Jani Kristian "Jay" Hölli is a Finnish Musician from

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

. He has played keyboards in several Finnish Power and Progressive Metal bands. These have included, Snakegod,

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Soulrelic Soulrelic were a Gothic melodic metal band from Finland who formed in 2003. The band decided to separate in 2007. They were signed to Spinefarm Records. They are also known as Kurakello, but the reason for this is unknown outside of the band. The ...

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, Technical Justice and Leewings. He is the current keyboard player in the Finnish multi genre band,

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. Hölli has been playing piano since the age of 9 and is a classically trained pianist. He received formal tuition for seven years at a school which he attended. He studied songwriting at the prestigious

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for a year in 2010. He has written and arranged songs for a variety of artists such as DCX, Terhi Matkainen and

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As a songwriter, Hölli has amassed a revenue cut in a total of over 7 million album sales worldwide. He co-wrote the Techno Dance song, ''Screams'' with Joel Kalsi which was performed by Kalsi and Applejack and featured vocals by UK artist

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who has had 5 UK top 20 hits. Hölli is a fan of the

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and has entered the competition multiple times as both a songwriter and a performer. In 2010, as a part of the band

, he entered the initial stages of the Finnish Euroviisut song selection process with the song ''Ei Minua'' which means Not Me in English. The song gained a large number of votes during the online voting phase of the competition, however despite this it failed to reach the top ten in the voting and therefore the song did not progress into the live, televised semi finals. Played with glam-rock band Stala & SO. in 2011, as special keyboard player. His second entry to the Euroviisut in 2012 was more successful. He co-wrote the song ''Erase You'' by DCX, which reached position 9 in the semi finals. In 2014 he composed a song with lyricist and songwriter Efrem Macheras called ''No Money, No Honey'' which was put forward for selection as a potential entry for Cyprus in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The song was performed by Elena Panagi. Jani wrote songs for two of the finalists of a popular, televised music talent competition in Finland called Idols. These are

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and Kalle Löfström Hölli was involved with the musical scoring and production of a short film about a man's struggle with long term diabetes called Dia-Cide. He uses Korg Triton and Yamaha DX-9 Keyboards.

Discography

*''Invitation''- Snakegod, 2001 *''Kipinä''- Hannu Savo Ja Kamiina, 2002 *''Love is a Lie We Both Believed''- Soulrelic, 2005 *''Julma Satu''- Villieläin, 2009 *''Facebookissa''- Dingo, 2012 *''Adios Rosaria''- Dingo, 2012 *''Oma Waterloo''- Neumann, 2013 *''You are Waltari''- Waltari, 2015 *''Juggernautti''- kilpi, 2015 *''Global Rock''- Waltari, 2020

Songwriting Credits

*''Joku Kuuntelee''- Rainio Bros., 2002 *''Dead king''- Kalle Löfström, 2009 *''Ready to fall''- Agnes Pihlava, 2009 *''Ma Jaan''- Eini, 2011 *''Illallinen''- Eini, 2011 *''Saisit haudatun kuun''- Eini, 2011 *''Turn it over''- Pandora, 2011 *''Won't let you down again''- Stala & SO, 2011 *''Villi Pohjola''-Jussi Aaltonen, 2012 *''Puudasta Ilmaa''-Terhi Matikainen, 2012 *''Erase You''- DCX, 2012 *''Girlfriend''- Abraham Mateo, 2013 (#1 Spain single charts) *''Set this place on fire''- Frixion, 2013 (#9 UK R 'n' B / soul charts) *''Rock until I'm done''- Stala & SO, 2013 *''The boys are having fun''- Stala & SO, 2013 *''Never again''- Stala & SO, 2013 *''Life goes on''- Stala & SO, 2013 *''Mä Tein Oikein''- Saija Varjus, 2013 *''Tähtisade''- Mervi Koponen, 2013 *''Screams''- Kalsi and Applejack feat, Tina Cousins, 2014 *''Lautta''- Kilpi, 2014 *''Elämään Sait Mut Uudelleen''- Mari Varjovirta, 2014 *''Gimmie All Your Love''- Zaena Morisho, 2014 *''No Money, No Honey''- Elena Panagi, 2014 *''Breaking free''- Tina Cousins, 2014 *''Out of my head''- Tina Cousins, 2014 *''Ashes to diamonds''- Jessica Wolff, 2014 *''Headlong''- Stala & SO, 2015 *''Goodbye''- Stala & SO, 2015 *''Sinun verran kevyempi''- Yö, 2016 *''Pikkukaupungin poika''- Sampsa Astala, 2017 *''Poisonouz''- Michella Evers, 2019 *''Setelit lentää''- Sampsa Astala, 2019 *''Huumaa''- Sampsa Astala, 2019 *''Skyline''- Waltari, 2020 *''I Had it all''- Waltari, 2020 Studio albums: *''Love is the lie we both believed''- Soulrelic, 2005 *''Julma Satu''- Villieläin, 2020

References

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