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.