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PETRI

ALL NEW MYSPACE DESIGN, COME VISIT!

About Me


Passion…
For God, and then for music. It is at this crossroads where Petri lives. His songs come from an uncompromising desire to write what he hears in his heart. Songs that His Savior wants to give to His people. And then there’s the desire to sing a greater song, the relentless pursuit to write music that moves the soul closer to God, the desire to break the mold and let the music speak on its own. It is the marriage of passionate worship both in word and melody. Art that goes straight into the heart, worship that ties the soul to eternity.
God called Petri to write worship music a couple of years ago, and he has since focused on following that call. The new CD “Feet of Clay” is a rich tapestry of art and worship with passionate lyrics. Mixed by Brian Scheuble (John Mayer, Wallflowers, Dave Matthews, New Found Glory), the album has a passionate sound of modern worship.
Petri moved to Los Angeles from Finland in 1998, and has since played in or led close to a thousand worship services in different Los Angeles area churches. He is married to Karoliina, and they have a 1-year-old son, Miro. Petri currently leads worship at his home church, the Crescenta Valley Community Church in La Crescenta, CA. All the songs on “Feet of Clay” have been tried, tested and found true before a worshiping church that is chasing after God in their times of worship and beyond.
This is just the beginning…

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Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Website: petrimusic.com
Band Members:

Petri - guitar, vocals. Lauren Soto - guitar. Skee Lessard - bass. Brent Greer - drums. Jessica Ripka - vocals. Karo - vocals.
Influences: Jesus Christ, Coldplay, Sigur Ros, David Crowder Band, Delirious?...
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Record Label: WaterWalk Music
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My Blog

PETRI on BILLBOARD MAGAZINE!

Hello!Just a quick note to let you know that we ended up on Billboard Magazine's back cover in the last issue through our Top 5 finish on Famecast.com! Thanks to all of you who came and voted! Here's ...
Posted by PETRI on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:02:00 PST

WERE BACK IN COMPETITION AT FAMECAST!

Hi there!Well, our first competition at Famecast was a great success! We ended up on the back page of the famed Billboard Magazine, which is the music industry's Bible, so thanks to all of you that fo...
Posted by PETRI on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:02:00 PST

NEW PROFILE DESIGN IS UP, JOIN THE MAILING LIST!

Hi guys!Thanks for coming by, we love seeing you here! We want to thank all those who came to Famecast and voted for us. We made it all the way to the Top 5! We did not walk out empty handed, the cont...
Posted by PETRI on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:41:00 PST

"ABANDON" IS IN THE TOP 5 AT FAMECAST, COME VOTE!

Hi guys!With great joy we want to announce that our rough video for "ABANDON" made it to the Top 5 at the Famecast contest! The FINALS only run for THIS WEEK, so come and VOTE FOR US by clicking at t...
Posted by PETRI on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST

"ABANDON" VIDEO IS UP AT FAMECAST TOP 10!!!

Hi guys!Phew, what a busy week that was! We got together a rough edit of the upcoming new video to "Abandon," and it is posted at Famecast, where we are in the Top 10 contest for BEST CHRISTIAN VIDEO!...
Posted by PETRI on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:30:00 PST

NEW FUN VIDEOS UP!

Hello and thanks for stopping by!We have been pretty busy lately, and as a result, we now have a couple of new videos as well as video sites up! We've uploaded a couple of cool clips. The first one is...
Posted by PETRI on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:12:00 PST

"COME" IS AT 1 ON THE FAMECAST.COM CHRISTIAN STAGE!

Hi everyone!We've been so blessed by the Famecast.com contest. The video to "Come" has not only made it to the Top 25, but it currently sits at 1 in the Christian stage competition! Go check out the c...
Posted by PETRI on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:23:00 PST

WWW.PETRIMUSIC.COM IS UP!!!

Hello everyone!With great joy we invite you to check out our brand-new WEB SITE at We're very excited about it, and we'd love to hear what you think! You'll get the latest news, hi quality music playe...
Posted by PETRI on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:17:00 PST

NEW VIDEO FOR "COME" at FAMECAST.COM!

Hey guys! Thanks for stopping by today, I pray that you're having a good one. A couple of weeks ago we shot a quick video for Famecast, which is an Internet competition for artists. We had fun doing ...
Posted by PETRI on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:25:00 PST

NEW THINGS IN 2008!

Hi guys!Thanks for stopping by to read about the latest, we appreciate each one of you. Some new things are right around the corner, so we wanted to let you in on a couple of things.First, be sure to ...
Posted by PETRI on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:14:00 PST