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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2021
- Ukri Suvilehto (Abbath) How RUclips changed my life | OlexShow 3 #UkriSuvilehto #Abbath
★ Ukri Suvilehto ★
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TIME CODES (Clickable)
02:00 Origins of the name Ukri
04:00 Roots. Growing up in a musical household
05:37 How Ukri started playing drums?
09:20 How RUclips helped to kick of Ukri's professional career?
14:00 How Ukri got discovered and endorsed by Pearl Drums Finland?
19:30 Playing Pearl Drums clinic with Kai Hahto of Nightwish
26:50 Hevireissu movie. Making of
35:04 Why heavy metal is so popular in the Northern Europe?
40:40 Why black metal is so popular in Norway?
42:20 How did Ukri become a drummer for the Abbath band?
45:57 How is it like to be a band member in Abbath?
49:30 What are the differences between Norwegians and Finns?
51:48 How to stay sane on a tight touring schedule (mental health)
55:50 How to get started in music industry from 0?
57:43 Top 3 personality qualities of a high performing artists in music business.
01:00:21 Making of Psykoosi and Suvilehto EPs
1:02:53 Ukri's professional plans for the future
1:09:54 Question of the day from Ukri
Syövereistä EP:
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Psykoosi EP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGgDI...
Ukri Suvilehto is a finnish musician, a multi-instrumentalist, drum teacher and a music technology graduate from Pop & Jazz conservatory in Helsinki. Ukri originally started to play electric guitar at age of 7 and later found himself learning drums by pure coincidence. He started his own RUclips channel back in 2007 which would later lead him becoming one of the first Pearl Drums artists, endorsed by the merits of social media success. He is a living proof of endless opportunities that internet provides musicians and artists in the 21st century. He has worked with many bands including De Lirium's Order, Before The Dawn, Vermivore, Wolfheart, IA and Whispered to name a few. He also worked as a drum coach in the internationally awarded comedy movie, Hevireissu. Ukri has also released two solo project records, where he composed all the music and performed on all instruments himself.Today he is a world renown music artist playing drums for the Norwegian black metal band - Abbath.
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How to build a successful career through social media? Why persistence, hard work and trusting your intuition are important? How to get an invitation to play in the biggest Norwegian black metal band? Why finding your authentic voice matters? How to stay sane on tours and what is the difference between Norwegians and Finns? On today's #OlexShow all the questions are answered by composer, musician multi-instrumentalist, drum teacher, drummer of Abbath band - Ukri Suvilehto. We talk show business, social media, cultural trends, art, business, psychology & well-being.
#OlexShow brings artists, musicians, show business and creative Industries actors together to help our audience learn, grow, develop and prosper.
Thank you so much for this oppoturnity to share my story and for the tremendous work Olex! It was a pleasure! 🖤🔥
Thank you for finding the time to share your incredible and inspiring stories, my friend! I am sure it will bring value to so many folks out there looking forward to get started in music! Much love! 🖤🔥
We love you, Ukri and your gig in Ukraine was amazing. Also, we are looking forward to activities on your RUclips channel with some covers and live streams. It's a right time to raise your community! Cheers from Ukrainian fan \m/\m/
@@vadiknetsko8504 Spot on, brother 🇺🇦! Looking forward to seeing new videos from Ukri on his channel. Thank you for taking the time to check the video and share your memory with us! Appreciate it! Much love! \m/\m/
@@ALMStudios Thank you, bro! Great interview and incredible work you've done. I wish a great success to your channel and looking forward to the new content on channel. Keep on rolling!
@@vadiknetsko8504 Much appreciated, my friend! Дякую!🇺🇦
One of the best channels with great production value, anlaysis and narration.
Thank you for your kind words, my friend 🙏Means a lot!
I remember back in the day when I was watching Ukri's videos like 'how the f*** can he play so well'. To point out that me and Ukri are born in the same year, I was being a bit of jealous for that he was so talented. But I also always found the motivation and inspiration from Ukri's videos when I thought to myself that 'well he is born on January and I'm born in October so I still have time to catch him!' Obviously I haven't caught his level but thanks Ukri for motivating me even though you didn't know that you were (and still are) motivating me! 🤙😄
Also, great job Olex! Very professionally made interview with great questions and all! Keep it up 🙏
Thanks, Jimi, for taking the time to check out the video and share your thoughts, appreciate it! Ukri might answer to that better but in my humble opinion, results in any activity are the consequences of time and effort combined. 10 000 hours rule is real, It takes time and effort to achieve certain level and often times it also is a result of passion. In Ukri's case, I am sure it was a strong passion, dedication, countless hours rehearsing, sacrificing leasure at times and determination. Everything has its price. It's also about the choices we make. Glad you found this interview insightful for yourself! Keep on rocking 💪
Олекс, ти зробив чудове інтерв*ю,дякуємо,вперше дізнався про цого талановитого музиканта.
Дякую, за перегляд! Радий, що інтерв'ю сподобалося! :)
Awesome 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Thank you, Asim! Appreciate it ❤️💪
Broo! 🖤 Thanks Asim!!
I'll be the first to answer Ukris question, so: I'm 29 years old guy from Finland who is starting to build a professional musical career in my late 20's. Have to say that following your career for over 10 years, you are a huge inspiration even though you are few years younger than me lol :D Thanks for the interview, cool stories and insights! :)
Amazing! Way to go Roope, I wish you all the best on your journey! 👊🖤 Thanks for your kind words and also for watching the video. 🔥
Fantastic, Roope! Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself. I am wishing you best of luck on your professional adventure and don't mind the age! You are still so young! Just go for it and let your ambition and actions build that future you dream of! Glad you found this interview insightful! Appreciate the time you took to watch the video! Much love!
@@UgE Spot on! 🔥
it's never too late! 👏👏👏👏
About the children's music part. There's a song called "Varrella Virran" and I remember we've sang that during preschool up until middle school (finnish school system is very different from others I think). Which has a lot of dark and melancholy lyrics. For one the last verse ends with "Pääkallo löytyy valkoinen, varrella virran" which roughly translates to "Skull found white, along the stream" or something like that. Here's a quick google translate of the lyrics:
When you get depressed in the city, you want it to be fresh in the wind
Just set off, and we were found along the stream
Dear, now we are camping. Off clothes are taken off.
There is water warm, to swim but. Along the stream.
Along the stream, along the stream
There is water warm, to swim but
Along the stream
At night the strange feeling then woke up, you made us do
I went to the beach again, along the stream
I saw the fish dead when I was standing on the beach
The reasons I pondered in my mind, along the stream
Along the stream, along the stream
The fish died then
Along the stream
Then I got to the doctor, and that’s what our doctor said
It's stupid that we left, along the stream
There, even the trees turn yellow, and now it’s only July
The reason the plant is, nothing else, along the way
Along the stream, along the stream
There, even the trees turn yellow
Along the stream
After all I die, the ducks don't make it out of their nests
The land collapses into green water, along the stream
I imagine tomorrow, I beaver can see no
The skull can be found white, along the stream
Along the stream, along the stream
The skull is found in white
Along the stream
Along the stream, along the stream
The skull is found in white
Along the stream
Thank you for taking the time to watch the interview and sharing your observations, my friend! It is indeed interesting to analyse the effect of these songs (I bet there are many) on children's' mind. Sounds pretty dark indeed. I wonder why it is like that. Appreciate your comment!
I'm a finnish musicologist with some experience in education and have to clear this misconception up. The song in question is a translation of Albert Hammond's "Down By The River", a song with a conservationist lyrical theme that Kirka's interpretation "Varrella Virran" is pretty faithful to (as is the case with a lot of 70s-80s finnish popular music translations). It is not, though, children's music per se, though it was often featured in basic education's music textbooks at the time I was growing up.
Another common example of "depressing finnish children's music" is an excerpt from the christmas song "Hei tonttu-ukot hyppikää" ("Prance now, christmas elves" or smth along those lines) that reads "A life is short / and even that dark and fraught in misery". Superficially it does seem exemplary of the phenomenon, but the overarching theme and mood of the song suggest the message of enjoying good moments in the midst of the troubles of life.
Tropes of depression, violence, substance abuse and reclusiveness perpetuate finnish culture in a cycle of ironic repetition, but I think the cliché is slowly starting to wear off from mainstream popular culture. For obvious reasons these themes aren't present in children's media any more than other countries, though.
@@HerskaBk Thank you so much for taking the time for sharing your expertise, my friend! This is interesting observation, no doubt! How do you think why these themes were present in those songs in the first place? Does folklore music provide any clues to these questions? Appreciate your contribution!
@@HerskaBk Yes, this makes sense. But I do remember singing this song at the age of 7-10 from a music book. I'm glad someone has more insight on the origin of the song etc. So thank you for that!
@@ALMStudios
That is an excellent question. I have some guesses as to what might have contributed to the stereotypical melancholy of Finnish culture.
WAR:
History is not my area of expertise so forgive me for being very vague here, but the origins of Finland's nation have been a bit troublesome and have no doubt contributed to the cultural atmosphere. Finland's independence were granted by something of a coincidence and good timing with the fall of the Russian empire after WW1. Russia's motives for granting the independence were based on furthering the social revolution, and internal tensions inside the newly independent Finland nation blossomed in a violent civil war in the south between socialists and the bourgeoisie.
The trauma of war divided the people to those with a socialist background and the victors of the civil war. Unrest and violence between Finnish communists and the right wing continued for decades, until WW2 came about and the USSR's claims on Finnish land got the nation involved in another series of wars that collectively resulted in some land loss, though the nation's independence was preserved. So the early independence was fraught with violence and unrest with a part of the population participating in multiple wars in a single lifetime. One can only imagine what kind of role models these war-broken men were for their children and how it affected the psyche of the following generation as well.
So the wars are obviously a very traumatic and mythologized part of the nation's past. Even after our own armed conflicts came to an end, the constant fear of living next to USSR during the cold war and atomic era is still present in the collective consciousness. After the fall of the USSR the Finland was launched into a depression as our economy was hugely dependent on exports to the east. Which brings us to another important theme,
THE ECONOMY:
You are born in the 1930s into a lower-stratum Finnish family. What kind of professions are available to you? To my understanding, typical options would be agriculture or forestry work in addition to which one would hunt and fish to provide. In some areas mining and tar burning are options, but generally we're talking physical labor that is heavily restricted by the weather conditions. For example, during periods at the beginning and at the end of winter lakes and rivers freeze to a point that prevent travel by boat but don't support walking on ice. Additionally, the frost in the ground would thaw and refreeze, making roads untraverseable. In preparation for this period, one would have to have food and supplies ready as work and travel become impossible. Famines were common, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the country with poorer infrastructure and harsher weather conditions.
Additionally, the nation is isolated by the baltic sea and language barriers bewteen the other nordic countries. Of course, to the east there was the USSR, to which relations were suspicious at best. I'd argue the economical and geographical isolation plays a part in a feeling of being alone in the world that is present in Finnish culture.
THE WEATHER:
In addition to the economical restrictions of shorter seasons for agriculture and travel, the long winters and prolonged darkness is an obvious factor in the obsession with melancholy in Finnish culture. On the other hand, the untouched nature and harsh conditions are also a source of beauty and pride. I think in a lot of nordic people there is a sense of masculine pride in surviving in unforgiving conditions.
The inspiration artists draw from nature needs little explanation, but I think the mental toll of it all is a fairly underdiscussed issue. At the end of the day the harsh weather is above all a burden, and I'd argue that bundled with the expectations of Lutheran work ethic and stereotypical masculinity it contributes to the imagery of depression and melancholy in Finnish culture.
This turned out to be an essay, and still obviously many themes are left undiscussed but I'd rather not speculate more on topics out of my area of expertise. These are just some observations from a cultural viewpoint and are to be taken with a grain of salt. I am sorry to be unable to offer any discussion on the relations of Finnish folklore and Lutheran-Christian religiosity as I know very little of ethnography and theology. I suspect, though, that the old Finnish folklore are more of a source of fantasy and inspiration i.e. in some metal music than it is a relevant source of the melancholy of Finnish culture. For that I think the traumas of war and the plight of material life in the north offer better explanations.
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TIME CODES (Clickable)
02:00 Origins of the name Ukri
04:00 Roots. Growing up in a musical household
05:37 How Ukri started playing drums?
09:20 How RUclips helped to kick of Ukri's professional career?
14:00 How Ukri got discovered and endorsed by Pearl Drums Finland?
19:30 Playing Pearl Drums clinic with Kai Hahto of Nightwish
26:50 Hevireissu movie. Making of
35:04 Why heavy metal is so popular in the Northern Europe?
40:40 Why black metal is so popular in Norway?
42:20 How did Ukri become a drummer for the Abbath band?
45:57 How is it like to be a band member in Abbath?
49:30 What are the differences between Norwegians and Finns?
51:48 How to stay sane on a tight touring schedule (mental health)
55:50 How to get started in music industry from 0?
57:43 Top 3 personality qualities of a high performing artists in music business.
01:00:21 Making of Psykoosi and Suvilehto EPs
1:02:53 Ukri's professional plans for the future
1:09:54 Question of the day from Ukri
44:20 Chatting with King about the mask. "The band has only been Abbath and I so far. We are testing people to end up with the perfect ones. Hence we still have Creature on drums" December 2015.
@@KevinHallSurfing Nice observation, makes sense for the band. So, in a way we can guess that Ukri is a perfect match for the band👌🏻 thanks for taking the time to check out the interview and share your thoughts, appreciate it!
What surprised you most about Ukri's story, folks? Let me know in the comments!
Ukri is the best, awesome interview
@@satanicagirl666 spot on, my friend! Ukri is indeed amazing person and incredibly talented musician. Thank you for taking the time to check it out!