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…
February 17, 2015
Quick tip 31 List
Posted at February 16, 2015 by
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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…
Quick tip 29 Business card
Posted at February 12, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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It never stops amazing me how impressed other musicians are while exchanging contacts and I pull out a business card. It was one of the first things I made, after my website when I started this journey. It’s not something…
Quick tip 28 Statistics
Posted at February 11, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Lets face it, statistics are boring, but most of us musicians still stare at them all the time. You think you don’t? When was the last time you checked how many followers you have on Facebook? or how many likes…
The journey of a great artist
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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…
Quick tip 27 Learn the Blues
Posted at February 10, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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I have dabbled my hands on a quite many styles of music over the years. Acoustic guitar is my main instrument, the extension of my hand. I love it! From time to time I like to make some noise on…
On Songwriting Part 6
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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…
Focus
I’m just back from a show with Sliotar as I sit down to write this. I am buzzing, it was a great show. But I am almost scared to say this out loud as not jinx it, and at the…
Quick tip 24 Think long term
Posted at February 5, 2015 by
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Pretty much anything you do in the music business is for the future. What you record today, will not be out in some cases until months from now. The bookings you do today are usually for shows anything up to…
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…
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