▁graduated ▁with ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Engineering ▁( B Eng ) ▁in ▁autom ation ▁engineering ▁from ▁H AM K ▁University ▁of ▁App lied ▁Sciences . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁While ▁studying ▁in ▁Finland , ▁he ▁played ▁per cussion ▁and ▁sang ▁at ▁the ▁local ▁church ▁band ▁during ▁his ▁spare ▁time . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁multi - gen re ▁band ▁in ▁Val ke ak os ki ▁which ▁converted ▁Finn ish ▁traditional ▁Christmas ▁songs ▁into ▁modern ▁contemporary ▁songs ▁and ▁performed ▁them ▁at ▁the ▁annual ▁event , ▁Gro ove im mat ▁J oul ula ul ut . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁now ▁def unct ▁band ▁called ▁Love ▁Nation . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Ek eg has i ▁decided ▁go ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁passion ▁and ▁starts ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁Music . ▁He ▁started ▁posting ▁covers ▁of ▁songs ▁by ▁famous ▁Finn ish ▁sing ers ▁and ▁of ▁other ▁popular ▁music ▁art iste ▁on ▁Facebook ▁and ▁YouTube ▁and ▁also ▁performing ▁at ▁the ▁local ▁gig s ▁and ▁bars ▁around ▁town . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁his ▁cover ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁J oka ▁p ä iv ä ▁ja ▁j oka ik inen ▁y ö ▁by ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁rock ▁band ▁E pp u ▁Norm a ali ▁immediately ▁became ▁a ▁hit ▁on ▁Facebook ▁with ▁thousands ▁of ▁views . ▁This ▁was ▁partly ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁l ively ▁and ▁sun ny ▁rend ition ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁release ▁other ▁hit ▁cover ▁songs ▁on ▁Facebook ▁like ▁J . Kar jal