Quick tip 80 Leverage alternative payments for music
So we all know the price we put on recorded music is not anywhere near what it used to be. Back in the late nineties record labels were able to sell a CD for $14, while the production cost was…
April 24, 2015
Quick tip 78 Empower your imagination
Posted at April 22, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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There is a great power in visualisation, in imagining where you want your career to go. This might just give you clarity in your elusive attempt to get to the “next level”. I talked about before how so many musicians…
Quick tip 77 The choice is yours
Posted at April 21, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Today’s Quick tip is about your path in music and the choice you have here. The amazing thing that so many people seem to ignore, or not believe that the choice is yours. You can choose to believe, with a…
Perspective
Posted at April 18, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
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…
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…
Quick tip 74 Document
Posted at April 16, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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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…
In the grand scale of things
Posted at April 13, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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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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