote a few blog posts on songwriting and as this is something ongoing in my life, I thought to make these posts semi-regular feature on the blog. Songwriting should be something you are working on all…
Talent is overrated
Talent is overrated. Or let me rephrase that, talent is miss understood. To say someone is talented at something which at the end of the day is a learned skill, sounds like excuse for someone else not put in the…
Help me memorise song lyrics
Today’s blog post I am going to turn the tables around a bit 🙂 Instead of offering my advice on something, I am actually looking for some help and tips from you guys. As many of you know I am…
The Call
This week’s song “The Call” is a title track from the next album. Once again the wonderful Matthew Gillian helped me out in the production of the track. I was a bit lost while trying to decide which way to…
Take Me As I Am
I often thought why do we have this underlying need to somehow chance the person we are in relationship with. I think I’ve seen more relationships over the years go down the drain due to this, than anything else. Instead…
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