Jani Holli

Music, hits, and tunes from Scandinavia. Jani Holli is a professional songwriter, producer, and musician from Finland.

"I started classical piano lessons at the age of nine, and when I was around fourteen, I founded my first rock band. My goal has always been to play gigs and entertain people, and that's what I've been doing for my whole life. My classical music background, and good knowledge of music, have given me the path to play in various rock bands. During my career, I've played all kinds of styles of music. Hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock, progressive rock, AOR, pop, top 40 hits, and so on. People have said that my playing style is a smooth combination of my musical skills, spiced with some borrowed tricks from influential players such as Jon Lord, Ken Hensley, Phil Lanzon, Lachy Doley, Jordan Rudess, Elton John, and Peter Bence.

- Jani Holli"

In a nutshell..

• I am career-minded
• I am confident yet not arrogant
• I am a team player and a bandmate; not a band-aid
• I do not fear success
• I am honest
• I am open-minded
• I have a professional attitude
• I am never late from rehearsals
• I am a solid player that pays attention to what’s going on musically
• I play what's good for the music and not for my ego
• I know how to play with visual style
• I am energetic and appear to be having fun on stage
• I am not shy in the front of the audience or people
• I have a good sense of humor

I am an experienced Finnish keyboard player, composer, and a producer. I’ve been playing keyboards practically all my life and professionally for the last twenty three years. The long experience gained through a career as a musician has given me a great advantage as a songwriter as well. Thanks to that, today, it is easy for me to compose organically for many different styles of music.

I have played with numerous famous Finnish artists and bands, and worked also with some of the top international Finnish singers. I have played keyboards in one of the most famous bands in Finland, the legendary Dingo, which is one of Finland's best-known and best-selling bands of all time.

One of these bands was also the Finnish melodic metal band Snakegod's whose vocalist Jari Tiura was a part of Michael Schenker Group as well. I've also been a member of the Hanoi Rocks drummer's solo project Technical Justice. My other past bands include a love metal band Soulrelic. The band toured actively all over Europe, and the longest tour lasted over one month in nine countries. Currently I play keyboards in alternative metal band Waltari, which has gained a lot of success all over the world and performed at well-known international venues and festivals. Waltari has been a warm up band for KISS, Faith No More, Rammstein etc for big rock bands. The band has released fourteen albums during its over 35 years long career and gained worldwide success.

I have always been a big fan of classic rock and metal and my favorite bands include Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake, Van Halen, Europe among the others. I also listen to a lot of hard rock, glam rock, progressive rock, heavy metal and AOR bands from the 80s and 90s. The biggest influences for creating my own playing style have been Jon Lord, Ken Hensley, Phil Lanzon, Jordan Rudess, Lachy Doley and Peter Bence.

I got Ken Hensley´s scarf as a gift and as a "spiritual" token and I have had it in my studio since that to feel "The Wizards" presence...while practising.

Venice Beach L.A, USA summer 2023.

Vibing at Marilyn Monroe mural.

Entering the iconic Viper Room for the last time before it’s demolished and replaced by 12 story high hotel.

At my BD party in the heart of the Hollywood.