When I have spare time I do some compositions at home where I play all the instruments myself. This has been a hobby of mine since I got my first Fostex X-28 4-track recorder around the age of 14 and even before that using mod trackers on a computer.
Hundreds of song ideas have been developed during the years and some of them ended up online. I love trying out some new ideas and make them to 'songs' just to see how they work. Later they can be produced with more time and better equipment if necessary - except there is never that time. I still have the ambition to continue this hobby so stay tuned..
Don't mind the suboptimal sound quality in some of the songs, most of them are intentionally not polished.
Songs after 2020
Sininen unelma
12/2024. Energetic groove/pop in Finnish language featuring my 13 year old daughter Anni Lehtiniemi
Musk on massimies*
12/2023. Some grooving beat with a twist of humor. Best enjoyed with your choice of drink to sing along.
*Only fictional character featured in this song
Pörssisähköö
12/2022. A traditional rock/pop song inpired by the high electricity prices. First test using my electric drum kit.
Top (stereo mixdown)
2020. I did the world's first multi-zone 6DoF musical composition for work purposes where a person can experience a song by walking inside a physical space. Here is a quick stereo mixdown of the song while it is not intended to be consumed in this traditional way.
Songs between 2000-2003
Odottelen vaan
2002/2003. This is my first proper studio song when experimenting different drum micing techniques. My friend Mikko did the lyrics on the fly. A very mainstream song.. You can hear a great sound difference compared to the earlier work.
Changes
11-12/2002. First experiments in my first studio room with couple of actually meaningful microphones etc. Classic pop/rock song quite quickly made.
Insinörtti
13.6.2002. An instrumental guitar-rally made for a introduction video on TTKK. Guitar riff with Gibson/Laney -combination and recorded with a single vocal mike. This is meant to be as a background track so it's a bit monotonic.
You
20.5.2002. I wanted to do something different for a change and here is the result - A bit Air-styled song.
Feeling alone
13.4.2002. This song is made for a documentary about
loneliness (as a soundtrack). Acoustic instrumental with an authentic african
drum
Featuring Lassi-Petri Peltoniemi in bass.
BONUS! Sunnuntai-päivä!
(24.3.2002)Sunnuntai-päivä..Featuring Me,Milla,Johanna,Siina and Pekka. Idea here was to create a short song so that every one could play something in it. A different way of spending your sunday-afternoon? This is recorded by just putting one mic in the room and there we go...
Syvää purppuraa
11.3.2002. A chill-out pop song with lyrics by Assi. I do also the vocals in this first version. Drums with SPD-20 pad..
Background Beat
2.3.2002. Very quicly done background beat that is made with JX-305 and added couple of guitar tracks.
Ei lopeta vihaa
21.12.2001. Finally my christmas vacation and time to do some music! This is a bit harder pop/rock song with real drums. Lyrics by: Sade.
67 Seconds
14.06.2001. A slow Air-styled tune. The idea seems to work pretty well but this could use a proper makeover.
Vastavirtaan
16.04.2001. Very CMX styled song (3:51). Everything just doesn't always go like you have wanted.. and that feeling inspired me to compose this song - for a very special person. Lyrics are mainly a collection of poems by Johanna.
Feeling Spring
This is the first song where I experimented MIDI features in
Cubase controlling my synths/drumpad with its sequencer.
The point in this song is the guitar melody and solos, Satriani style
Plain Instrumental
22.10.2000. An instrumental song for a change. Rather long (6:17), suitable for background music at night.. Featuring some JX-305 sounds, acoustic guitar driven through PODPro (using distortion), couple of guitar solos player with my Ibanez & PODPro.
Keep it simple!
Very quicly made JX305 tune that sounds a bit like some old tracker-modules. I just made few different patterns and mix/transpose them to output a full song.
Songs between 1995-1999
Electric GrV
Little electric groove made with JX-305 + added some vocals.
Motion Blur
Enigma-styled song made with JX-305 + vocals and a little bit of guitar on the background. Quite nice sounds and feeling, very long track 6:12.
Acoustic 16
An acoustic tune made with two electric guitars using clean sound.
Bitch
Simple as that. I wanted to try to record my acoustic guitar and made a song around it, don't pay too much attention to the lyrics :)
Dusk (Full mix)
A song made with RM1X sequence remixer, electronic styled piece.
Melody guitar
A song where guitar plays the the main part. Also trying out my custom-build drumkit in my SPD-20.
A happy tune
I wanted to do a song with happy melody, did I succeed?
Lähdet pois
I song with Finnish vocals made for a one special person who went to Germany as an exchange student.
Like a dream
A song about something like a dream.
SuperMario
SuperMario-styled piece. The melody is played by using the SPD-20 drumpad's melodic percussion sounds which makes it special.
Nitebird
Another song made with RM1X and it is electronic style aswell.
Oblivion
A song about a person taking a freefall. This is also a core of one Kelkka's new song.
Rollercoaster
Aren't some peoples feelings like a rollercoaster? If you know what I mean.
Sandy
A song called Sandy.
Shy
The name actually describes the song pretty well.
Slow Motion
Slow motion with RM1X.
Thinking of ways
Thinking of ways - to turn yourself away. Very different to the other songs.
Join me with Casio (Finnish version of HIM: Join me in Death)
1998. A quick funny copy of HIM:s Join me in death but with Finnish lyrics and Casio sounds. Guest starring Pekka Vuorela on keyboards.
Solo16
1998. Distortion guitar based instrumental song and one the first computer recording experiment
She is like a dream
1998. Pop/rock song.
Mättö
1998. Rock-mättö instrumental backing track
You understand
1998. Pop/rock song with Tracker drums.
1996-1998 era
This era was productive while trying to learn to use my second hand late 80s big analog mixing desk and 8-track Alesis (Blackface) ADAT recorder. I was just learning by doing..
GuitarRock
1998. Instrumental guitar rock
Techno uchi uchi
1997. New electronic techno song attempt.
New World
1997. Pop/rock song.
Cold cold Sunday
1997. Early ADAT pop song experiments with vocals.
Kuningas
1997. Early ADAT pop song experiments with vocals.
Why do you..
1997. Early ADAT pop song experiments with vocals.
MIDISke
1997. Instrumental song experimenting with MIDI synths
No fame
1997. Pop/rock song with vocals for a change
SoloGtr
1997. Distortion guitar based instrumental song testing my skills
Guitar rock 001
1997. Guitar rock 001 instrumental
Funky instrumental
1997. ADAT instrumental recordings at home.
Can't put that feeling aside
1996. Early ADAT pop song experiments with vocals.
Vingutus instrumental
1996. Instrumental guitar solo piece
Hilpeä instrumental
1996. ADAT instrumental recordings at home.
Joku instrumental
1996. ADAT instrumental recordings at home.
Keskiaika instrumental
1996. ADAT instrumental recordings at home.
Ballad instrumental
1996. ADAT instrumental recordings at home.
Kalja instrumental
1996. ADAT instrumental recordings at home.
Jingle Bells instrumental
1996. Instrumental version of Jingle Bells (again)
4-track C-casette songs and mods between 1989-1997
Unnamed experiment with drums and synth
Slightly newer, maybe 1994-1996 era first experiments with early computer sequencing using Gravis Ultrasound - exploring future opportunities in music making? - details have been lost in time, saved from C-Casette.
Drinking song imitation
Typical acoustic drinking song imitation done with 4-track recorder around 1991-1993. Rare song with vocals (barely audible)
Nameless rock song without vocals
Instrumental rock song 'skeleton'
Another instrumental rock song 'skeleton'
A punk rock song which was later complemented with duo shouting
At the time I was not comfortable at all in doing vocals and thus many ideas were left unfinished. Here are examples from those days..
More recent computer mods 1993-1996
Songs done with a computer using Scream Tracker and Sound Blaster sound card (1989-1993). These are closer to gaming music and every single note has been entered by hand using the keyboard. There old treasures are saved from a C-casette as all the original discs have been long gone. Later, during approximately 1993-1996 there was a new wave of mods composed with better trackers and even for demo scene purposes.
General Failure
My best mod ever made and I remember it took a lot of time creating this. This song was used in Assembly demonstrator soundtrack if I remember correctly.
Electric jam
Electronic song with sweeping low bass lines.
Atmospheric soundtrack Vol-1
My attempt to create background soundtrack for different projects. This soundtrack is 8:30 mins long.
Atmospheric soundtrack Vol-2
My attempt to create background soundtrack for different projects. This one is even longer, 14:40 mins!
E-Party
Energetic electronic tune.
Instrumental piano mod
Instrumental piano song experiment
Piano song
Another slow piano song
Jingle bells remake
My take on Jingle Bells as it should be. This is a quite nice variation of the classic.
Cover fun
Another variation of a known melody.
Old computer mods between 1989-1993
Error
One of the best rock styled mods I did back in the day
1Biisi
Another mod composition.
Bach ate my banana!
Another mod composition.
Beginning of a day
Another mod composition.
Cool but cruel
Another mod composition.
Cinderellica
Another mod composition.
C00le
Another mod composition.
Happy birthday remix
Another mod composition.
Rap
Another mod composition.
Rock a doll
Boney moroney
Two mods imitating typical guitar rock