Hey, it's me. Kurtis Kanttila, 24 year old One Man Band dude from Northern Ontario. I make Rock 'n Roll music, simple as that. I started recording music in the summer of 2016 and I've so far made 21 albums. My idea is prolific over perfect. In my songs I express what I'm interested in and feeling at the time of recording. I never know what I'm going to make.

For 50/90 2021 my aim is to improve my mixing and drum recording. I intend to start my 22nd album and do more collabs! Musically there is no plan, like always. I finally drew my profile picture this year which is a good change.

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My musical journey began 12 years ago when I listened to KISS' Psycho Circus album for the first time. My passion for music and obsession over bands was set off. Two albums that got me to actually make music were Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited and Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation. Both showed me what artistic expression through music could be and it was enough to get me writing lyrics. Listening to The Misfits for the first time was the final straw that got me recording.

My guitar heroes are Malcolm Young, Ace Frehley, Eddie Van Halen, Johnny Marr and Johnny Ramone. J-Pop is the majority of what I listen to day to day. Seiko Oomori is one of my great music idols and I also love Utada Hikaru, BiSH, BAND-MAID, Yui, Perfume, miwa, the peggies, SCANDAL and much more. I love anime, especially Slice of Life & Mecha and I take a lot of inspiration from that also.

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This is an 18 song playlist that best showcases my work up to this point.
https://soundcloud.com/kanttilapoika/sets/this-is-kurtis-kanttila

On a side note I've started making model kit videos on YouTube, seen here
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5zcYc_J7tC6mDjsIH-c_A