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Interview with Loud Lights Here’s an interview with Tereza and Jimi from the band Loud Lights about the bands origins, music and future.   How did you get started with music? Jimi: I started playing guitar in upper secondary school when I was 14-15 years old. After about a year of playing I joined my first band and played with them for five years or so. We played trash metal. Since then I’ve been involved in different band projects. Along with my first band, Loud Lights has been the longest lasting project. Tereza: Since elementary school until I was about 16 years old I’ve been singing a lot. I also used to play piano. Here in Finland at the age of 21 I got more into drumming and band playing. I used to play drums in punk band called Shaking Legs. Samira was a singer in the band.   Jimi: Samira also started playing guitar at 15. Tereza: Yeah, she was in lots of different bands. Punk bands mostly. What kind of music inspired you? Jimi: When I was really young I was mostly into rock a

FROM BUSKING TO RECORD DEAL… Teenage singing sensation is first act to release single on new Belladrum label after wowing festival boss on the street. @Daily_Record This article was written in the @Daily_Record referring to Tamzene. The 20 year old artist from Scotland that is captivating audiences with her voice. Finland will have the opportunity to hear her on October 5 th at Passion Baari, as she will take part in Lost in Music Festival in Tampere. http://www.lostinmusic.fi/home @lucilewis Here, an interview with Tamzene, about her childhood, inspirations and experiences as a young artist. How did you got started with music? I actually started playing the violin in primary school. It just became an option to take up music lessons, and I really wanted to do it just because it sounded fun. I really loved singing in all of our music classes anyway. So I took up the violin and then shortly after I took up the piano as well. I was always singing. It didn’t really become a thing until I

TAMK pushing young talent abroad with the EXCITE –project TAMK Media and Arts programme cooperates with EXCITE in organizing a show as part of The Lost in Music –festival. The EXCITE –project (Exchange of International Talent in Europe) is a collaboration between eight organizations from nine European countries with the goal to exchange young musical talent across the European borders. 11 upcoming bands are given the opportunity to play at European showcase festivals where they can gain valuable experience in playing abroad while also reaching out to new international audiences.      More about the EXCITE –project from excite-music.eu . The Lost in Music 2017 –festival will be the main stage for EXCITE Finland Event in Tampere. The annual festival celebrates upcoming talents by including a large number of new and upcoming artists from all genres for music lovers to discover. The wide range of both Finnish and foreign acts ensures that there is something for everybody to look forward

Marcus Tikkanen works as a songwriter at a Dutch company called Roseville Publishing, which is a joint publishing fund between songwriter Radboud Miedema & Strengholt Music Group. He has a author-publisher agreement with the company and has for example co written the new Lucas & Steve – Up till Dawn (On the Go) song which made it to the Dutch top40 #2 and has sold platinum. Other songs that Tikkanen wanted to mention by Radboud Miedema are Lost Frequencies feat. Janieck Devy – Reality and Alle Farben & Janieck - Little Hollywood that are known worldwide. Tikkanen started his career back in 1998 with playing the guitar as a hobby. He played in several bands until 2011 when he lost his faith in it and wanted to give up. In 2014, he decided to give music one more chance and applied to TAMK for Music Production study path. After being accepted into the university he gained interest in the business and professional side of music and deciding between focusing on being a producer