Umut Otyakmaz
Istanbul, Turkey.
Biography
Born in Istanbul in 27 August 1980. Bought my first drumset in age of 16 and start taking drum lessons from Alpay Salt. Later on i played drums in few differet bands and also in a musical about one season in S.H.E.M. Theater Club...
In 1998 start designing first turkish drum portal TurkDrum ( http://www.turkdrum.net ) In year 2000 i joined to army to complate my military duty...
In 2002 after complating my military obligations i start playing turkish folk music then joined to Turkish grunge band FeedBACK and played in many festivals and concerts in many cities in Turkey. At the same time worked with Turkish drum virtuoso Atilla Atalay for a few months...
In beginning of 2009 moved to Poland / Bydgoszcz and end of June 2009 joined Polish rock band Heldorado toured Poland during Monar Tour 2009 30 city in 30 days.
In 2010 recorded first EP with Heldorado (which has been choosen "Album of the week in German Rock Radio in May 2011)
Beginning of 2011 recorded drums on Heldorado's first album "Thing is a Thing" and after over 150 gigs with band in 15th July 2011 officially quit from Heldorado...
He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in Anadolu University
2012 started to study advertising in Atatürk University...
And working as a graphic designer...