Awesome fucking keyboardist

Mar 20, 2004
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Risto Kupiainen (I forgot to mention, only 16 years old).... (his site http://www.speedpianosoolo.cjb.net/ ) Fucking great Finnish keys player. Has some amazing songs up for download and with some pretty awesome guitarists, Lauri (From Crystal Blaze), Teemu (from Imperanon and Wintersun) and Alexi S. (from Imperanon) etc.. Some very good shit.

Influenced by Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Rhapsody.. etc..

Yea, some downlaods I reccomend from this site: http://www.mikseri.net/artistit/?id=23659


Ribbens Dance (just keys)
Part 4 (just keys.. Haha see if you can hear the one Warmen riff in this song)
Pentatonic School (Alexi Sihvonen on guitar)
The Discovery of Time (Teemu Mantysaaren on guitar)
Temple of the Underwater Kingdown of Atlantis (Lauri Koskenniemi on guitar)
Within the Halls of Ice (Lauri Koskenniemi on guitar)
Symphony of the Eternal Winds (Lauri Koskenniemi on guitar)



Tell me what you think.. yes I know in some songs his keys sound like, almost a gp4 file, BUT he fucking plays some of the most awesome keyboard melodies I've ever heard. Plays the keys like a he was born to be a gutiarist in some songs.
 
I'm trying to check them out, but the sites being a prick and wont let me download them.

Edit, yeah, I got them now, that guy fucking owns. Fucking good song in themselves.
 
Yea aren't they fucking good? That guy, heh, that kid.

Also, Just found out, he has a band that he had performed a CD with, a bunch of young guys and they really have some good guitar work.

Northworld. Fucking some tight harmonies, great soloing and a very clean sound. Vocals are just spoken as though with a thick accent, not really growling or anything, just sounds like a younger person talking lower.. It sounds good though, trust me, this band kicks ass. For some reason when I listen to some parts of it I get a Something Wild feel which is really fucking awesome. Check them out.

http://www.north-world.cjb.net/
 
Yea, he definately is fucking kick ass. I can't believe some of the shit he pulls off, he knows arpeggios like it's nobodies business. He's probably the best keyboardist I've ever heard, no lie. And only 16.. I still can't believe it. He's got a bright future ahead of him.
 
Seriously dude. This kid has fucking technique, style, ingenuity. I thought the people on thsi board would appreciate it, because honestly, I'd like for someone here or anywhere to show me a better keyboardist, who can compose like 5 min songs without you ever getting bored. On Ribbens Dance, after the little wierd intro, his first solo sounds like Roope fucking wrote it on guitar.

And I know I throw his age around like its going out of style but honestly, imagine this kid at like 26... Shit... Starting off this kid is a fucking gift haha.