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Pekka Raninen

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) Been playing since 1977. Starting with classical piano and guitar, I then jumped over the fence to a well-known Finnish guitarist Harri Louhensuo's fusion band called Workshop when I was 17 yrs. I also teached quite a bit during 1984-1992 while playing as a sideman in bands of over 40 Finnish artists.
In 1992 I got a job in Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin's road band, in which I stayed for some 500 gigs up to 1996. Then it was time to switch over to Audio & Light stuff – I have always liked to do many things in life. This meant a break in playing professionally, and since 2000 I have only played occasionally here & there.
Nowadays I study Supply Chain Management (BBA of Business Logistics) and mainly play at home with my software studio – whenever I have the time. I also play electric bass (Sale Custom Precision, check out http://www.kolumbus.fi/sale.custom/). I guess I'm known for my love of reharmonizing and rearranging existing songs. You might find some examples on this page.
I have also made up music of my own. A major part of this was nearly 2 000 radio jingles and commercials since 1985 and also quite a lot of music for promotional videos etc. I also consider myself as a sound engineer, a graphic designer, and a writer of some competence.
It has been a distant but constant dream in the 2000's to "sum up" some kind of a recording of my own. This is still in the future, due to simply lack of time available. Anyway, it WILL be called "Place Keys"... :-)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/02/2008
Band Website: http://www.pekka.raninen.jossain.com/
Band Members: ..Demo songs:
On The Boulevard (2007, comp. Graydon), PR: arranging & all instruments

Nature Boy (2004, comp. Ahbez), PR: arranging, keyboards & programming; Juuso Tykkälä: lead vocal; Tuomas Poika Tykkälä: electric bass

Ecstasy (2005, comp. Belmonte), PR: arranging & all instruments

4) Solo demo mix songs: 1. Star Palace (1987, comp. & arr. Raninen), PR: all instruments; 2. Päivänsäde ja Menninkäinen (2003, comp. Helismaa), PR: arranging & all instruments; 3. Väliaikainen (2005, comp. Jurva), PR: arranging & all instruments; 4. 3TN0 (2002, comp. Raninen), PR: arranging & all instruments; 5. "Rock" (1995, Trad.); PR: pno - Keep On Knockin.. (1995, comp. Mays & Bradford arr: Staattinen Hässäkkä), PR: piano; 6. TMW (2004, comp. Grönholm), PR: arranging & all instruments, 7. AML (2004, comp. Grönholm), PR: arranging & all instruments including "synthesized R. Blackmore" ..
Influences: ..
Keyboard stuff: Bill Evans, Billy Joel, Chick Corea, Chopin, Gary Brooker, Kassu Halonen, Larry Williams (!), Thomas Dolby

Composing & Arranging stuff: Dave Grusin, David Foster, Donald Fagen, Pekka Pohjola, "Rhythm Country & Blues", Stevie Wonder, "Tapestry Revisited", "The Glory of Gershwin"

Guitar & Bass stuff: Abraham Laboriel, Al DiMeola, Eric Johnson, Jay Graydon, Jeff Berlin, Jimmy Haslip, Lee Ritenour, Robben Ford, Steve Vai, Tommy Emmanuel

Singer stuff: Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Dwight Yoakam, Gino Vannelli, Ismo Alanko, James Ingram, James Taylor, Janis Siegel, Joe Cocker, John Mayer, Lewis Taylor, Maurice White, Nik Kershaw, Patti Austin, Patricia Kaas

Drummer stuff: Carlos Vega, Jeff Porcaro, Gregg Bissonette, Vinnie Colaiuta

Band stuff: Bill Bruford, Brian Setzer, David Lee Roth, Earth Wind & Fire, Genesis, It Bites, Koinonia, Level 42, The Manhattan Transfer, The Neville Brothers, The Police, The Tubes, Weather Report, XL, Yellowjackets
..
Sounds Like: Wouldn't know about that
Record Label: It's Raining Music

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