Quick tip 32 Stepping out of your comfort zone
Is there something that you have meant to do for years? I give you an example: My first attempt at recording a solo album goes back to 2003. I actually recorded kind of first draft of the album in one…
February 17, 2015
Pat your self on the back
The reasons behind one becoming a musician is a lot more complex than just the simple fact that we love music. It’s like no one becomes an actor just because they love the art of acting. Let’s face it we…
Quick tip 31 List
Posted at February 16, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I am a master at having a fifteen great ideas a minute, and before I get to any of them, I am distracted and doing something else. Something tells me I am not alone in this 😉 These days a…
We do it because we love it
Posted at February 12, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
Once again I sit here well past midnight, wondering what I should write about. There are days when text just flows out of me on to the page (or the computer screen, to be precise) like verbal diarrhoea from my…
The journey of a great artist
Posted at February 11, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
It’s funny how our musical journey can take us around the word in a search of where we belong. I often see young bands, eager to fight the good fight. They believe with every cell in their body that they…
On Songwriting Part 6
Posted at February 10, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
When we listen to music on a most basic level, it needs to do one of either two things, evoke an emotion or give us an experience. If it does neither, we just simply won’t care. As a songwriter this…
Let the life get on the way
There are days no matter what you try to do, you feel like you are not getting anywhere. You have a good plan but everything seems to get on the way of the execution. And I am not talking about…
Quick tip 22 Story
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Tell your story. This again took me a long time to understand, so I want you to be thinking this as early as possible. Your story is the most powerful tool you will ever have. So figure out your story….
Quick tip 20 Don’t let it get to you
Posted at January 30, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
So I hope you have put some of these Quick tips to use so far, registered your domain, set up a mailing list… Now here’s the thing. No matter what you do, you will always run in to a few…
Step off the path and make our own
Why do we devalue our selves? I mean we love to put other people on pedestal and worship them. We want to know all about them, try to copy them just in a hopes some of that greatness rubs off…
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