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J-P Harju
Band
Pekka Tiilikainen & Beatmakers, The Doltones
Introduction
I am J-P Harju, and I've been playing drums for five decades. Since I started using Drumtailor´s drumsticks, I've used them for every gig. The sticks felt right for me from the very beginning. Despite heavy use, the tips are completely intact, and the sticks work well for both light playing and intense sessions. I sweat a lot, but Drumtailor´s sticks don't slip from my hands. They have a good front-heavy balance. In addition to my main band, I play in a surf-rock band called The Doltones, whose albums have twice been selected as Album of the Year by the British Pipeline magazine. I highly recommend Finnish craftsmanship and Drumtailor´s sticks.
About the band
Pekka Tiilikainen & Beatmakers has been active for nearly four decades, and during that time, they have risen to become one of the leading bands in the roots guitar beat genre. Over the years, they've played numerous gigs outside of Finland as well, in countries like England, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, and Spain. The band also won the British Pipeline magazine's Album of the Year vote in 2020. Pekka Tiilikainen & Beatmakers has recorded around twenty albums, featuring both vocal and instrumental music. In recent years, the band's style has increasingly drawn influences from other roots music genres as well.
Pekka Tiilikainen @ Beatmakers (Facebook)