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\"Maini<\/a>Maini Sorri<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>is a Swedish-Finnish singer, musician and songwriter living in Sweden. She has composed music since she was 8 years. Her first compositions were for the piano, but as a songwriter and a singer she made her breakthrough. Maini writes music and lyrics under a strong inspiring spirit. Her songs are like her children and she wish that they get wings and fly around the world.<\/p>\n

Maini’s discography<\/a> contains 8 albums, 3 extended plays and 24 singles that you can find purchase links for on the store<\/a> page of her official website.\u00a0Maini has performed her melodious songs in concerts and on radio and TV. She has studied songs by several eminent song teachers. She also has studied piano, music theory and composing, with her qualifications including a Bachelor of Arts from Musikh\u00f6gskolan in \u00d6rebro, Sweden, which is now known as the Faculty of Arts at \u00d6rebro University. Maini Sorri has released numerous official music videos<\/a> that you can find accompanied by descriptions of each music video on her official website.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Movipod musical Anna\u2019s Angels <\/strong>in 6 parts, featuring Maini\u2019s music, is released in Spring 2024. It is a dramatic story about the Rock band Anna\u2019s Angels in the US. Written by Hollywood film director Mike Burns<\/em>, Maini Sorri, and Walter Gardner<\/em> and produced by Movipods. Featuring the voices of Jennifer Molson<\/em> (Anna), Zane Ellenwood<\/em> (Matt), Matt McClain<\/em> (Erik) and Mike Burns (Jonesy).<\/p>\n

\"\"Maini Sorri released her new single Show Me The Light<\/strong> on November 29 2023, produced by Sundown Sessions Studio<\/em> in Nashville that has Grammy and Juno award-winning producers and worldclass musicians and engineers that have worked with artists like Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna. Show Me The Light is the first single released on her own label and publisher company Maini Sorri Music<\/em>. The genre is Christian & Gospel. Music by Maini Sorri and lyrics by Gary Cornman, USA. Instrumental by Sundown Sessions Studio musicians.<\/p>\n

\"\"Bring Me Home Vol. 2<\/strong> album is released on May 30th<\/sup> 2023 and consists of the instrumentals of all songs on Bring Me Home<\/em> album. Music by Maini Sorri. All instrumentals by Orlando Mestre. Lyrics by Gary Cornman. Co-produced by Brian Lanese and Orlando Mestre, USA.<\/p>\n

\"\"The dance album Shiny Eyes Vol. 2<\/strong> is released on May 16th 2023 and consists of Maini’s dance tracks, originally released as singles. In May 2012, Shiny Eyes was the 4th most added track on the CMJ Chart<\/em> of all releases throughout the US. Music by Maini Sorri and lyrics by Gary Cornman, USA. Instrumentals by Carsten Lehmann, Germany, Jaakko Viitala and Mats Olsson, Sweden, and Maria Jhoanna F. Roberto, USA.<\/p>\n

\"\"Maini Sorri\u2019s happy, uplifting and positive pop single Just Let Me Sing<\/strong> is released on February 1st<\/sup> 2023. It is composed for a songwriting competition during an American music course. Produced by Sundown Sessions Studio in Nashville, USA. Music is by Maini Sorri. Lyrics by Gary Cornman, USA and Maini Sorri.<\/p>\n

Maini Sorri’s Silent Night<\/strong>, the rocking version of the traditional Christmas song “Silent Night” is re-released on December 21st 2022.<\/p>\n

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Maini Sorri\u2019s happy pop single Tomorrow<\/strong>\u00a0is released on November 11th<\/sup> 2021. A local newspaper in her old home town in Finland interviewed her for 15 years ago. Years later the interviewer Marjo Pajuranta<\/em> surprised Maini by sending a poem to her and asked her to compose it. Because the poem was in Finnish, Maini wrote English lyrics to it. The Finnish original version “Kauneimmat muistot” is included as #2 on the single. Instrumental by Jaakko Viitala.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini Sorri’s single Through Teary Eyes<\/strong> is released on May 14th 2020. Maini has a new exciting collaboration with the female Music Producer Star Aubrey Whitfield <\/em>from London, UK. She has worked with X-factor, the American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson<\/em> and many more, on labels like EMI, Sony, Universal etc. The new single is energetic and uplifting, although the story about missing someone.<\/p>\n

\"\"Maini has 2 songs in the book Rock on Neon Radio\u2019s Top 1000 Songs Of All Time<\/em>. The radio station has about 50,000 songs to choose from placing Maini’s song in the top 2% of the music available to be played on the station which plays music from established artists and independent artists. The songs in the book are Please Go Away<\/em> from her album\u00a0When Two Worlds Meet<\/em>\u00a0with Magneto Dayo,<\/em> the pop ballade Someday from her latest album Someday Vol. 3<\/em>. Her songs are in the book along with songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel <\/em>etc.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini Sorri’s compilation album Someday Vol. 3<\/strong>, <\/em>full of harmony driven melodic songs that tell stories of love and heartbreak in equal measure, is released on June 3rd 2019. It consists of Maini’s pop songs that are recorded during a decade. Most of the songs are previously released on different albums and singles, but there is also an all-new song titled Love Bubble<\/em>, with lyrics by Barbro Norberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The title track Someday<\/em> endured 43 weeks on Music World Radio\u2019s Top 20 Charts<\/a> in Spain; among rock groups from America and Europe including several weeks spent at number 1 and almost 40 weeks amongst the top 5. The lyrics of Someday were originally written in Finnish, as several songs on the album. The legendary Swedish Finnish singer and songwriter Barbara Helsingius<\/em> wrote English lyrics to them.<\/p>\n

Awoken Heartbroken<\/em> stayed 15 weeks on DRT National Airplay Top <\/em><\/em>Charts in the US with up to four different Top Charts simultaneously, among them National Top 200 and Top 50 Rock Chart. <\/em>Gary Cornman, USA, has written the lyrics to Awoken Heartbroken and several other the songs on the album. Music is written by Maini Sorri.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini Sorri’s pop single You Are On My Mind<\/strong> released on October 26th 2018. Barbro Norberg<\/em> sent to Maini her beautiful poem about the longing after her Dad that passed away, and asked Maini to compose it. It suits well to release this single before November 3rd when people in Sweden celebrate All Saints’ Day, and remember relatives and friends that have passed away. Music is written by Maini Sorri.<\/p>\n

Maini Sorri’s rock\/dance album Bring Me Home <\/strong>released on September 20th 2018. It is co-produced by \"Maini<\/a>Brian Lanese<\/em> and Orlando Mestre<\/em> in the USA, all instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando Mestre, while the music is written by Maini and lyrics by Gary Cornman<\/em> from the USA and the label is Reya music<\/em> from Sweden. All songs on the album, except the title song Bring Me Home, have previously been released as singles. Lost Love (Dance Remix) climbed on two national DRT Toplists for 5000+ radio stations in June 2015. Lost Love is featured amongst the incredible 50 song soundtrack in the stunning videogame The Metronomicon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bring Me Home<\/em> is based on a true story that Maini told Gary Cornman from USA. Gary, the lyricist of all the songs on the album, surprised Maini by writing a poem about her adventure that Maini then composed.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini Sorri <\/strong>and American rapper Magneto Dayo<\/em><\/strong> have returned to collaborate on an entire album comprising of 10 songs that fuses their respective genres of pop, hiphop and rock together. The album features all-new songs including Long Live the King and When Two Worlds Meet complimented by remixes of songs such as Oh Echo, Please Go Away and Shiny Eyes that are individually by Magneto Dayo and Maini Sorri through introducing each musician into one another\u2019s songs; hence the title When Two Worlds Meet<\/strong>, alongside the inclusion of their two previous singles Blue Song and Second Chance. There are also two solo tracks including Museum of Bass by Magneto Dayo and Lost Love by Maini Sorri on When Two Worlds Meet that was released on May 23rd 2018.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Maini Sorri\u2019s song Lost Love is featured amongst the incredible 50 song soundtrack in the stunning videogame The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor<\/em> which makes its debut on home consoles courtesy of Akupara Games for PS4 on August 29th 2017 and Xbox One on August 30th 2017 digitally via PlayStation Store and Xbox Live respectively. Slay the Dance Floor is an expanded version of The Metronomicon which massively increases the quantity of replay value by introducing local multiplayer into every mode, a new playable character, a new endless mode, new and reworked challenges and new ability types. The Metronomicon is an imaginative mixture of dance rhythm, action and role playing game genres developed by Puuba Games and published by Kasedo Games which officially released digitally via Steam for PC and Mac on September 29th 2016, alongside an accompanying soundtrack album.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini’s rock single Parting Of Our Way<\/strong> was released on January 23rd 2017. It is co-produced by Brian Lanese<\/em> and Orlando Mestre<\/em> in the USA, mixed and mastered by Brian Lanese and all instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando Mestre, while the music is written by Maini and lyrics by Gary Cornman<\/em> from the USA and the label is Reya music<\/em> from Sweden.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini’s rock single I Fall To Pieces<\/strong> was released on May 31st 2016. It is co-produced by Brian Lanese<\/em> and Orlando Mestre in the USA, engineered and mastered by Brian Lanese, mixed by Brandon Bujnowski<\/em> from the USA, and all instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando Mestre, while the music is written by Maini and lyrics by Gary Cornman<\/em> from the USA and the label is Reya music<\/em> from Sweden. I Fall To Pieces made it to Euro Indie Music Chart<\/em> in January 2017.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini and Magneto Dayo’<\/em>s <\/strong>pop single Second Chance <\/strong>was released on January 25th 2016. It is Maini’s second collaboration with the American rapper Magneto Dayo from Brooklyn. Magneto Dayo was one of the most promising new artists on the huge Pandora Radio in 2015 with almost a million radio plays during his first month. The music has been written by Carsten Lehmann<\/em> from Germany with lyrics by Maini Sorri and Magneto Dayo and is released by the label Reya music<\/em> from Sweden. Second Chance made it to DRT National Airplay Top Charts<\/em> and stayed on Top 80 Independent Chart<\/em> in 8 weeks and Top 200 Chart<\/em> for 4 weeks during Spring 2016.<\/p>\n

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Maini’s rock single Never Said Goodbye<\/strong> was released on October 26th 2015. It is co-produced by Brian Lanese<\/em> and Orlando Mestre in the USA, engineered and mastered by Brian Lanese, mixed by Dan Thomas<\/em> at Runway Studios in Buckinghamshire, UK and all instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando Mestre, while the music is written by Maini and lyrics by Gary Cornman<\/em> from the USA and the label is Reya music<\/em>, Sweden.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Maini’s two singles Lost Love <\/strong>and Lost Love (Dance Remix) <\/strong>were released on June 15th 2015. Brian Lanese<\/em>, a three time Emmy Award Winner and Grammy Nominee from Los Angeles found Maini’s music on the internet, wrote a message and wished to produce her next records. Brian Lanese is the singer, writer and producer of five time 1st round ballot Grammy Nominated rock band Permanent Ability<\/em> and has Mark Twain<\/em> as a famous ancestor.<\/p>\n

\"Maini<\/a>Lost Love and Lost Love (Dance Remix) are co-produced by Brian Lanese and Orlando Mestre<\/em>, the guitarist of Permanent Ability. Both singles are engineered by Brian Lanese, mixed and mastered by Anthony Dini<\/em> from the USA, all instruments are performed and recorded by Orlando Mestre and the label is Reya music<\/em> from Sweden. Lost Love (Dance Remix)<\/em> stayed 12 weeks on DRT National Airplay Top <\/em><\/em>Charts.<\/p>\n

Lost Love music video <\/strong>was released on October 8th 2015 and is directed by W.A. Henderson<\/em> from Hollywood, Los Angeles and stars Tearra Oso <\/em>from Los Angeles.
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