4th October Blog update
It’s hard to take it in that it is October already. It’s Saturday night as I write this. I am just back from The Porterhouse, where our show with Sliotar was slotted between two rugby matches. Now I have a…
October 4, 2015
Upside down business model
Posted at October 3, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Yesterday I heard some rumours about an industry showcase / festival here in Dublin not paying the artists for their performances. The artists are expected to do it for the “exposure.” Unfortunately my landlord does not accept “exposure” for rent……
Quick tip 190 Improve yourself
Posted at October 2, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Any sensible business should try to improve their product all the time. Music business is no different, and nowhere else is this more evident than in the independent music business. So you should work on improving your product at every…
Quick tip 189 Repeat until it hits home
Posted at October 1, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Repetition is the key to learning. And if it does not work the first time, you try it again. This is something most musicians should be very familiar with, as that’s how you learn to play an instrument. So why…
Are we on the brink of war over control in the music business?
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I’ve had this thought for a while now. We have all been pretty wrapped up in the streaming music conversation for a while now. First we were all throwing daggers at Spotify. hen things stabilised a bit, and just when…
Mental endurance in music business
Posted at September 29, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Back in the late nineties I was playing in a band, that was making waves locally. We had a residency here in Dublin, and it was pretty much packed night after night. We crowd sourced our first album well, by…
What would you do next?
Posted at September 28, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
In the early hours of Monday morning I contemplate the future. The city is slowly waking up around me, and it looks like we are going to have another nice day here in Dublin. As you might know I am…
Quick tip 183 Engage with your followers
Posted at September 23, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Year and nine months a go I decided finally do something about my solo career that I had been putting on hold for as long as I could remember. I had been busy with the bands, and when I wasn’t,…
Automation
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It’s another sunny day in the beautiful island of Ischia. I am drinking my morning coffee overlooking the bay of Napoli. Down below Ischia Porto goes about its daily business. Even though I am high up on a hill, the…
Quick tip 181 Clear your mind
Posted at September 21, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Most independent musicians suffer from an information overload. We are being offered information from every direction, some of it good, some people f it not so. You need to become good at filtering the information provided, but it can be…
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