La Page de Murat Aksu

I wanted share my list of individuals who are my heroes in life. I plan to add new people to this list. Hope you enjoy.

1) M. Kemal Ataturk, for transforming my country and entering it into the list of civilized democracies.

2) Thomas Jefferson, for helping to create a document that was light years ahead of its' time and even our current era.

3) My wife, Hulya Aksu, for having the courage, the endurance and the capabilities to be a great mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend and entrepreneur to people around her.

4) Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Arif Mardin, for being the coolest Turks who ever lived on the surface of this earth. They gave us Atlantic Records, R&B, Pop and Rock as well Cosmos Soccer Team.

5) Chuck Yeager, for pushing the envelope and becoming the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. He never accepted a dime more than his salary from the government. Just doing his job.

6) Israfil Ilhan Aksu, for being my father, my hero, and my role model. I will miss him dearly.

7) Les Paul, for giving us electro guitar, multitrack recording, great songs, a 94 year long career and plating music until the day he died. According to Wikipedia, Les is credited with inventing "....the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible". He is credited with many recording innovations, including overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording."