My name is Petri Kuusela and I'm a finnish full-time professional musician currently residing in the city of Helsinki, Finland.

I've been working professionally for 10+ years, touring with artists and bands as well as producing, engineering and most importantly playing guitar on good variety of records - from finnish top artist's songs to internationally noticed records with grammy-awarded mus...
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My name is Petri Kuusela and I'm a finnish full-time professional musician currently residing in the city of Helsinki, Finland.

I've been working professionally for 10+ years, touring with artists and bands as well as producing, engineering and most importantly playing guitar on good variety of records - from finnish top artist's songs to internationally noticed records with grammy-awarded musicians working on them. In addition to studio and live work, I've done teaching and guitar clinics with the likes of Laur Joamets.

I love working with people. I feel like there's always so much to learn from an artists/bands that dedicate for their music and it's an inspiring thing to witness.

Along with playing sessions in major studios, I also enjoy doing remote recording at my own studio, which is a good sounding wood-surfaced space with a bunch of good high-end analog recording gear, a plethora of cool, sought-after guitars (both acoustic and electric) and amps and effects to paint with.

In terms of musical styles and genres, I feel I have a lot of understanding in different musical contexts and almost always find a way to enhance the material that's given to me. I like all kinds of rhythm music, whether it be singer-songwriter, folk, modern pop, rock, indie, soul/rnb, etc.
Also, coming from a producer standpoint, I distinguish different eras of musical history and sound which is helpful when the goal is to create specific sounding song.

My strong point as a musician is always finding a good sound and arrangement for the song that I'm recording to, yet maintaining explorative and open mindset within the process. I'm most experienced with Singer-songwriter/Folk/Americana/Acoustic/Indie music and american roots music.

Some gear that I use to record with:
Guitars:
Martin HD-28
Gibson L1
Little Martin
Danocaster Telecaster
Danocaster Stratocaster
Fender Custom Shop Strat
Coodercaster (slideguitar)
Danelectro Baritone

Amps:
Fender Super Amp 1962
Swart STR Tweed
Swart 6v6se
Suhr Badger 35
Benson Amps Dizzy Bird

Mics:
FLEA 47
Schoeps mk4 (pair)
AEAr84
Vanguard audio V13
Shure sm7
etc.

Some references:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ESDCt3Xno9nwwyUFFzRFr?si=6gd2XnbbQmqls4LK6e1qQQ
Written, composed, produced, arranged, recorded, and played by me and Tanja Torvikoski apart from strings and some basic tracks. This record also features Grammy-awarded musicians/artists)


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