TUOMO - Reaches Out For You »
About the importance of reaching out...
The title "Tuomo reaches out for you" was originally inspired by conversations I had with people I met. When my first album came out I was surprised and, quite frankly, deeply touched by the messages I got from people around the world. So many people somehow drifted on to my page and liked what they heard. I was having conversations with music lovers from places I'd never visited. This, to me, was beautiful.
Once, after a particularly touching exchange of thoughts with a distant friend, I wrote a song about the experience. The song was called "Reach out for you".
So, that song started with the idea of reaching out over oceans and feeling connected with people all over the world, but as I was writing the second verse, I noticed that I was writing about something that was much closer, and much more personal. I'm not going into detail here (because it wouldn't make any difference to anyone except me), but ultimately the song turned out to be about reaching out for the ones who are right next to you, the ones who can help you when you're down. It's about saying "I need help", or "You need help, let me help you". What could be more important?
Anyway, this album is me reaching out for you, not necessarily to offer help, or ask for it... Just an attempt to touch your lives and be touched by them. Nothing makes me more happy than knowing you've listened to what I wanted to say.
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TUOMO
Tuomo (born as Tuomo Prättälä, 1979). Soul-singer, jazz pianist, composer, lyricist and producer. Tuomo began taking piano lessons at the age of 7. After Sibelius Senior Secondary School of Music, Helsinki Conservatory of Pop and Jazz and the civil service as sound engineer in the Finnish Theater Academy, he started his career as a professional musician.
During 2002-2006 Tuomo contributed in 10 full-length albums in 7 different line-ups. Together with his various bands he was nominated for Jazz Emma Award for 4 times, won 2 international jazz contests, received the highly-acclaimed Finnish Teosto Award, was The Young Artist of the Year chosen by Finland Festivals and toured intensively all around the world.
In January 2007 Tuomo released his first solo album titled “My Thing”, which immediatelly hit Finnish Top 10 and received only rave 5-star, 4-star reviews. “My Thing” is singer-songwriter music based strongly on 70s soul heritage.
Mr. Gilles Peterson, the most famous and influential DJ and broadcaster in the world, has been a big fan of Tuomo’s since the first single “Don’t take it too hard” saw daylight. The song was for long included in Gilles’ MySpace player.
In Japan, the single has reached number 5 on J-Wave’s Tokyo Hot 100 Chart and continues to be in Top 10 on many radio stations' playlists. First international tours covering Japan, Germany, Austria and Estonia took place in late 2007.
In 2008, Tuomo mainly focused on recording his new album. It was released in February 2009 and titled "Tuomo Reaches out for you". Naturally both audience and critics were a little suspicious if Tuomo will be able to make an album as pleasing as the first one, but it turned out that "Reaches..." is even better - if possible. It has gained even more international interest than "My thing". Japanese, German and Dutch tours are happening before autumn of 2009.
LINKS:
www.tuomomusic.com
www.myspace.com/organkane
