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Janne Halonen

About Me

I'm a Finnish guitarist /composer /songwriter.I moved to Helsinki from Jyväskylä in August 2000 to study at Stadia's program of pop/jazz -music. I graduated in spring 2006.On this site you can currently hear music performed by some projects I'm involved with. Carnivàle is my world jazz quintet. The band was founded in january 2006. The music consists of original compositions by myself and pianist Tommi Karhusaari. The Debut album will be released in February 2008.In addition to Carnivàle I write songs regularly with a few friends of mine, play a lot of guitar in various projects, and teach at Pohjois -Helsingin musiikkiopisto and Siuntion musiikkiyhdistys.
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Member Since: 9/7/2006
Band Members: CARNIVÀLE: Janne Halonen gtr, Jusu Heinonen woodwinds & accordion, Tommi Karhusaari keys, Tero Tuovinen bass, Jussi Miettola drs;THE PROPELLERS: Christian Hellman voc & gtr, Niklas Nylund gtr, Janne Halonen gtr, Ville Valovirta bs, Anssi Sopanen drs;MIKA POHJOLA & LEIVONEN LUMIMYRSKYSSÄ: Mika Pohjola pno, Eeppi Ursin voc, Janne Halonen gtr, Ville Pynssi drs, Ville Herrala bs;LÄHIÖ: Riitta Keränen voc, Maria Ylipää voc, Petja Lähde voc, Jiri Kuronen keys & voc, Janne Halonen gtr, Arto Nurmi bs, Olli Krogerus drs Janne Toivonen trump, Juho Viljanen tromb;RAKKAUDEN TOSI: Riitta Keränen voc, Jiri Kuronen keys & voc, Janne Halonen gtr, Arto Nurmi bs, Olli Krogerus drs
Influences: To name a few: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jimi Hendrix, Pat Metheny, Marc Ribot, John Mayer, Boubacar Traoré, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Astor Piazzolla, Emilio Solla, Coldplay, Jonathan Dubois, John McLaughlin, Brian Setzer, Gospel, Hip Hop, The Roots, D'angelo, John Coltrane, Yoga, Quincy Jones and people I've worked with.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Higher Ground Backstage Pictures

Here are finally some backstage pictures from the Higher Ground concerts at Kulttuuritalo in 27 & 28.10.07. I played guitar there and met some wonderful new people.There are also few short videoclips ...
Posted by Janne Halonen on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:35:00 PST

Ho ho ho!

Heippa!Two new tracks in the player: "Rekiretki" is a track we recorded with Lähiö, for "Kiima Levyt" -record label's christmas cd "Joulukiima". The personnel on the track are the usual Lähiö -people,...
Posted by Janne Halonen on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:12:00 PST

HEI KAIKKI!

Nyt ehtii vielä saada lippuja Higher Ground -konsertteihin tänä viikonloppuna Kulttuuritalolla. Jos mitään tekemistä ei la tai su -iltana ole, (tai jos on niin peru ne) niin tämä on mainio menovinkki....
Posted by Janne Halonen on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:46:00 PST

On how life is.

Hi everybody! Just felt like dropping a line since a lot of fun and exciting stuff has been going on lately.We just got the new Propellers -single out of the mix today, and I think it sounds great. Th...
Posted by Janne Halonen on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:07:00 PST

Photos from the Leivonen Tour!

I finally got some photos up here from Mika Pohjola's tour. We had great time on and off stage. We played seven shows in 8 days, mostly concert halls. The band got better night after night, and thanks...
Posted by Janne Halonen on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:24:00 PST

First entry!

Exciting week coming up. We'll be touring in Finland with Mika Pohjola's Toivo Kärki -project "Leivonen lumimyrskyssä" starting tomorrow. You can see the tour dates at my gig schedule.To celebrate th...
Posted by Janne Halonen on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST