Happy People will play two gigs in Netherlands on December 9th-10th. On 9th Happy People will be the main act on the international Finland 100 years Gala Concert in Koepelkerk Amsterdam. On the following night we will have a club gig somewhere in Haag. These will be Happy People´s the international performances and certainly not the last!
A new single Dance Away is a follow-up to the studiolive recording
Nothing Can Stop My Spirit (cd, dvd and LP, Groovy Records) that was
released in September 2016.
Dance Away is an uplifting uptempo funk tune and it encourages its
listeners to forget about their worries and frustrations and to dance
them away.
Dance Away is composed and arranged by the band´s leader, singer,
keyboard player and trumpeter Mikko Pettinen. The lyrics are written by
Happy People´s background singer Jonnu Heikkilä.
Mikko Pettinen says that Dance Away was inspired by Earth, Wind & Fire,
Michael Jackson, Prince, Bruno Mars and Snarky Puppy, but it still sounds
like Happy People.
Check out the single here:
Dance Away (single 2017)
And check out the Dance Away video on the Music -page!
Mikko Pettinen & Happy People:
Mikko Pettinen: vocals, Rhodes piano, keyboards, trumpet
Onni Lonka: guitars, vocals
Sampo Tiittanen: bass
Jonatan Sarikoski: drums
William Suvanne: tenor saxophone
Janne Toivonen: trumpet
Antti Rissanen: trombone
Joakim Berghäll: baritone saxophone
TriSis:
Jonnu Heikkilä: vocals
Jepa Lambert: vocals
Hanna-Maria Helenius: vocals
Recorded & mixed by Pete Matara @ Volume Productions
Mastered by Svante Forsbäck @ Chartmakers
Video production by Axa Sorjanen & Tuomas Palola
Photos and video assistant: Teemu Mattsson
Photo layout by Lauri Hämäläinen @ Squreink
Nothing Can Stop My Spirit album is out now and it is available as a cd, cd+dvd and LP
Mikko Pettinen & Happy People´s new album Nothing Can Stop My Spirit is released and it is available as cd, cd+dvd package and a vinyl. It is released also digitally. You can order your physic copy here:
Check out my new video Nothing Can Stop My Spirit on the Music -page. The video was edited by Heikki Kynsijärvi and the music was recorded and mixed by Markus Ketola. I hope you like it!
Mikko Pettinen & Happy People launched a crowdfunding campaign on March 7th 2016. Check it out on www.mesenaatti.me/happy-people
This will help us to with the release of our new cd+dvd Still Happy – The Pasila Sessions. You can pre-order our cd, get your company´s logo on the cd+dvd and my website or you can order my band Happy People Combo for a private gig. Check out the details from the Mesenaatti -page.
Perfectly Imperfect is the 2nd video released from the Mikko Pettinen & Happy People: Still Happy -Studiolive Sessions. This song has a strong and important message: We are all humans, despite our colour or religion. We are all brothers and sisters and we should get along. Check out the tune on Music -page!!
Check out the upcoming gigs on the Live -page!
Happy People Theme is the first video single from the Mikko Pettinen & Happy People: Still Happy -Studiolive Sessions (Oct 30th – Nov 1st 2015). We recorded and filmed 8 new tunes live with my 11-piece Happy People band. My idea was to capture the energy, spirit and spontaneity of a live performance of my band in a studio. I think we really succeeded! Check it out on Music -page!
