15th of February Blog update
We’re seeing the first signs of the spring here in Dublin this weekend. The temperatures have creeped up just that small bit. But I got a feeling the winter is not just quite finished yet. Also the Six nations rugby…
February 14, 2015
We do it because we love it
Posted at February 12, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
Once again I sit here well past midnight, wondering what I should write about. There are days when text just flows out of me on to the page (or the computer screen, to be precise) like verbal diarrhoea from my…
On Songwriting Part 6
Posted at February 10, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
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…
Mama Was Right
This week’s song “Mama Was Right” is a story song. From time to time I have a need to write story songs. It seems these story songs are the ones that often resonate with people. But also writing a story…
Is originality over rated?
Success, even little bit of it has a funny effect on you. And let’s make it clear before people jump to the gun here, success does not mean you are loaded straight away. It is funny how often people think…
The Third Eye of a songwriter
As a songwriter I have become very aware lately of the intricacy of how I collect information, inspiration and ideas for songs. Yes there are parts of songwriting, which I call “tools” and these need to be learned. But these…
Anytime
I was brought up in a house full of boys. I was the oldest of three brothers and by the time my little sister was born I had already moved out to my own place. But in the past few…
Can we stop turning art into a competition?
Posted at January 20, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Uncategorized
In “the turmoil” of the music business, pretty much everything had to be rethought. The old style of record production just wasn’t viable anymore. Bands don’t go to studio for a year on the record labels expense anymore. The record…
After The Storm
It was a bit spooky when I was mixing this weeks track and outside my studio window there was a wind howling. But the storm in this weeks song is more of an emotional kind. It’s the kind of storms…
Song crafting
Posted at January 13, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songwriting
Songwriting, like so many other art forms have this mysthical glow about them. I suppose the late sixties and early seventies drug fuelled hippie artists have a lot to answer for. Sure, it’s all about the flowers and meditating until…
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