Interview with Sami Perttula<\/p>\n
Juho Kauppinen was the accordion player of Korpiklaani for many years. Juho decided it was time to move on, and decided to quit. Sami Perttula was asked to take his place, but\u00a0 who is this guy?
\nIn April I interviewed him, just after the show in Leeuwarden, Holland. He agreed to tell a little more about himself.<\/p>\n
\u2018What was your first acquaintance with the accordion, and why did you choose this instrument? \u2018<\/p>\n
\u2018When I was really young, I saw an accordion player for the first time. It felt like an illusion, he pushed those buttons and there was music coming out of the instrument, it felt like magic to me. Most kids like accordion, with all those buttons and so did I. Soon I got my own accordion and entered accordion classes. Of course it is hard for a child to sit still and practice, kids love to do other things too, like playing outside. But my parents always encouraged, or maybe I should say \u2018pushed\u2019, me to study\u2019, smiled Sami.<\/p>\n
\u2018When I was eleven years old I started to listen to heavy metal, like most of the kids, and it grabbed me. That\u2019s why I started to play piano and electric guitar; I played guitar for five years, but ended up with my accordion again.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Although I got accordion lessons, I entered the music school providing musical training which prepares for professional studies\u00a0 only when I reached the age of 16, which was rather late. We had nice teachers; one of them took part in Trio fratres, an accordion\u00a0 group of three that played heavy metal from the eighties. \u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018At the conservatory I studied classical music but\u00a0 I\u00a0 was also one of a trio, and we played Finnish metal covers, I even wrote some music in the style of Apocalytica in those days,\u2019 laughs Sami, \u2018but\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to be remembered to those songs, they were not good at all.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018What did you do after you finished the conservatory?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018After completing the 3-year course for performing arts at conservatory I decided to continue my studies in university of applied sciences to become an accordion teacher.\u00a0 After\u00a0 5 years of studying\u00a0 I am still busy there , maybe graduating takes a bit more longer time in my case\u2019 laughs Sami.<\/p>\n
\u2018What did you think when Jonne asked you to join Korpiklaani?\u2019<\/p>\n
Sami said with a grin: \u2018My first thought was: \u2018Can this really happen to me?!\u2019 Playing in a heavy metal band is something that I always wanted. I like the mood at Korpiklaani\u2019s shows; people are cheerful and happy; they dance. Very different from classical concerts where most of the people are looking seriously and sitting still. Many metal bands have a \u2018grave and dark\u2019 image, you never see the members smile on stage, that\u2019s very different here, and I like it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Your first concert was in Gdansk, on April 10. How did you feel?<\/p>\n
\u2018I felt very insecure, because we only had one rehearsal with whole band. This band has been working together for many years, and I\u2019m the new guy. This tour was just what I needed to get routine. If you only play one concert and weeks later another one, it is impossible to get enough experience.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Apart from playing in Korpiklaani, what other things do you do, or want to do?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Of course I have some dreams: I want to study more music. I\u2019d love to attend Theatre school and get an education as sound designer. I already composed music for modern dance and animation.
\nComposing school attracts me, and also electronic music and of course folk music. I want to add effects and loops in my playing, like Kimmo Pohjonen does. He is one of my idols, he is not a typical, traditional accordionist.\u00a0 For me It would be nasty to learn to some totally new and minimalistic instruments like finger piano or Tibetan singing bowl and in that way try to find new ways to understand music\u2018<\/p>\n
Music is very important in my life, and I want to find my own way.<\/p>\n
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Entrevista a Sami Perttula<\/p>\n
Juho Kauppinen fue el acordeonista de Korpiklaani por muchos a\u00f1os hasta que decidi\u00f3 que era tiempo de cambiar de rumbo y se retir\u00f3. Se le pidi\u00f3 a Sami Perttula que tomara su lugar, pero \u00bfQui\u00e9n es este tipo? Lo entrevist\u00e9 en abril, justo despu\u00e9s del show en Leeuwarden, Holanda. \u00c9l accedi\u00f3 a contar un poco m\u00e1s de su vida.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u00bfC\u00f3mo fue tu primer acercamiento con el acorde\u00f3n y por qu\u00e9 elegiste este instrumento?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLa primera vez que vi a un acordeonista era muy joven. Sent\u00ed como una ilusi\u00f3n, \u00e9l tocaba esos botones y luego la m\u00fasica sal\u00eda del instrumento, yo lo sent\u00eda como magia. A muchos ni\u00f1os les gusta el acorde\u00f3n, con todos esos botones, lo mismo me ocurri\u00f3 a m\u00ed. Pronto consegu\u00ed mi propio acorde\u00f3n y comenc\u00e9 a tomar clases. Obviamente para un ni\u00f1o es dif\u00edcil sentarse quieto y practicar, a los ni\u00f1os tambi\u00e9n les gusta hacer otras cosas como jugar afuera. Pero mis padres siempre me alentaron (o tal vez me \u201cempujaron\u201d) para que estudiara.\u201d Dijo Sami sonriendo.<\/p>\n \u201cCuando ten\u00eda once a\u00f1os empec\u00e9 a escuchar heavy metal como la mayor\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os, y \u00e9ste me atrap\u00f3. Por ello empec\u00e9 a tocar piano y guitarra el\u00e9ctrica. Toqu\u00e9 la guitarra por cinco a\u00f1os, pero volv\u00ed con mi acorde\u00f3n.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAunque ya hab\u00eda tomado clases de acorde\u00f3n, entr\u00e9 a una escuela de m\u00fasica que entregaba formaci\u00f3n para estudios profesionales cuando cumpl\u00ed los 16, que era bastante tarde. Tuvimos buenos profesores, uno de ellos toc\u00f3 en Trio Fratres, un grupo de tres acordeonistas que tocaba heavy metal desde los ochenta.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEstudi\u00e9 m\u00fasica cl\u00e1sica en el conservatorio, pero tambi\u00e9n era parte del tr\u00edo y toc\u00e1bamos covers de metal fin\u00e9s e incluso escrib\u00ed algo de m\u00fasica del estilo Apocalyptica en ese tiempo (r\u00ede sami), pero no quiero recordar esos temas, no eran para nada buenos.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 hiciste al terminar tus estudios en el conservatorio?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLuego de completar el curso de tres a\u00f1os de artes esc\u00e9nicas decid\u00ed continuar mis estudios de ciencias aplicadas en la universidad para ser profesor de acorde\u00f3n. Luego de cinco a\u00f1os estudiando a\u00fan estoy en eso, tal vez la graduaci\u00f3n se tarde un poco m\u00e1s en mi caso.\u201d R\u00ede Sami.<\/p>\n \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 pensaste cuando Jonne te pidi\u00f3 unirte a Korpiklaani?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLo primero que pens\u00e9 fue: \u2018\u00bfDe verdad me est\u00e1 pasando esto?\u2019 Tocar en una banda de heavy metal es lo que siempre he querido. Me gusta el humor de los shows de Korpiklaani, la gente es animada y feliz, y bailan. Muy diferente a los conciertos cl\u00e1sicos en los que la mayor\u00eda de la gente est\u00e1 mirando seriamente, sentados y quietos. Muchas bandas de metal tienen una imagen \u2018seria y oscura\u2019, nunca ves a los miembros sonre\u00edr en el escenario, aqu\u00ed es diferente, y me gusta.\u201d respondi\u00f3 Sami con una sonrisa.<\/p>\n \u201cTu primer concierto fue en Gdansk, el 10 de abril. \u00bfC\u00f3mo se sinti\u00f3?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMe sent\u00eda bastante inseguro ya que s\u00f3lo hab\u00edamos hecho un ensayo con la banda completa. Esta banda ha estado trabajando en conjunto por muchos a\u00f1os y yo soy el tipo nuevo. Esta gira fue justo lo que necesitaba para habituarme. Si tocas en un concierto primero y otro semanas despu\u00e9s es imposible obtener suficiente experiencia.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAdem\u00e1s de tocar con Korpiklaani \u00bfQu\u00e9 otras cosas haces o te gustar\u00eda hacer?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cObviamente tengo algunos sue\u00f1os: quiero seguir estudiando m\u00fasica. Me gustar\u00eda asistir a una escuela de teatro y estudiar para ser t\u00e9cnico en sonido. Ya compuse m\u00fasica para danza moderna y animaci\u00f3n. La escuela de composici\u00f3n me atrae, tambi\u00e9n la m\u00fasica electr\u00f3nica y por supuesto la m\u00fasica folk. Quiero agregar efectos y giros en mi forma de tocar, como lo hace Kimmo Pohjonen, \u00e9l es uno de mis \u00eddolos, no es un acordeonista t\u00edpico o tradicional. Para m\u00ed ser\u00eda molesto aprender a tocar instrumentos totalmente nuevos y minimal\u00edsticos como el kalimba o el taz\u00f3n tibetano y de esa forma encontrar nuevas maneras de comprender la m\u00fasica.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLa m\u00fasica es muy importante en mi vida y quiero encontrar mi propia forma de comprenderla.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interview with Sami Perttula Juho Kauppinen was the accordion player of Korpiklaani for many years. Juho decided it was time to move on, and decided to quit. Sami Perttula was asked to take his place, but\u00a0 who is this guy? 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