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Toni Wirtanen
Toni Juhana Wirtanen (born 4 April 1975, in Heinola, Finland) is a Finnish musician, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Apulanta. Wirtanen is also known for having written numerous songs for the Finnish pop singer Irina, and appeared in the 1999 movie '' Pitkä kuuma kesä'', portraying the lead-singer of the school band The Vittupäät. He holds the rank of a Corporal in the Finnish Army. Discography ;Charting hits featured in *2003: "Dynamite" (Beats And Styles featuring Toni W & B.O. Dubb) (Peaked in FIN: #2) *2003: "Asvaltti" (Toni Wirtanen, Infekto, Leijonanmieli, Paarma, Nopsajalka, Bommitommi) (Peaked in FIN: #8) *2014: "Hätähuuto" ( |
Toni Wirtanen - Rakuuna Rock 2014
Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name. In Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of the names derived from Antonius like Antonio, Ante or Anttoni. In Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish, it is a feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia. In Bulgarian, it is a unisex name used as a diminutive form of both Antoniya and Anton. Toñi is a Spanish feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia. Tóni a Hungarian masculine given name used as a diminutive form of Antal. It is sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of other names, such as Antonio, Antoine, Antonia or Antoinette. It is also sometimes a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: People Women * Toni Adams (1964–2010), American professional wrestling manager and valet * Toni Arden (1924–2012), stage name of Antoinette Ardizzone, American traditional pop music singer * Toni Aubin (1927–1990), American vocali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinola
Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savonia region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in the region in terms of population after Lahti and Hollola. The neighbour municipalities of Heinola are Asikkala, Hartola, Iitti, Kouvola, Mäntyharju, Nastola, Pertunmaa and Sysmä. In the coat of arms of Heinola, the Tavastia's provincial animal, the Eurasian lynx, crosses a fess resembling an arch bridge; it refers to the Jyränkö Bridge (''Jyrängönsilta'') from 1932, which crosses ''Jyrängönvirta'', the smaller part of the Kymi River. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers and approved by the Heinola Town Council at its meeting on 23 September 1958. The coat of arms was approved for use by the Ministry of the Interior on 11 November of the same year. History Heinola used to be a remote village of then larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who write both music and lyrics for songs, conductors who direct a musical performance, or performers who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer who provides vocals or an instrumentalist who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians specialize in a musical style, and some musicians play in a variety of different styles depending on cultures and background. A musician who records and releases music can be known as a recording artist. Types Composer A composer is a musician who creates musical compositions. The title is principally used for those who write classical music or film music. Those who write the music for popular songs ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocalist
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica, or both. Techniques The guitarist may employ any of several methods for sounding the guitar, including finger picking, depending on the type of strings used (either nylon or steel), and including strumming with the fingers, or a guitar pick made of bone, horn, plastic, metal, felt, leather, or paper, and melodic flatpicking and finger-picking. The guitarist may also employ various methods for selecting notes and chords, including fingering, thumbing, the barre (a finger lying across many or all strings at a particular fret), and guitar slides, usually made of glass or metal. These left- and right-hand techniques may be intermixed in performance. Notable guitarists Rock, metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songwriter
A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. A songwriter who mainly writes the lyrics for a song is referred to as a lyricist. The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that song writing is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with the task of creating original melodies. Pop songs may be composed by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers, while others have external publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apulanta
Apulanta is a Finnish rock band, founded in 1991 when its members were in their mid-teens. In September 2009, Apulanta members established an independent label, Päijät-Hämeen Sorto ja Riisto ("Päijänne Tavastian Oppression and Exploitation"). Since its beginnings, the label has so far gotten one artist, pop singer Kaija Koo in the summer of 2010. In February 2011, they revealed that they had a new prospective artist in the label, though not disclosing their name. Members Current members * Toni Wirtanen – lead vocals and guitar (+ bass 1991–1992) (1991–) * Simo ”Sipe” Santapukki – drums and backing vocals (1991–) * Ville Mäkinen – bass guitar and contrabass (2014-) Former members * Pauli Hauta-aho – touring guitar (2016) * Sami ”Parta-Sami” Lehtinen – bass and backing vocals (touring guitar 2001–2004) (2005–2014) * Antti Lautala – lead vocals and guitar (+ bass 1991–1992) (1991–1994) * Amanda ”Mandy” Gaynor – bass, trombone and voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Saari
Irina Saari (née Lahtinen, born on 10 May 1975 in Kauhajoki), better known by her stage name Irina, is a Finnish singer. Her style is pop and suomirock. She currently lives in Heinola. All of the songs on Irina's debut album were written by Toni Wirtanen of Apulanta except for the cover song "Katujen kuningatar" ("Queen of the Streets"). For some of the lyrics in the songs, she is noted as a co-writer. For her second album '' Älä riko kaavaa'' (''Don't Mess With the Formula''), Knipi and Ville Pusa contributed to the songwriting in addition to Wirtanen. Irina wrote all of the lyrics for her third album. In 2005, Irina received Emma awards for best new pop artist of the year and debut album of the year. Irina has mentioned that her favourite artists are Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Sting, Robbie Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Egotrippi and Rangaistuspotku. During her career, Irina has sold over 150,000 certified records in Finland, which places her among the top 30 of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitkä Kuuma Kesä
''A Long Hot Summer'' ( fi, Pitkä kuuma kesä) is a 1999 Finnish rock comedy film written and directed by Perttu Leppä. It was the most popular youth film of the 1990s in Finland. The film, set in 1980, tells the story of a fictional rock band called Kalle Päätalo. Due to the film's popularity, the band started to tour around the country. Cast * as Paavo "Patu" Taskinen, the manager and lyricist of the band Kalle Päätalo * as Noora, the driver of Kalle Päätalo * as Jukka Lajunen, the singer of Kalle Päätalo * Timo Lavikainen as Kukkonen, the drummer of Kalle Päätalo * Konsta Hiekkanen as Jimi, the guitarist of Kalle Päätalo * Olli Sorjonen as Kakkonen, the bassist of Kalle Päätalo * Aino Seppo as Patu's mother * Niina Stützle as Sanna, Patu's sister * Toni Wirtanen Toni Juhana Wirtanen (born 4 April 1975, in Heinola, Finland) is a Finnish musician, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Apulanta. Wirtanen is also known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brädi
Kari Olavi "Kapa" Härkönen (born 9 April 1979), better known by his stage name Brädi, is a Finnish hip hop artist. Brädi (pronounced "Braddy") has sung in Finnish language and in English (the latter mostly under the name Brad Spitt), in bands and solo. Career ;Beginnings He started his musical career under the name A'damite in 2001. He eventually joined the Finnish hip hop band 5th Element and had three albums with the band. He was also part of a hip hop trio Herrasmiesliiga with Cheek and TS. He also opened many times for Cheek gigs as "tuplaamassa" (double mass) shows. He also collaborated with Cheek in the music videos "Huligaani", " Raplaulajan vapaapäivä", "Täältä sinne", " Liekeissä", " Jos mä oisin sä", "Viihdyttäjä" and "Maanteiden kingi". Furthermore, he has also appeared in recordings by Näkökulma, Maajoukkue, A04 and MGI. ;Solo career Brädi's first solo studio album was ''Repullinen hiittiä'' released in May 2010. The album was produced by MGI. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vain Elämää
''Vain elämää'' is the Finnish version of '' The Best Singers'' series broadcast on Finnish Nelonen commercial television channel fashioned on the successful Dutch series '' De beste zangers van Nederland''. Each day, one artist would be chosen, and the remaining artists would perform covers of her or his songs and would be assessed by the original artist. The last day would be dedicated to duets of the most popular performances. The title of the Finnish series is inspired by the 1973 song ''Vain elämää'' ( fi. "it's only life") by Irwin Goodman. Summary Season 1 (2012) The first Finnish edition started on 5 October 2012 and continued until 23 November 2012. The artists taking part were Erin, Kaija Koo, Katri Helena, Jonne Aaron, Cheek, Neumann and Jari Sillanpää. Many of the renditions during the series have charted on the Finnish Singles Chart and the self-titled compilation album has topped the Finnish Albums Chart. Performances Albums ''Vain elämää'' At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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