Facts

   
Equipment Used:

Korg N364

Korg KARMA 

Korg TRINITY

Korg OASYS – studio only

Korg Triton – Used on stage

Korg TR - Used on stage (As of Dark Passion Play)


Favorite songs:

Walking the air by Howard Blake.

 "This is the song from the animated movie 'The snowman.' and it's the first song that i would take with me to a desert island. i think it's the most beautiful piece of music ever written. and it brings back memories for me because in finland every christmas eve they show 'he snowman' on TV. which makes it a big part of christmas. we decided to cover it in homage to the greatest song ever written"

One by Metallica.
"i really was not into hard music at all until i saw metallica in kansas city in 1992. when i was 15. i was on a foriegn exchange thing and the family took me to see metallica and guns n' roses in this huge arena. i remember when i saw metallica i didn't expect anything but when they cam out with all these pyro techtonics and explosions and stuff i was 'this is the coolest thing i've ever seen' and i turned into a metal fan instantly.

Why so lonely? by the 3rd and immortal
"when i heard this song on finnish metal radio was when i discovered females in metal music. that album is still one of my favourites today. it brought back that whole idea of females singing with metal bands and definatley without it, nightwish would not exist.

Over the hills and far away. by gary moore.
"The was the first music video i ever saw, about 20years ago. and just immediatley fell in love with it. i think it's filmed in ireland. it's gary moore playing with al this irish scenery which looks incredible.

The battle by hans zimmer
"From the sound track to the movie 'gladiator' this is probably te best piece of film music ever written and it really started me off as a film music maniac.
it's about 10minutes long and it really caputres everything thats great about that movie soundtrack. you can really visualise the bits of the movie in the music. i really into it from seeing that film."

Fields of coral bu Vangelius.
"If I had to name one song i've listened to the most times in my life, it would be this song. literally thousands of times. and it really hasn't lost any of it's appeal at all. it's seven minutes of fame of the same thing over and over again, but the atmosphere in it is huge. i've fallen asleep to this song so many times, it's heavanly"

Sear me mcmxciii by my dying bride.
"my dying bride have had a massive impact on me, paticulary in my lyric writing. i think aaron stanthorpe is one of the best lyricists in the whole world, when i was at high school, there was this girl, and she didn't know anything about me until i went to her and gave her the lyrics to this song and told her 'this is how i feel about you' after that we were together for a couple of years!"
Guilty Pleasure.

Frozen by madonna.
"This song itself is incredible but what makes this song great for me is the video, because it's probably that best one ever made, i love all the imagery and atmosphere in the video. it's quite dark and it looks like something we might do in a video. with all the landscapes and girl dancing and stuff"