Jani Hölli

Jani Kristian "Jay" Hölli is a Finnish Musician from Tampere. He has played keyboards in several bands. These have included, Snakegod, Dingo, Soulrelic, Villieläin, Technical Justice, Leewings, Waltari, Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner.

Career Hölli has been playing piano since the age of 9 and is a classically trained pianist. He received formal tuition for seven years at a school which he attended. He studied songwriting at the prestigious Sibelius Academy for a year in 2010.

He has written and arranged songs for a variety of artists such as DCX, Terhi Matkainen and Abraham Mateo As a songwriter, Hölli has amassed a revenue cut in a total of over 7 million album sales worldwide. He co-wrote the Techno Dance song, Screams with Joel Kalsi which was performed by Kalsi and Applejack and featured vocals by UK artist Tina Cousins who has had 5 UK top 20 hits.

Hölli is a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest and has entered the competition multiple times as both a songwriter and a performer. In 2010, as a part of the band Villieläin, he entered the initial stages of the Finnish Euroviisut song selection process with the song Ei Minua which means Not Me in English. The song gained a large number of votes during the online voting phase of the competition, however despite this it failed to reach the top ten in the voting and therefore the song did not progress into the live, televised semi finals. Played with glam-rock band Stala & SO. in 2011, as special keyboard player. His second entry to the Euroviisut in 2012 was more successful. He co-wrote the song Erase You by DCX, which reached position 9 in the semi-finals. In 2014 he composed a song with lyricist and songwriter Efrem Macheras called No Money, No Honey which was put forward for selection as a potential entry for Cyprus in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The song was performed by Elena Panagi.

Jani wrote songs for two of the finalists of a popular, televised music talent competition in Finland called Idols. These are Agnes Pihlava and Kalle Löfström

Hölli was involved with the musical scoring and production of a short film about a man's struggle with long term diabetes called Dia-Cide.

He uses Crumar Mojo Classic organ and Nord Electro 6D Keyboard.

Discography

Invitation- Snakegod, 2001 Kipinä- Hannu Savo Ja Kamiina, 2002 Love is a Lie We Both Believed- Soulrelic, 2005 Julma Satu- Villieläin, 2009 Facebookissa- Dingo, 2012 Adios Rosaria- Dingo, 2012 Oma Waterloo- Neumann, 2013 You are Waltari- Waltari, 2015 Juggernautti- kilpi, 2015 Global Rock- Waltari, 2020

Songwriting Credits

Joku Kuuntelee- Rainio Bros., 2002 Dead king- Kalle Löfström, 2009 Ready to fall- Agnes Pihlava, 2009 Ma Jaan- Eini, 2011 Illallinen- Eini, 2011 Saisit haudatun kuun- Eini, 2011 Turn it over- Pandora, 2011 Won't let you down again- Stala & SO, 2011 Villi Pohjola-Jussi Aaltonen, 2012 Puudasta Ilmaa-Terhi Matikainen, 2012 Erase You- DCX, 2012 Girlfriend- Abraham Mateo, 2013 (#1 Spain single charts) Set this place on fire- Frixion, 2013 (#9 UK R 'n' B / soul charts) Rock until I'm done- Stala & SO, 2013 The boys are having fun- Stala & SO, 2013 Never again- Stala & SO, 2013 Life goes on- Stala & SO, 2013 Mä Tein Oikein- Saija Varjus, 2013 Tähtisade- Mervi Koponen, 2013 Screams- Kalsi and Applejack feat, Tina Cousins, 2014 Lautta- Kilpi, 2014 Elämään Sait Mut Uudelleen- Mari Varjovirta, 2014 Gimmie All Your Love- Zaena Morisho, 2014 No Money, No Honey- Elena Panagi, 2014 Breaking free- Tina Cousins, 2014 Out of my head- Tina Cousins, 2014 Ashes to diamonds- Jessica Wolff, 2014 Headlong- Stala & SO, 2015 Goodbye- Stala & SO, 2015 Sinun verran kevyempi- Yö, 2016 Pikkukaupungin poika- Sampsa Astala, 2017 Poisonouz- Michella Evers, 2019 Setelit lentää- Sampsa Astala, 2019 Huumaa- Sampsa Astala, 2019 Skyline- Waltari, 2020 I Had it all- Waltari, 2020

Studio albums:

Love is the lie we both believed- Soulrelic, 2005 Julma Satu- Villieläin, 2020