The power of reflection
It is so easy to get bogged down in the world of promotion, rehearsing, recording, writing or touring. We have a task to accomplish and we put our blinkers on and get on with it… Or so we think so…
November 17, 2014
The cracks are starting to show
Posted at November 12, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
We set out to change the world, try to make it a better place. Our youthful innocence gives us an opportunity to dream big. We see the injustice and cannot believe no one has done anything about it. As children…
9th of November blog update
Posted at November 9, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It’s been a long, but successful week at the J.P.s headquarters 😀 Busy week playing out as always in the sessions and with Sliotar. But also I turned my house into a video set for three days. Unfortunately some of…
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…
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…
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…
Finding the balance
When your work is something you love, which is the case with many musicians, it can be hard to switch off. I talked about the importance of taking a break in past blog posts. But lately I have been taking…
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…
31st of August Blog update
Posted at August 31, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
This week we had the American college football game here in Dublin between Penn State and the UCF Knights. The Porterhouse was one of the dedicated pubs for Penn State supporters, so you can only imagine how busy weekend I…
Don’t wait for the inspiration, look for it
Posted at August 25, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts ⋅ Singer-Songwriter ⋅ Songs ⋅ Songwriting ⋅ Travel
Last week I wrote about Writers blog and how I did not think it was a real thing. Now in the other hand I think inspiration is a very important thing. But inspiration is something we should not wait for,…
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