Since his birth Atman has been exposed to music as there were many Gypsy musicians in his neighbourhood. He always enjoyed sound of drums, especially sound of “Davul”. Once he started to have music lessons in the school, he was confused by music theory and challenged by conceptual barriers of traditional music education. At the age of 16 he realised he has a thirsty desire for playing drums and decided to learn drum-kit in near future. In that time he needed to postpone this dream due to some financial circumstances, but he was virtually playing drums while listening to music by making beats with his limbs. At the age of 20, he finally started his musical journey by grabbing a guitar. After a year, he realised his burning desire for drums. As it was inconvenient to buy a drum-kit and learn it from the scratch, he bought a percussion instrument called “Darbuka”, which was very well-known in Turkey and played mainly by Gypsy musicians. Before he started to learn Darbuka, he was biased by the instrument. He thought of Darbuka as an instrument for Bellydance played by Gypsies. However, when he came across Master Misirli Ahmet, his whole idea about Darbuka has changed. Since then it has become a love affair and a spiritual journey for him. For more information, please read my bio on my website. https://atmananda.com.au/about-me/