TV show v Organic music
I posted a link to an article on how the X-factors viewing figures were the lowest since 2004. I accompanied it with a comment that is posted here. Let’s say in hindsight I should have chosen my words more carefully,…
December 16, 2014
14th of December blog update
Posted at December 14, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
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The winter is truly here. You would not brave outside without a winter jacket and hat anymore. And we are only a week and a half away from Christmas. Where did the year disappear? Ah well. It’s been a busy…
Hard To Stop
Posted at December 12, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songs
This week’s song “Hard To Stop” looks at the responsibility we have in the changes in our society and how they might affect future generations. I know it is easy to become lethargic especially with issues in our society. We…
7th December Blog update
Posted at December 7, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
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Wow, what a week it has been 🙂 My new album “The Call”, fourth so far came out earlier in the week and the response has been brilliant so far. Also a big thank you to all of you for…
1994
The suicide rates in Ireland are at all time high. And still it seems to be brushed under the carpet. It is 2014 we should be able to talk about it openly. I for one will never be silent. In…
On Songwriting Part 4
Posted at November 26, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Songwriting
How about songs as a personal snap shot? You know I have talked about the famous songwriting techniques especially popular in Nashville and well documented in the Ralph Murphy’s wonderful book “Murphy’s law on songwriting”. I studied this book over…
23rd of November blog update
Posted at November 23, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Blog posts
It has been a wild week once again. Ireland is going through some rough times with the governments attempt to privatise the water supply, and we are witnessing the collapse of the political system. The cracks are starting to show,…
What Are We To Do
Apathy is something we all are guilty at some level. We go about our lives as we are expected to. We do our job, have a family, try to buy a house, pay our mortgage… Our everyday life becomes a…
Wake up call
Posted at November 18, 2014 by
J.P. Kallio
in Rambles
I’m playing a few of my songs in the Mezz bar here in Dublin on the night I am writing this blog post. I was asked to play a handful of songs by the organisers few days ago after they…
Fight
I think by the nature of human relationships we all get knocked down somewhere along the way. It is harder than we give ourselves credit to get up and go again. The unseen scars our breakups we carry will not…
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