PLAY is a daily reminder, a mantra for making sure to play as much as possible, especially when it's difficult to do so. As everything else in our universe, we are changing constantly, and it's hard at times. Consistently having the conscious intention to play and dance with it all that is happening around you, with love, awareness and compassion is a practice that I personally benefit from. Play was born naturally into this understanding in the summer of 2020, where we collectively lived (and are still living) through a major change in our ways. We'll just strive to do our best to take care of the body & mind and each other, and make sure to keep the PLAY on: this too shall pass. Play video is on youtube.com/emremusic. I will be happy to engage with you on youtube as well, please feel free to comment and subscribe. more

The story of Jamateurs began in Nublu Club in New York City. Percussionist Ilker Ciraci had a vision; he called his friends up one day and Jamateurs started playing the late night shift on Monday nights at Nublu. All coming from different backgrounds, this accidental synergy they were brewing at those jams made the boys kept wanting to play more. When they decided to do their first recording, the guitar player and singer Emre Y. brought in this text he put together from a Youtube talk by Dr. Jordan Peterson and that's when the idea of their first track 'POTENTIAL' was conceived. Poyraz Aldemir (Poy) on drums Cenk Tezil on bass and keys Ilker Ciraci on percussions Emre Yilmaz (Emre) on guitars and spoken text Samet Arslan on electric baglama Eren Erdogan on kaval Original theme was composed by Caner Tokgozol Arranged and produced by Ilker Ciraci - Cenk Tezil more

Song by Emre Produced by Emre Guitars - Bass - Drums (Roland El Cajon + Shakers) - Synth - Vocals by Emre Mix and Mastering by Dave Darlingtonmore