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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 IV Release Year - 1971 Artist - Led Zeppelin Key Track(s) - Stairway to Heaven / Black Dog Drummer - John Bonham - Album - Come and Taste the Band Release Year - 1975 Artist - Deep Purple Key Track(s) - Getting Tighter / You keep on Moving Drummer - Ian Paice - Album - Crash Release Year - 1996 Artist - Dave Matthews Key Track(s) - Too much - #41 Drummer - Carter Beauford - Album - Behind Closed Doors Release Year - 1991 Artist - Peter Erskine Key Track(s) - Bulgana Drummer - Peter Erskine - Album - Kingdom of Desire Release Year - 1992 Artist - TOTO Key Track - Jake to the Bone Drummer - Jeff Porcaro - Album - Take Me Back To Eden Release Year - 2023 Artist - Sleep Token Key Track(s) - The Summoning Drummer - II For more information on Big Fat Snare Drum, check out www.bigfatsnaredrum.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.