Quick tip 92 Don’t resort to excuses
All the advice in the world is no good to you, unless you are willing to act on it. I can tell you time and time again that you need your own website, get on twitter and start interacting, start…
May 12, 2015
Transparency in art
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Art in it self is a peculiar thing. Even though it can be a physical product, the process of creation is almost as, if not even more important. It is in the moment of creation where years of practice, honing…
Quick tip 91 Work with people
Posted at May 11, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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When you try to make a career in music business, you are taking on one of the toughest industries in the world. The odds of you “making it” are actually very slim. So anything you can do to turn the…
10th of May Blog update
Posted at May 10, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I know I’ve been giving out about this for a while now, but come on weather! Get it together! Living on an island on the edge of Atlantic kind of guarantees that you can not make picnic plans the day…
Stop talking about things and get it done
Posted at May 6, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
How many nights in the past have you spent in a bar talking about how you are going to be doing this, that and the other thing? How many of those things did you do? When I set out to…
Passion
Posted at May 4, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
Most forms of art require skill. To be great at what you do, whether its is music, painting, sculpture, writing, photography, cooking, or what ever it is that you do, you need to have a high level of skill. This…
Road map to business relationships
Posted at May 2, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
No one will fight your fight for you like you will, no doubt about that. Until you as an artist have enough financial value for a record label, manager or a promoter to put you as their top priority, it…
Quick tip 84 Treat every show seriously
Posted at April 30, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Quick tip
OK lets face it, it can feel pretty crap turning up at a gig you have been looking forward to for a while now, and there is only handful of people in the audience. But those handful of people turned…
Value yourself
As a musician, especially at the grassroots level, it can be a lonely place. What many people looking at us perform rarely see the all too common put downs behind the scenes. It hard to convince people that what you…
Beat the stress before it beats you
Posted at April 27, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
This morning I woke up feeling like crap. I’m after playing a weekend of shows with Sliotar, and last night helping a someone dear to me on some writing work until four in the morning. I have a small reoccurring…
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