I made a 12/8 cover of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's masterpiece. The vocal and classic guitar performances are mine. The piano, bass, drum arrangements are made by myself too... 
Hope you enjoy!

Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11 III. Alla Turca "Turkish March" Cover in 12/8

E. Guitars by Ben Knorr
Tenor Saxophone by Paul Meland
Drums by Benji Fricker
Trombone by Liam H. Callan
Bass by Philip Chuah

Written and Arranged by Mahir Can Kucuk
Mix by Mahir Can Kucuk
Mastering by Benji Fricker

Special thanks to Mike Stapleton for co-writing the 4 bar intro with me.
I love Benjamin and Paul's beautifully contrasting improvisation solos.


Only If

Jazz standard by Sid Lippman and Sylvia Dee.
Recording session directed by Steven Kowalczyk Santoro.

Piano: Jeremy Wisoff
Drums: Max Weinstein
Bass: William McGing
Guitar: Andrew Dylan Marzotto

Recording engineer: Gonzalo Perez.
Mix engineer: Joey Izzo.
Recorded in Berklee studios in 160 Mass. Ave, Boston.

Too Young

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Neyleyek (Formerly performed by İrada İbrahimova)

Song by Vaqif Gərayzadə

Recording Session Directed by Steven Santoro Kowalczyk
Rearranged/Reharmonized by Mahir Can Küçük

Piano:  Jeremy Wisoff
Drums:  Max Weinstein
Bass:  William McGing
Guitar: Andrew Dylan Marzotto

Recording Engineer: Gonzalo Perez
Mixing Engineer: Joey Izzo, Mahir Can Küçük
Mastering Engineer: Mahir Can Küçük
Recorded in Berklee studios in 160 Mass. Ave, Boston.

Neyleyek (Arzular Yandı Döndü Küle)

Chase (Music for Movie Scene)

Humanity versus Technology (Music for Movie Scene)

Nintendo Commercial Underscore (Music for Advertisement)

Before The Murder (Music for Movie Scene)

Blues Bar (Ambient Sound Design)

Hectic Themed Gypsy Music (For Various Uses)

Urban Drug Bust (Music for Movie Scene)

Surgery Scene (Music for Movie Scene)

Opening Theme For The News (Music for TV)

Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me
Written by Wiillie Hutch
Recording Session Produced by Steven Kowalczyk Santoro.
 
Vocals: Mahir Can Küçük, Sarah Bernadette Matsushima, Deniz Demirkurt
Piano: Jeremy Wisoff
Drums: Max Weinstein
Bass: William McGing
Guitar: Andrew Dylan Marzotto
Recording engineer: Gonzalo Perez.
Mixing/Mastering engineer: Mahir Can Kucuk
Recorded in Berklee studios in 160 Mass. Ave, Boston.


Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me

Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me
Written by Willie Hutch
Acapella arrangement by Mahir Can Küçük

Sopranos: Sarah Bernadette Matsushima
Altos: Deniz Demirkurt
Tenors (Lead), Bass': Mahir Can Küçük

Mixing/Mastering engineer: Mahir Can Küçük

Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me (Acapella)

Written by Michael Jackson and Carole Bayer Sager
Arrangement/Programming/Engineering: Mahir Can Küçük

Soprano: Sarah Bernadette Matsushima
Alto: Eygló Höskuldsdóttir Viborg
Tenor (Lead)/Guitar: Mahir Can Küçük

We've Had Enough (Michael Jackson Cover)

Performed at Berklee Performance Center, March 24 2016.
Concert produced by Christiane Karam, Tom Stein and Ken Zambello.

Elif Çakmut, on lead vocals
Led by Mahir Can Küçük, on backing vocals and as the arranger,
Firas Zreik, on qanun,
Fares Btoush, on oud,
Dimitris Menexopoulos, on cretan lyra,
Shirhan Agabeyli, on fretless bass,
Alejandro Castellano, on ney,
Benjamin Knorr, on electric guitar,
Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh, on piano,
Nick Villamizar, on drumset
Gilbert Mansour, on various hand percussions.

Additional sections are written by Mahir Can Küçük.
Türkünün ek kısımları şahsımca yazılmış-düzenlenmiştir.

Bülbülüm Altın Kafeste (Live)

Performed at Berklee Performance Center, March 24 2016.
Concert produced by Christiane Karam, Tom Stein and Ken Zambello.

Led by Mahir Can Küçük, on vocals and as the arranger,
Firas Zreik, on qanun,
Fares Btoush, on oud,
Dimitris Menexopoulos, on cretan lyra,
Shirhan Agabeyli, on fretless bass,
Alejandro Castellano, on ney,
Benjamin Knorr, on electric guitar,
Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh, on piano,
Nick Villamizar, on drumset
Gilbert Mansour, on various hand percussions.

Günaydın Bir Tanem (Live)

Hasretinden Yandı Gönlüm (Live)

Original song written by Gökhan Türkmen and Ersin Özel. (Biraz Ayrılık, İrem Records, 2010)
Bağlama cover arranged and performed by Mahir Can Küçük.

Yaprak Dökümü / Ah babam can babam - Bağlamalı (Gökhan Türkmen şarkısı)

Traditional Folk song from Turkey, Şanlıurfa
Vocals, fretless bass guitar, baglama and frame drum: Mahir Can Küçük
Arrangement, and production: Mahir Can Küçük

Şanlıurfa yöresi türküsü.
Vokaller: Mahir Can Küçük
Baglama, Perdesiz Bas Gitar, Bendir: Mahir Can Küçük
Düzenleme, ses mühendisliği: Mahir Can Küçük

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Lyrics/Sözler:

Urfa’nın Etrafı Dumanlı Dağlar aman aman...
Urfa’nın Etrafı Dumanlı Dağlar aman aman...
Ciğerim Yanıyor Aney Gözlerim Ağlar.
Ciğerim Yanıyor Aney Gözlerim Ağlar.

Benim Zalim Derdim Cihanı Dağlar aman aman...
Benim Zalim Derdim Cihanı Dağlar aman aman...
Gezme Ceylan Bu Dağlarda Seni Avlarlar,
Anandan Babandan Yardan Ayrı Koyarlar.

Urfa Dağlarında Gezer Bir Ceylan aman aman...
Urfa Dağlarında Gezer Bir Ceylan aman aman...
Yavrusunu Kaybetmiş Ağlıyor Yaman,
Yarimin Derdine Bulmadım Derman.

Gezme Ceylan Bu Dağlarda Seni Avlarlar,
Anandan Babandan Yardan Ayrı Koyarlar...

Urfa'nın Etrafı Dumanlı Dağlar

Mahir Can Küçük was born in Denizli, Turkey. His private teachers in Turkey were Timur Selçuk and Randy Esen. After receiving a degree in industrial design, he began his studies at Berklee, studying contemporary writing and production, and graduated with "Summa Cum Laude" honor. 
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Küçük has performed at and arranged for seven Berklee Performance Center concerts, with both his Turkish and Western music background. Additionally, he has also performed on campus recitals with his organic world fusion and Turkish music band "The Çay Party". With different versions of The Çay Party he has represented Berklee and Turkish music in several different Northeastern University festivals and Turkish Consulate of Boston's receptions since February 2015. He was the leader of "Music of Turkey" sections in Berklee International Folk Music Festival in 2016 and 2017.
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Mahir won "Best Website Award" for his versatile portfolio and his presentation of it in 2017, and he received "Mediterranean Music Institute Achievement Award" in 2017 at the night of the Aynur Doğan concert which he arranged 3 of Aynur's songs.
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In Berklee's Commencement Concert 2017, he was one of the 10 student arrangers and 3 male backing vocalists in front of 7.000 audience including honorary doctorate recipients such as Lionel Richie, and the Grammy President Neil Portnow. Additionally he had the honor to be chosen as the student to announce Lionel Richie.
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Besides being a writer, arranger and producer, Küçük is a vocalist who features Western contemporary music, Turkish classical, traditional, and contemporary music in his repertoire. He is able to sing microtonally, with knowledge of Turkish and Egyptian microtonal tradition. He plays bağlama, bass guitar, piano, guitar, and hand percussion.
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Mahir Can Küçük

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