The Call
This week’s song “The Call” is a title track from the next album. Once again the wonderful Matthew Gillian helped me out in the production of the track. I was a bit lost while trying to decide which way to…
October 3, 2014
14th of September Blog update
Posted at September 14, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
I am after having one of those week’s where you are battling against the clock. I am actually heading for a bit of sun and rest for the next ten days 🙂 But as always before the holidays there are…
Festival etiquette
Posted at September 8, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songwriting
Once again I am writing a blog post while flying above Europe. I am on my way back from Belgium where Sliotar played two wonderful shows in the Geluwe Celtic Night festival. And once again I had a great glimpse…
Crafting a song
Posted at September 4, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songwriting
I haven’t written anything on songwriting in a while and as I am in a middle of writing a new patch of songs, I thought it might be a good time to share some of my tips and ideas here…
Journey Instruments OF420
Posted at September 2, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Guitar
It was November 2003. I was in transit in the Heathrow Airport. I had left Dublin few hours ago and I had two weeks of concerts ahead of me. We were asked to do a security check at the airport….
17th of August Blog update
Posted at August 17, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It is the early hours of Sunday morning. I’m back from The Porterhouse, where I was playing a show with Sliotar. It was a great show and I’m still buzzing from it 🙂 So instead of laying in bed wide…
How to make sure you will never get booked for a live show
Posted at August 13, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Music promotion
Awhile back an email dropped into Sliotar‘s mail box. I do most of the bookings and management duties for Sliotar as well as my solo stuff. This was and Email sent from someone I once met briefly over some other…
10th of August Blog update
Posted at August 8, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
As you might have noticed, I revved up my blog posting in the past month or so. It’s been personal challenge. But as always the thought of churning out six blog posts a week sounds much more daunting than it…
How to tour abroad with your band part 3
In 2006 Sliotar set out on our very first European tour that we organised ourselves. We performed in France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It was over six-week tour that took us from Atlantic coast to…
Bad live sound
It is Sunday 3rd of August the morning after the last show of Sliotar‘s 2014 Summer tour. I’m scheduled to arrive home Monday night. It’s a very mixed bag of feelings always at this point. Part of me can’t wait…
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