Perspective
I talked a bit about how especially in the songwriting you need perspective. I’m writing this in Warsaw, in Poland. As you might know, I’ve had a bit of a crazy year so far, but all in a good way…
April 18, 2015
Quick tip 75 Concentrate on what you can give
Posted at April 17, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I’ve become to realise the value of giving. This is not a new concept in the music business anymore, but it is very much a shift from how things used to be. I believe if you concentrate on giving something…
Life of Crime
This weeks song “Life of Crime” was almost an accident 😀 The writing process was fast, kind of writing something quickly between blog posts and rushing off to play a session. I didn’t think much of it at the time,…
Quick tip 74 Document
Posted at April 16, 2015 by
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When you are writing music, one thing I have learned the hard way was to document everything. Fresh ideas come and go, sometimes we forget about them before we manage to document them. I know of some artists who believe…
Backup plan
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I am a strong believer in going after your dreams, in fact I’ve built my career based on going after my dream. It is extremely important to believe with every ounce of your body that you can do it. Without…
Quick tip 73 Clear your mind
Posted at April 15, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Here’s a one I can stand one hundred present behind, but I must give credit where there credit is due 😉 Some of you already know Brian O’Shea, who plays banjo with me. We got talking about the quick tips…
On Songwriting part 9
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I’ve just been handed a slap on the face lesson, by me! I’m in a middle of songwriting for the second album of 2015 and once again I see my self falling in to the old habits of vanity and…
Quick tip 72 Message
Posted at April 14, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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When you go in to the wild world of social media to promote your music, are you armed with a message? You better be, and that message better be something else than just the same old “check out my music”….
Quick tip 71 Stay ahead of the game
Posted at April 13, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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You are faced with an uphill battle even on a good day in the music business. Things will not go according to the plan most of the time. You are dealing with things you do not have control over, for…
In the grand scale of things
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As the last standing border between the “real life” and mystery gets kicked some where in the far corner of our brains we rush through our commute in a crowded bus ignoring all the lost souls in the same boat,…
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