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Biography
Janne Tolsa began to play the piano in 1977, when he was seven years old. After studying music for three years in Helsinki, his family moved to Vuolijoki, where he continued to study piano through private lessons. His first band experience was with his older brother in 1983.

A few years later, during the Follow Me Into Madness Tour, Tarot played a few shows near Tolsa's hometown. At the time, they were playing as a trio, having recently fired Mako H. from the band. Tolsa attended every show and continuously found his way backstage after shows to convince the members of the band (Marco Hietala, Zachary Hietala, and Pecu Cinnari) that he could play keys for them. He was often drunk and the band turned him away, not believing him.

Eventually, Tarot played a show with a keyboard backstage, which Tolsa used to play Rose on the Grave (Follow Me Into Madness). Impressed, the band exchanged phone numbers with Tolsa, and invited him to one of their rehearsals. On June 26th, 1988, he played his first show as a member of Tarot in Kalajoki. He then joined Tarot for the writing and recording of their third studio album, To Live Forever, which was released in 1993. In addition to playing the keys for Tarot, Tolsa frequently writes and co-writes music for Tarot albums.

In 2003, Tolsa joined Turmion Kätilöt as part of the band's original lineup under the alias "RunQ."

In 2004, Tolsa was invited to join the reformation of Eternal Tears of Sorrow, a melodic death metal band from Finland that had disbanded in 2003. He accepted, and joined the band for the making of its fifth studio album, Before the Bleeding Sun. His first performance with the band was on New Year's Eve in 2006.

In 2007, Tolsa joined the Marenne band with Zachary Hietala as part of the band's original lineup. He also helped to mixed their debut album, The Past Prelude.

As part of his "day job," Tolsa is the owner of NoteOn, a studio in Kuopio, Finland that records commercial music, sound effects, background music, and has been used by Tolsa's bands (among many others) to record parts of their albums.

Tarot

 * To Live Forever (1993)
 * Stigmata (Tarot album) (1995)
 * For the Glory of Nothing (1998)
 * Suffer Our Pleasures (2003)
 * Crows Fly Black (2006)
 * Gravity of Light (2010)
 * The Spell of Iron MMXI (2011)

Eternal Tears of Sorrow

 * Before the Bleeding Sun (2006)
 * Children of the Dark Waters (2009)
 * Saivon Lapsi (2013)

Marenne

 * The Past Prelude (2009)

Turmion Kätilöt

 * Hoitovirhe (2004)
 * Pirun Nyrkki (2006)
 * U.S.C.H! (2008)
 * Perstechnique (2011)
 * Technodiktator (2013)