Finnish publishers and songwriters in Stockholm 7.9.2017 Future Vision of Finnish Songwriters and Publishers by Music Finland, MPA Finland, Teosto, Elvis ry and Tekes Elements Music

Elements Music is Finland’s leading independent music publishing company. In 2016, it’s roster of artists, writers and producers had over 60 single releases of which 18 reached gold an 8 platinum certification. Elements has a strong focus in international exports with songs released in Europe, US as well as in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Recent successes include Axel Ehnström’s co- write of Alle Farben’s “Bad Ideas”, reaching gold and #1 on the German airplay chart. Axel also wrote and features on the DJ/producer Lost Frequencies’ single “All or Nothing”. Elements has been awarded the “Music Publisher of the Year” prize at the annual Industry Awards in the last 3 consecutive years, in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Eero Tolppanen Head of A&R, Co-owner Elements Music

Eero is the Head of A&R and co-owner of Elements Music, Finland’s leading independent music publishing company. Elements represents several artists focusing on international markets including Alex Mattson, View, Alisky and Motions. Elements also has a strong roster of writers & producers who have worked with a multitude of platinum selling acts in Finland as well as internationally, mainly in the US, Germany, Japan and Korea. The latest successes include the German airplay #1 with the Alle Farben song “Bad Ideas” and 3 songs on the latest Lost Frequencies album, including the single “All or Nothing”. Axel Ehnström Songwriter Elements Music

Axel is a Helsinki-based multi-platinum selling songwriter who’s great in bringing the best and unique out of artists with his sharp lyrics and catchy melodies. He travels a lot between Helsinki, Berlin and LA and has lately scored the single “All or Nothing” for the super star DJ/producer Lost Frequencies, as well as the Alle Farben single “Bad Ideas”, hitting #1 on the German airplay chart for 5 weeks. Axel has also been working with, for example, Phoebe Ryan (The Chainsmokers), Maria Hazell (TEN) and Lucas Nord (NorthNoir). In Finland, Axel has several gold and platinum singles with various artists such as Isac Elliot, Kasmir and Anna Abreu.

Axel’s releases: https://open.spotify.com/user/elementsmusic/playlist/6JSIkefT3EXAydIFJWT8wf For inquiries and co-writes, please contact: [email protected] FRSH Music

Hannamari Pyykkö FRSH Music Finnish music publishing veteran Hannamari Pyykkö has launched a new publishing & management company, FRSH Music, in affiliation with Warner Music Finland (administered by Warner Chappell). She has over 17 years work experience in the music business, mainly on publishing and a&r. For the past decade, as the Head of Creative of HMC Publishing (Warner Music), she successfully signed artists, writers and producers, including the hottest female artist, Finnish superstar Sanni and top producer MGI (Justin Bieber, Akon, Pitbull) among others. FRSH Music will mainly focus on the global music publishing market. HMC Publishing

HMC Publishing is the publishing arm of Warner Music Finland (worldwide admin by Warner/Chappell). HMC is the most current publisher in Finland at the moment. In 2016 alone HMC Publishing amazingly received 1 triple platinum, 4 double platinum, 22 platinum and 24 gold singles, not to mention 10 Spotify #1’s and several gold and platinum albums. There are over 30 housewriters in HMC’s writer roster (Henri “MGI” Lanz, Joonas Angeria, Kalle Lindroth, Patric Sarin etc.) and our writers’ songs have been cut to Akon, Pitbull, Kylie Minogue, Super Junior, Julie Bergan, Isac Elliot, Benji & Fede and many more. In 2016 HMC also invested in their own studios, situated in Töölö, Helsinki.

Patric Sarin Creative Director HMC Publishing

Patric Sarin, HMC Publishing’s Creative Director. Patric started working for HMC in June 2017, now combining the role of songwriter and publisher. Patric is a prominent songwriter with over 30 airplay Top 10’s, with also a long songwriting history in Sweden. Prior to signing to HMC Publishing in 2015 himself, he had a long contract with Air Chrysalis Scandinavia and has been collaborating with Swedish top names including Michel Zitron (Swedish House Mafia), Carl Falk (One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding), Andreas Carlsson (Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears) and so on. At the moment Patric is working with Finland’s biggest export name Isac Elliot (topliner, vocal productions) Kalle Lindroth Songwriter HMC Publishing

Kalle Lindroth (Topliner, HMC Publishing) is a young successful writer from Finland who has constantly been delivering huge hits. Kalle has been writing to Finnish pop phenomenon Antti Tuisku, whose latest album “En kommentoi” went straight to #1 in the Finnish album chart, and has so far sold double platinum and streamed over 30 million in Spotify. The album received 3 Finnish Grammy awards. Kalle also scored a few songs to Finland’s export artist Benjamin’s album in 2016. It went straight to #3 on Spain’s Official Album Chart. Moreover, in 2016 Kalle co-wrote three tracks to Italian platinum artist Benji & Fede’s album. That album called “0+” has been certified double platinum (over 100 000 records sold)! The single “Adrenalina” was released also as a Spanish version in addition to the Italian version. Kalle’s latest artist project is acoustic duo Ida Paul & Kalle Lindroth. Their two latest singles have been certified platinum.

Links: Benjamin - Unbreakable: https://open.spotify.com/track/5dajiBFiQxyOkmFglyTkvg Benji & Fede – Adrenalina: https://open.spotify.com/track/6FW6gSeXtrEIp7fxDPx8GT

Contact: Saara Konttinen, HMC Publishing / Warner Music Finland Oy. [email protected] HMC Publishing is administered worldwide by Warner/Chappell Music. Kaiku Songs

Finnish publishing company based in Helsinki -- Winner of the ”Publisher of the Year” award in both 2012 and 2013 -- 27 writers -- 61 singles in 2016 (21 gold, 9 platinum, 3 double platinum) -- 3 Finnish radio airplay #1 in 2016 -- Most streamed song of 2016: Tungevaag & Raaban - Beast (35,5 million streams) -- Kaiku’s most influencial writers are Jurek, Pauli Rantasalmi and Tido. Jurek was nominated producer of the year in 2015 and 2016. His other achievements in 2016 include Album of the year Award, 13 gold singles and 8 platinum singles as well as 2 radio airplay #1 in Finland. He is also one of the few writers to have written and produced a triple platinum single in Finland (Antti Tuisku - Keinutaan). This year Jurek has got his first international cuts (incl. Phoebe Ryan, Columbia Records). Tido is one of the most fastest rising producers in Finland. Along with great radio airplay, 5 platinum and 3 gold singles in Finland, Tido also had his first simultanious Spotify #1 and #2 in late 2016. His first international cut was RIRI’s Heart Can’t Lie. In 2017 Tido signed a co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Publishing (USA) and spends 3 months a year in Los Angeles.

RAFAEL ELIVUO Creative Director, A&R, Producer Kaiku Songs Publishing

Rafael is a Finnish publisher responsible for the Kaiku Songs Publishing current roster of writers, producer development and signing new talent. Born in Helsinki, Rafael is currently pursuing a degree in Law at Helsinki University. In addition to working as an A&R, Rafael has also written and produced 4 platinum singles and 2 gold singles himself in Finland during the past year. In 2016, his writers at Kaiku had 109 cuts and 61 singles: 3 radio airplay #1, 21 gold, 9 platinum and 3 double platinum singles. Rafael joined Kaiku Songs in 2015 and is also a member of the board of directors at Kaiku Entertainment. Pauli Rantasalmi Songwriter/producer Kaiku Songs

Pauli Rantasalmi is a songwriter, producer and musician from Helsinki, Finland. Guitarist and songwriter of the highly successful band The Rasmus. Over 3.5M sold albums worldwide. Topping album & airplay charts in Germany, UK, Sweden, Finland, Mexico, New Zealand, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Italy and France.

Notable hit singles: Tungevaag & Raaban feat. Isac Elliot: Beast (Sony 2016, 2 x Platinum, cowrite) Paradise: The Rasmus (Playground 2017, cowrite) In The Shadows: The Rasmus (Playground 2003, Gold, #1 on airplay chart, cowrite)

Notable Album Productions: Kwan – Dynasty (Platinum) Kwan – The Die Is Cast (2 x Platinum) Pikku-G – Räjähdysvaara (4 x Platinum)

Notable Co-writes: Desmond Child, James Michael (Sixx Am, Kelly Clarkson), Linnea Deb (5th Harmony, Akon) Tungevaag & Raaban, Isac Elliot, Tarja Turunen (Nightwish) and many more.

Links: Beast: https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZbiaHwI9x7CIxYGOEmXxd Paradise: https://open.spotify.com/track/0kSWxLWJQQ3lRKyRBuGRIy In The Shadows:https://open.spotify.com/track/1fr92Vupmcs2vgLMFVQ7rd M-Eazy Music Publishing

M-Eazy Music Publishing was founded in early 2016 by the two-time Emma winner (finnish equivalent for Grammy) Henri "MGI" Lanz. M-Eazy Music Publishing is a joint-venture with HMC. M-Eazy Music Publishing writers (such as MGI, Tiina Vainikainen, Jordan Reyes etc) compiled over 100M streams during 2016. Biggest songs include Evelina's "Honey" and "Sireenit", Arttu Lindeman's "Läikkyy", Nikke Ankara's "Mona Lisa" and J Sutta's "Distortion" (Billboard Dance Chart #1) to name a few.

Simo Pirhonen A&R M-Eazy Music

Simo Pirhonen has worked alongside the finnish super producer Henri "MGI" Lanz for 8 years. After several years of song & track plugging and placing songs to internationally recognized artists such as INNA and Super Junior, in 2014 Pirhonen accepted a position as an A&R at M-Eazy Music, Lanz's joint venture with Universal Finland. Since then he has played a major role in developing platinum & gold selling finnish acts Evelina and Ollie. Pirhonen also manages the Youtube sensation / platinum selling rapper Arttu Lindeman. In the publishing side of M-Eazy Music, Pirhonen guides the careers and oversees the daily schedules of platinum certified young finnish songwriter / producer talents like Tiina Vainikainen, Kalle Mäkipelto, Jordan Reyes and Neea Jokinen. Tiina Vainikainen Songwriter M-Eazy Music

Tiina Vainikainen is a topliner / songwriter. She hit the jackpot with Evelina’s single ”Sireenit”, which immediately went to Spotify Finland #1 and #1 on official single chart with double platinum streams (8 million) to date. During 2016 she also penned five other Finnish Spotify #1’s, including “Läikkyy” (9 million streams) “Faijas” (5 million streams) and "Hukutaan" by Arttu Lindeman and “Mona Lisa” (over 5 million streams) by Nikke Ankara. Tiina’s songs totaled over 28 million streams in 2016! 2017 has also kept her super busy – some of her newest released songs are “Olet mulle se” by Laura Närhi, "Goodbye my love" by Mirei Toyama and “EYO” by Profeetat (Spotify #1). Tiina’s regular co-writes include Henri “MGI” Lanz, Jonas Olsson, Jaron & Istala, to name a few. Tiina has a great voice too!

For inquiries, please contact Simo Pirhonen: [email protected] PME Records

Pinnacle Helsinki Oy, also known as PME Records, was founded by a group of four friends in 2011. Ville Galle, Jare Brand, Andrei Kipahti and Antti Kosonen – the group at that time behind a rising Finnish act JVG – saw an opportunity to incorporate a company to better manage the increasing business activities around the group. JVG had huge success in Finland and PME kept on growing year after year. In 2013, Teemu Laitinen joined the original founders as a co-owner and a member of the board. PME aims to be the most innovative, versatile, and eventually one of the largest record labels in Finland. We seek to tackle the former opaqueness between the creators of music, artists and past major labels by bringing in close cooperation, transparency and honest ambition to support the artists in every way possible. PME supports rising and existing stars to create, publish, distribute and sell music and music videos; manufactures and retails artists’ merchandise; develops and distributes other related media; organizes live events; and supports our artists to better manage and develop their artistic paths and brands in a holistic way. PME can support our artists both on national and international levels. PME wants to be in the forefront of the developing music industry, with our roots deeply embedded in digital. We support our artists in thinking in new ways and adjust our operations flexibly to meet the evolving needs of the digital world. In this way, we believe that talents will see PME as the right and most attractive place to create music. Currently, PME’s has 12 artists, whose genres range from indie pop to trap music. PME’s artists include JVG, ALMA, Reino Nordin, Elias Gould, Tippa-T, Gracias, Pafafella, Gettomasa, Avionin Prinssi, Töölön Ketterä, Sideshow / Bizi and Cledos – with combined Spotify streams of over 215 million in Finland, and ALMA soon reaching similar streams internationally herself. Our growth ambitions remain bold and we look forward to what the future holds for us. For more information, please contact: Teemu Laitinen, CEO [email protected] Tel. +358-50 5322664 PME Records

Antti Kosonen Co-founder, COO PME Records

Antti Kosonen is a co-founder and COO of PME records – a boutique music company based in Helsinki, Finland. Antti is part of a new wave of entrepreneurs in the music field in his home country. His experience ranges from running the company’s business side to a variety of operational tasks, including label work, publishing and management. He is currently working with artists like ALMA, JVG, Reino Nordin and Elias Gould, among others. Rutilus Music

Rutilus Music is a music publishing & producer management company, that currently serves as a home for some of the top modern urban music and hip-hop writers from Finland. Founded by two platinum selling artists & songwriters Miika Särmäkari (Särre) & Antti Salimäki (Pianomies), the company also serves as a label for the two founder’s own and immediate crew’s music projects. In recent years Rutilus writers have written multiple platinum & gold selling hip-hop -songs in Finland for themselves and artists such as Mikael Gabriel, Musta Barbaari, Kube and Paperi T to name a few. Some of our biggest songs are Hesan Naiset by founding member Särre and Mikael Gabriel’s Pauhaava Sydän written for highly popular tv format Vain Elämää. Our writer Kalifornia Keke also had 5 tracks on Finnish sensation Paperi T’s debut album, that won the 2016 copyright organisation Teosto prize as well as 2 Finnish Grammy’s (Emma awards). Our writers are currently working increasingly abroad in the US and other markets, and have collaborated with artists such as G4shi (Cash Money Records, US), Dj Sir Jai (Producer for Germany’s #1 Hip-hop Artist Kool Savas, Germany).

Miika Särmäkari Managing Director Rutilus Music

Miika Särmäkari, is the Managing Director of Rutilus and works directly with company’s songwriters and producers facilitating songwriting opportunities a as well as music label’s artists creating individual plans for sponsorships, marketing and PR. Miika founded his first music company in 2009, and later became Editor-In-Chief of Finland’s ubran music media Basso in 2010. From leading a culture magazine and a music radio, he proceeded into working with advertising and Finnish music export as well as creating a content plan for Red Bull Media House in Finland. Besides building connections within the music industry, he has been serving as a radio host for several music programmes. Miika continues his artist career, spanning for over 15 years under the stage name Särre, and keeps pushing onto new fields with his own artistry. He is an ex-battle rap champion (2005), Finnish urban artist of the year (2008) by Basso awards together with his crew Loost Koos, and passionate about music, runs a basketball blog as a hobby and enjoys spending time with his family. Kalifornia Keke Producer / songwriter / artist / studio engineer Rutilus Music

Kalifornia Keke is part of a super talented 3-man songwriting team “Tomorrow”. While being signed to Rutilus the trio has worked with cutting edge domestic (Paperi T) and US artists (G4shi) as well as major label artists from Germany, South-Korea and other parts of the world.

Kalifornia Keke is an artist and studio engineer himself with a wide arranging skill-set for music production, composing, recording artists and making hitting cutting edge tracks that are on the pulse of current trends.

As a producer and songwriter Kalifornia Keke had 5 tracks on Finnish sensation Paperi T’s debut album, that won the 2016 copyright organisation Teosto prize as well as 2 Finnish Grammy’s (Emma awards). As an artist he’s a well respected, public radio playlisted and internationally touring artist.

For inquiries, please contact Miika Särmäkari: [email protected] Sugar House Publishing

Sugar House Publishing located in Vaasa, Finland, was founded 2004 and is owned by CEO Ann Slangar, Janne Hyöty and Mats Granfors. Sugar House has had great success in the Asian market with around 40 number one positions in Japan and reaching several top positions on the Billboard World Top Chart, including several number one positions. The publishing company has participated in writing several Gold, Double Platinum and Triple Platinum records. Sugar House Publishing’s songs has been awarded with the Television Drama Academy Award and the Best Theme Song both 2012 and 2013 in Japan. The company was also part of the Album of the Year 2014 and 2016 and the Best Music Video at Japan Gold Disc Award 2015 and 2016. Sugar House’s writers received the Finnish Music Association Export Award 2015 and 2016. Sugar House has releases in Asian territories with ARASHI (Wild at heart, Your Eyes, Endless Game), Kat-Tun (Birth, Fumetsu no scrum, Ameni Saku Ai Yoruni Naku Ai), Sexy Zone (Sexy Summer), Hey! Say! JUMP (Dream Master, Vanilla Ice), SHINee (Do me right), E-girls (Fascination), Ayaka Hirahara (I’m coming home), A.B.C-Z (Dokinatsu2017, Telepahty One! Two!), UNIONE (Sexy, Sexy, Sexy), MIREI (First heartbreak, Goodbye my love), Ulala Session (Best girl), Sunny Hill (King & Queen, Role Model), Chen Ming (Numb), Double S 301 (My You), Yuki Hsu (Oh My!), Chung Ha (Make a wish). Upcoming releases with R-Chord, Lady Bees, GUGUDAN, Kinki Kids, Munelin. www.sugarhouse.fi, [email protected], [email protected]

Ann Slangar A&R, CEO Sugar House Publishing

Ann is a music publisher, A&R and the CEO and one of the owners and founders of Sugar House Publishing, founded 2004 and based in Vaasa, Finland, with about 20 house writers who has participated in writing several Gold and Multi Platinum, No 1 charted songs, with artists like ARASHI, Kat-Tun, Hey! Say! JUMP, SHINee, E-girls and so on. She has a lot of experience in the music business, with a background running both a small label, artist management, being a recording artist, a top-liner and a lyricist. Janne Hyöty Co-founder , songwriter, producer Sugar House Publishing

Janne Hyöty is a prominent and recognized songwriter, music producer and musician. In 2015 and 2016 he was honored with the Finnish Music Publishers Association’s Music Export Price for his great international success.

In Japan Janne has written big hits for Japanese boybands that has peaked at the number one spot on the sales chart. All together his songs has been included in over 30 No.1 releases in Japan. Some of these releases has also peaked at the top of the World top chart. In Japan Janne has written for ARASHI, KAT-TUN, Sexy Zone, SHINee, Hey Say JUMP! And Unione. Janne has also great releases in South Korea (SS301, Park Jun Ming, Sunny Hill, Ulala Session), Janne has also great cuts Finland and Europe and has entered the Eurovision song contest as a songwriter 13 times.

Janne is also a great guitarist, and has played with numerous famous artists and bands, at the theatre and on TV. He has also worked as a jazz- pop- and rock teacher for many years. Janne released his instrumental soloalbum “Closing circle” in 2013.

Janne is one of the owners and founding member of the publishing company Sugar House Publishing in 2004. Warner/Chappell Music Finland

Warner/Chappell Music is a global music publishing company of Warner Music Group and is home to a wide array of legendary songwriters. Warner/Chappell Music Finland is currently the only major music publisher with an office in Finland. WCM’Finland’s library contains legendary Finnish songwriters such as Toivo Kärki, Reino Helismaa, Rauno Lehtinen, Unto Mononen, Veikko Salmi and Kalervo Halonen. Warner/Chappell Music Finland also administers Finnish publishing companies like HMC Publishing, Pinnacle Helsinki and M-Eazy Music Publishing.

Marja Kortelainen CREATIVE MANAGER Warner/Chappell Music Finland

Marja Kortelainen is a creative manager at Warner/Chappell Music Finland. She has been working 10 years at the company and is in charge of local A&R, sync and other music licensing as well as overseeing the copyright administration of the local WCM roster & administered catalogues. Music Finland

Music Finland helps Finnish music professionals build international success stories. Music Finland’s clientele comprises the entire Finnish music industry, spanning across all genres and sectors. The organization helps the clients to establish connections, present their music and grow their audiences and businesses in the international market. Music Finland also facilitates information about Finnish music and the industry. The services include consultation, networking, funding, capacity building and several tailor-made solutions to boost international success.

Tuomo Tähtinen Executive Director Music Finland

Tuomo Tähtinen has been working with music for over 10 years. He began as a guitarist and local club promoter and has since taken on managerial roles at independent and major record labels, working with renowned international and domestic artists.

In 2008 Tuomo joined Music Export Finland where he took care of communications and export projects in the UK and USA, later becoming Acting Executive Director. In 2012, Music Export Finland was merged with the Finnish Music Information Centre to form Music Finland. Tuomo was appointed Executive Director of the organization, which promotes the success and facilitates exports of Finnish music internationally.

Tuomo has a BA in music management and has studied music industry management at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK. Currently, he is completing an MBA degree at Aalto University in Helsinki. Besides work, he enjoys exploring the world, learning to surf waves and snowboarding in the sunny Alps. Riku Salomaa Head of International Music Finland

Riku Salomaa is the Head of International at Music Finland. He manages the international team of experts of different fields of the music industry, including publishing and song exports as well as artist-related operations.

Katariina Sorsa Export Manager Music Finland

Katariina works as Export Manager at Music Finland specializing in export projects in the field of songwriting and the publishing industry as well as sync, film and media music. She manages songwriting camps Song Castle, A-Pop Castle and Song Hotel, and works with Finnish music industry events such as Music & Media Finland. Future Vision of Finnish songwriters and publishers is also one of Katariina’s projects. Elvis – The Finnish Society of Composers and Lyricists

Elvis - The Finnish Society of Composers and Lyricists was founded in 1954. Elvis – The Finnish Society of Composers and Lyricist is an organization for professional composers, lyricist and arrangers in Finland. With over 900 members, Elvis is the largest member organization in Teosto. Elvis oversees the interests of its members both nationally and internationally and also provides legal assistance, networking possibilities and opportunities for professional development for it's the members. Elvis is a part of several cultural and decision making organizations, collaborations and projects in Finland. Elvis is also a member of APCOE - Alliance of Popular Composer Organizations in Europe, FFACE - Federation of Film & Audiovisual Composers of Europe and ECSA - European Composer & Songwriter Alliance.

Aku Toivonen Executive Director The Finnish Society of Composers and Lyricists Elvis ry Chairman of the Board, Music Finland

Previously has worked as a music producer, musician, songwriter and an entrepreneur. Alex Mattson Artist, songwriter, producer

19-year-old Alex Mattson is a Finnish music producer and artist. Alex is the first ever Finnish solo act to be signed to the Grammy nominated US label Ultra Music. He debuted on 2016 with his platinum selling single UFO feat. Solamay.

Alex Mattson studied and graduated from SAE institute Amsterdam in 2015 where he studied for music production. Since that he has been touring and released music as an artist, but has also been producing songs for other artists.

For inquiries please contact: Manager [email protected], Publisher [email protected] Daniel Helenius Artist, DJ / producer, songwriter

The Second Level (Daniel Helenius) is a young DJ / producer from Helsinki, Finland. His music style could be best described as a mix of Melbourne bounce, energetic future house with a modern pop twist. After winning a mixtape competition in 2013, organized by a local club in Helsinki, he was discovered by Weekend Festival’s head promoter Hardi Loog. Hardi decided to give The Second Level a chance to test his talent as a support act at David Guetta’s outdoor show in Estonia 2014 summer. He proved immediately that he can take the pressure and make a great performance on a big outdoor stage as easily as he can entertain a crowd in a more intimate club environment.

At Weekend Festival 2015 The Second Level played a closing finale for 30.000 poeple after Avicii had left the stage and was also credited in the festivals after movie. In 2016 The Second Level played several festival and club shows including a record breaking stint of 4 shows in 36 hours during Weekend Festival Finland and Weekend Festival Estonia. He also released his first single ‘Monday feat. Lola Loog’, which was accompanied by an energetic music video featuring shots of his performances at Weekend Festival and club shows both in Finland and Estonia.

In addition to great live shows The Second Level put his focus in studio work and recorded several tracks that he is aiming to release in 2017. The first single Sun Comes Up features Estonian pop singer Ariadne and was produced in collaboration with the Finnish dance music legend JS16 who also co-wrote Darude’s legendary Sandstorm track. ‘Sun Comes Up’ was quickly picked up by the biggest Estonian radios and has been on listed on Top100 tracks in Finland and Estonia on Spotify. Finnish Composer’s Copyright Society TEOSTO A non-profit organization for professional music authors Founded in 1928 by Finnish composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers Teosto represents 30,000 Finnish and almost three million foreign composers, lyricists, arrangers and publishers Teosto’s has approximately 768 ordinary members who constitute the decision-making body Jani Jalonen International Manager Finnish Composer’s Copyright Society TEOSTO

I have a wide experience from music, entertainment and technology industries from different companies, roles and viewpoints. All are connected somehow with marketing of creative contents, licensing of rights and working with audio and sound. I worked with labels like Universal and Sony Music with marketing and A&R. I have been heading BMG Music Publishing office in Finland, started my own label and publishing company Elements Music and headed the digital licensing of Finnish Composer ́s Copyright Society TEOSTO. After close to 15 years with music business, I decided to see the world of tech industries and worked on marketing roles with Nokia, Microsoft and Finnish audio company Genelec. That was an interesting track and have paid lots of views for the re-thinking the needs and potential of the music business. I moved back to music in early 2017 when I re-joined TEOSTO to head the work with international accounts and Teosto ́s rightsholder memberships. I have been advocating the potential of writers and publishing for Finnish music export for a long time. I still believe Finland have huge potential in this field. Finnish publishing ecosystem is quite different from many other European countries and that creates its own challenges for the export work. I also advocate about the potential of music/sound in brand communication and I have promoted audio branding to be understood more widely. I have commercial studies background, I ́m currently finalizing my MBA studies on digital service development. Finnish Music Publishers Association

The Finnish Music Publishers Association was founded in 1976 as an umbrella organisation for representing the interests of Finnish music publishers. The Association has 37 publisher members. FMPA is the Finnish member of ICMP, International Confederation of Music Publishers

Pekka Sipilä Executive Director Finnish Music Publishers Association

Mr Pekka Sipilä is Executive Director of the Finnish Music Publishers Association since 1998. He is member of the Board of Directors of ICMP, International Confederation of Music Publishers. Join us for publishing industry networking drinks in Stockholm!

NETWORKING RECEPTION Thursday September 7th 18.00-20.00 Atrium at Scandic Malmen Götgatan 49-51, 102 66 Stockholm, Sweden

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