The ups and downs of touring part 2
On the first part of this blog post, I talked about how being on the tour can get quite lonely from time to time, and how this even make people depressed, you can read the first part HERE. Many of…
July 28, 2015
Quick tip 146 Touring tips 3.
This one goes for festival shows, or band nights, where there are more than one band performing on the night. I watched a band, who’s name I will not mention here, but lets just say they are professional band with years…
26th July Blog update
My weeks don’t really get much wilder than during the Sliotar tours. I started the week with a long and sweaty trip from Italy to the Czech republic, where we have been playing shows all week. It has been a…
Relationships are the key to successful touring
I am writing this blog post from the Czech republic. We are with Sliotar at the Keltska Noc festival in Plumlov, in Moravia. I am listening a a wonderful Czech celtic band Poitin playing their set in the background, my…
Quick tip 145 Touring tips 2.
Touring tip number two, allow time for things to go wrong. Where ever you need to be, plan to be there early. I know the extra hour of sleep might sound tempting, but that extra hour might come to bite…
Annie’s lament
Annie’s Lament by J.P. Kallio Few weeks back someone contacted me over Twitter asking if I could write a song about laundromat. Obviously I was bit confused, but it turned out she was a film maker and she has a…
Quick tip 144 Touring tips
Right so, as you might know I am on tour with Sliotar at the moment. And I thought it might be time to give some touring tips for those of you embarking on your first tour. I’ll be posting these…
Vlog 5. Plzen
Here’s my tour update from Plzen. I filmed this before the show, so let me just say, the show itself was fantastic 🙂 Plzen is a great town, with a lot of beer history and probably the toughest place for…
Vlog 4. Walking around Bundan
Here’s me walking around at the Bundan Celtic Festival. Also messing around with my band mates from Sliotar. It is a great festival, and you should definitely go to it if you get a chance. I’m writing this post from…
Quick tip 142 Work within your means
Some friends of mine just finished an album, that took them one year to record and cost somewhere in the region of €10000. It was what I would call a labour of love. The album sounds great and it will…
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