Mehmet Vurkac
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Honor system, but it ain't too hard to do. Just send me an e-mail with an MP3 and your artist/stage name, if you use my stuff.
Thanks
BIO:
I was born. I didn't play music at first. Then, I played a lot of music, and still do.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Not in this capacity. I play live with a number of bands.
Your musical influences
Hard Rock, 20th-Century/Contemporary Classical, Be-Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Rock, Big Beat, Industrial, Abstract Electronica, New Age, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, NWOBHM, Funk, Disco and the musics of Senegal, Brazil, Cuba, Turkey, Bulgaria, India, Japan, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Finland, etc.
What equipment do you use?
Henry's Percussion Studio, Acid, Ensoniq EPS, HammerHead, HotStepper, Roland JP-8080, BOSS SP-202, Roland VS-1680, Performer, Finale, BlazeAudio RipEditBurn, Total Recorder, cymbals (Grand Master, Istanbul, Bosphorus, Turkish, Sabian, & Zildjian), repiniques (Lecsom/Artcelsior & RMV), Caixa (Contemporanea), tamborins (Weril, LP, Remo, Contemporanea and other), Agogos (original Engelhardt and unnamed Brazilian), Roland V-Drums (original pro set with expansion), Mapex drum set, Roland HandSonic, kanjira from South India, reed flute from Thailand, drum from Peru, darbukas (American, Pakistani and Turkish), LP Matador congas, other percussion from Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, etc.
