J.P. Kallio is creating
Music in all of its forms, new songs, recordings, live concerts

Anything you say might end up in one of my songs ;-)

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Milestone Goals
Have coffee, things will happen :-)
$25 per month
You just made sure I have months worth of coffee beans. This means I am ready to work :-)
Stay a float
$375 per month
Ok, I'll try to be as hones and transparent here as I can. At the time of writing this I have been releasing a song a week on my blog, and blogging actively for one year and nine months. It has been a learning curve, trying to figure out what works and what does not. But by now I have learned how to optimise my lean song recording/releasing process. I am no where near breaking even here yet. Between all the costs involved, I figured out that $375 is the bare minimum I need every month to keep things going. Don;t get me wrong, I have paid it out of my own pocket so far, and I won't stop doing so. But it would take a lot of pressure of me if we would reach this goal. Honestly, there has been few weeks where I was releasing songs at the risk of having to pay my rent late... And I do like having a roof over my head :-D 
 Oh yeah and as I am on the honest streak, you might be wondering "what about the album and song sales?" Here's the thing, due to a lot of the streaming services most people don't buy music anymore. That is part of the reason why I joined Patreon. I actually boosted my income from the songs a bit after starting to release them on Bandcamp with the option of people naming their own price :-) But at the very bets, I made about 10% of what I spent. So yeah, this is kind of important goal in the long run for me to be able to keep going.
Rent
$750 per month
Holy crap! You guys made it possible for me to pay my rent! Whoop whoop!
Video
$1,500 per month
This will goal will allow me to hire some professional help to make some pro quality music videos. I would be hoping to make this into a monthly thing :-)
Studio album with a band
$2,000 per month
As much as I love recording songs in my small office/studio with just me and my acoustic guitar, I think there is no doubt some of the songs would convert beautifully into a full band arrangement. I would like to do this in a professional studio, where I could just concentrate on the music it self. If we hit $2000 a month I will start working on this album.
Tour
$5,000 per month
I'll be touring sooner or later, no matter what. It's in my blood :-) But if we reach this goal, I will be in a position to scale back my other commitments and spend a substantial amount of the year on the road. Europe and the States obviously would be the first destinations, but I really want to bring my songs to as far as possible.
Documentary
$10,000 per month
Ok, I have a dream :-) I would like to make a full tour documentary. Where I would let cameras a full access to the good, the bad and the ugly. The pre tour rehearsals, the traveling, the trains, plains, ferries, cars, vans, busses, all of it. I often watched tour documentaries, and kind of wished they would be bit more... So this would be my take on it. You know I am pretty open about my stuff, but this would be all access. I know it's a lot of money, and it would take us a long time to make, but I promise it would be something pretty amazing!
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About

Finnish born Singer-songwriter, based in Dublin for half of my life by now. I play music all the time. But my ultimate goal is my own songs and getting them out to the people, recording, touring, making videos, collaborations... All of it. Thanks for checking me out.

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Dublin City, Co. Dublin, Ireland

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