This week’s guest is Arbak Dal––a phenomenal turkish drummer and founder of T Cymbals. He’s toured and/or recorded with countless European artists over the years in addition to his own solo projects. He also worked for decades as the everyman at Istanbul Agop Cymbals before taking a crack at doing it all himself with T Cymbals. I met him a few years ago at NAMM and he's just a hoot :) If you’re heading to NAMM this weekend in Anaheim, be sure to stop by the T Cymbals booth and say hi to Arbak yourself. I’ll also be there on Sunday so shoot me a DM and maybe we can link up. I hope you enjoy this chat about the 5 (actually 6) records that helped shape Arbak Dal into the drummer and cymbalsmith he is today. Cheers!

ARBAK’S BIG FAT FIVE -Album - Led Zeppelin IVRelease Year - 1971Artist - Led ZeppelinKey Track(s) - Stairway to Heaven / Black DogDrummer - John Bonham-Album - Come and Taste the BandRelease Year - 1975Artist - Deep PurpleKey Track(s) - Getting Tighter / You keep on MovingDrummer - Ian Paice-Album - CrashRelease Year - 1996Artist - Dave MatthewsKey Track(s) - Too much - #41Drummer - Carter Beauford-Album - Behind Closed DoorsRelease Year - 1991Artist - Peter ErskineKey Track(s) - BulganaDrummer - Peter Erskine-Album - Kingdom of DesireRelease Year - 1992Artist - TOTOKey Track - Jake to the BoneDrummer - Jeff Porcaro-Album - Take Me Back To EdenRelease Year - 2023Artist - Sleep TokenKey Track(s) - The SummoningDrummer - II

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