Hey, it’s me, Uutela (pronounced “Oo-teh-lah”). I’m a husband, a dad, a music nerd, and an incurable melodica hoarder from Finland.

I got hooked on music in the late nineties and have been obsessed with sound ever since. If it makes noise, I want to play it. If it makes sense, I want to break it and see what happens. I collect instruments, chase strange ideas, and try to capture the sounds I hear in my head.

When I’m not in the studio turning happy accidents into magic, you’ll probably find me in the workshop building something. Instruments, gadgets, strange little boxes with blinking lights. I like making things that create sound or mess with it. Sometimes it’s something useful. Sometimes it’s completely pointless, but fun to have around. You can check out some of these projects in the Maker of things section.