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Sam Power Orchestra

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Sam Power Orchestra - Lights & Shadows
There are two sides in our being - bright and dark. Sam Power Orchestra is all about that. Our music and the things we do represent both sides. There's black and white, shadows and lights - contrasts and contradictions. What falls in the middle is so called grey area and that's where the true mystery lies.
Although there's black and white, there's no absolute wrong or right. In the end we all make the choices that just feel good - trying to balance between light and shadow. There comes a day when something bad turns to good - dark turns to light, and the other way around. The world isn't so black and white as we think; our strengths can also be our weaknesses and our weaknesses can be our strengths.
In the case of S.P.O., often, the music rises from darkness. Still, we tend to give glimpses of hope in form or another (being a bunch of dorks or something like that). It's just too damn boring to be defined by one thing. Maybe it reflects from our music too...
Sam Power Orchestra might be full of contradictions because of its different sides, and you know what - we don't hide it! We are dorks & ponderers, idiots & intellectuals, insecure & confident, superficial & profound, ugly & beautiful, cold & warm, proud & humble, distant & close, brutal & sophisticated, callous & passionate - we just ARE.
If the music we do makes you FEEL and think, we have reached our goals. Our art tells you that you're not alone in this crazy maze of life and that's the ultimate hope. We all need hope. It is not a cliché. It is a fact.
So, welcome to our site and let's hope you enjoy the ride! Be sure to check out all the sides of S.P.O...
With Respect & Dorkyness,
Sam Power & Sam Power Orchestra
Special thanks goes to mr. Sami Hyde. Thank you for the support and help in songwriting! You're the man.
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Member Since: 05/04/2008
Band Website: facebook.com/group.php?gid=18943585955
Band Members: Samuli "Sam Power" Turunen - gtr, kb, prog & producing

Pauli Piiparinen - male vocals

Sanna Koljonen - female vocals

Mika Manninen - bass

Aapo Oranen - drums
Influences: From Deep Purple, Queen & Beatles to Dream Theater, Soilwork & Symphony X - from funk, blues & jazz to rock, pop & metal - and everything in between!
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My Blog

Aapo will be in the band for this summer

Howdy,Aapo played with us in the past weekend and he'll be playing with us this summer. After that we need to search for a substitute/replacement.New material and promo package will appear in a few mo...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:54:00 GMT

Keyboardist wanted also!

We're still looking for a great keyboard player to join our band!Please give us a note if you're the guy/girl we're looking for...-Samuli/S.P.O.
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:53:00 GMT

Letter from Aapo.

As Samuli allready wrote, my job as S.P.O..s drummer is over. I ended up to this decision, because band like S.P.O needs much more time and work, that i..m able to give at this point of my life. I am ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:29:00 GMT

Drummer wanted!!!

We want You - if you're a good and ambitious drummer!Contact Samuli @ [email protected] if you're interested.Tahdomme Sinut, jos olet hyvä ja kunnianhimoinen rumpali!Ota yhteys Samuliin @ samul...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:56:00 GMT

Aapo is leaving the band

Our drummer, Aapo is leaving the band - but in a good spirit. He'll probably tell you something more about his decision later on.. We will miss his input in this band dearly - but we're also looking h...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:34:00 GMT

Big Boom '09 competition - give us your vote!

Sam Power Orchestra is in the top 20 of Big Boom '09 band competition.Please give us your vote here - if you dig us and want the best for us: http://www.bigboom.fi/nettiaanestys.phpVoting starts 25.2....
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:12:00 GMT

New S.P.O. -songs and other stuff

Howdy, everyone!This is my first time writing this blog, so it's going to be interesting..I've sweat my pants off with my fellow band members during these silent months and let's be modestly honest - ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Our profile etc.

Hello! A little changes done and more is coming soon (hopefully). Our website is allso in progress, so please be patient. Band is doing well and trying to promote itself as much as we can! -Aapo (A. ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:46:00 GMT

NEW PHOTOS FROM STUDIO!!

New studio photos added!! They tell quite much about the feelings and mood, while we were working! Sam Power was mean... -AS(S)
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:09:00 GMT

Studio

Hello!! We finished SPO..s drum recordings succesfully in last weekend, so this information comes a little late, but hope it doesn..t matter. We created huge amounts of stupid and in our opinion allso...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:38:00 GMT