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Erkka Korhonen

If you´re lost, play chromatics!

About Me

Born January 30, in Vantaa, Finland, Erkka got his first touch of rock'n'roll after seeing The Who perform on tv. The toy Stratocaster was in two pieces since. After his brother started to play violin and classical guitar, Erkka first started to play the flute when he was 7 years old. His brother's guitar intrigued him and at the age of 9 Erkka took up private classical guitar lessons along with flute and studying at the elementary school's music specialisation class.

Music class included choir singing and several concerts in which Erkka sang with the choir, played flute and even played the bass! Some songs even included playing on the electric guitar, if Erkka only remembered to open the volume pot...

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/11/2006
Band Members: Ari Koivunen:

Ari Koivunen - Lead Vocals
Erkka Korhonen - Lead guitar & backing vocals, MD
Mauro Gargano - Drums
Erkki Silvennoinen - Bass
Vili Ollila - Keyboards

Jaegermaestro:

Patrik Eriksson - Vocals
Erkka Korhonen - Guitars & backing vocals
Pirkka Isotalo/Jari Ilomäki - Bass
Mauro Gargano - Drums

Raskas Joulu 2007 Tour line-up:

Vocalists:

Marco Hietala
Jarkko Ahola
Ari Koivunen
Ville Tuomi
Antony Parviainen
J-P Leppäluoto
Luca Gargano

Musicians:

Erkka Korhonen - Guitars & backing vocals, MD
Mikko Kosonen - Guitars & backing vocals
Mauro Gargano - Drums
Erkki Silvennoinen - Bass
Vili Ollila - Keyboards

Influences: Bands:

Kiss
Rainbow
Deep Purple
Journey
Iron Maiden etc.

Musicians/Composers:

Steve Morse
Brett Garsed
Carl Verheyen
Pat Metheny
Eric Johnson
Ritchie Blackmore
Vinnie Moore
Allan Holdsworth
Peter Lerche
Frank Zappa
Wagner etc.

Producers/Mixing Engineers:

George Martin
Kevin Shirley
Bob Clearmountain
Frank Filipetti
Bob Rock
Mikko Karmila
Dan Tigerstedt
Hiili Hiilesmaa etc.

Other:

My mom and dad
Salvador Dali
Dan Brown
etc.
Sounds Like: You tell me!
Record Label: Sony/BMG (Ari Koivunen), Warner (Northern Kings)
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Equipment Blog: My Gear *NEW STUFF*

Hello Gearheads!Quite a few people have asked questions related to the gear I use. Here's a total rundown on my gear. I try to update this whenever something new arrives. Feel free to ask me on anyth...
Posted by Erkka Korhonen on Wed, 17 May 2006 10:33:00 PST

Ari Koivunen -fani: Lue tämä!

Hei kaikille Arin faneille!Olen huomannut, että erinäisillä internetin keskustelupalstoilla on alkanut esiintyä linkkejä myspace-sivulleni. Linkkien yhteydessä on mainittu että sivultani löytyy Ari K...
Posted by Erkka Korhonen on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:17:00 PST

Ari Koivunen

Hello everybody!Well it seems that life will never cease to amaze you. After a great 2006 with several album credits both as a producer and a musician, over 100 live shows and the personal highlight o...
Posted by Erkka Korhonen on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:39:00 PST

The greatest day!

Oh my god! I just need to tell you guys... I just had the greatest day of my producing career today. Right after having one last saturday. Last saturday I got to play guitar together with Alexi Lai...
Posted by Erkka Korhonen on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:45:00 PST

My Biography

Born January 30, in Vantaa, Finland, Erkka got his first touch of rock'n'roll after seeing The Who perform on tv. The toy Stratocaster was in two pieces since. After his brother started to play violin...
Posted by Erkka Korhonen on Tue, 16 May 2006 02:18:00 PST

First spring rains and stuff

Hi everybody! Here I am at home looking out the window and watching the rain fall down. I´m supposed to hit the gym anytime now, but of course I don´t have an umbrella. Luckily the rain is taming d...
Posted by Erkka Korhonen on Mon, 15 May 2006 03:02:00 PST