He was born on October 25, 1968 in Istanbul. After completing his secondary and high school education at Istanbul Boys' High School, he received higher education at MSÜ Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphics. Seth is the first band he was in during his high school years. When Seth's compositions were included in 2 compilation albums, he became more interested in music and in 1989 he joined the legendary band WHISKY, which released first hard rock album with Turkish lyrics. In 1992, he opened Whisky Drum Shop, the first percussion and drum shop of the country and started giving drum lessons. In 1998, he was named “rock drummer of the year” by a popular youth comic magazine. He accompanied important bands of Turkish Rock such as Kronik, Objektif, Devil, Tünay Akdeniz in years. He took part in the drum recordings and live performances of Sibel Tüzün and Erkin Koray's albums. He worked and still working on stage with the wedding/pop/world music band Rapsodi and with Alpay, an important performer of Turkish pop music. He joined Gür Akad Band in 2002. He participated with Cem Köksal Band in 2005 and 2006 in their Coca Cola supported Sound Wave tour. During the tour in 2006, Joe Lynn Turner, the lead singer of legendary bands such as Rainbow and Deep Purple, joined Cem Köksal's team. The LIVE!! DVD and CD recorded during the tour, prepared to commemorate the participation of Joe Lynn Turner in 2007. He represented Turkey at Eurovision in 2011 with YüKSEK SADAKAT, and at the end of the year, he pioneered the establishment of the project group GiTARiZMA with the best Turkish guitarists. After he left Yüksek Sadakat in 2013, he decided to work as an Independent drummer and drum instructor.


With the support of the finest companies like Istanbul Mehmet cymbals, EVANS drumheads, Vic Firth drumsticks and SONOR drums he travelled throughout the country with the workshop series called Drum Conversations. Before the Pandemic he organized serial thematic concerts and one of them was 4+ hours long “Birthday Marathon”, where he celebrated his 50th birthday on stage with his 4 groups, Emre Önbayraktar, Sabih Cangil, Whisky and Objektif. During and after the pandemic the musician recorded an acoustic album and gave concerts with Ogün Sanlısoy , Cemil Demirbakan and Mr. Steel between 2019 and 2023. 38 years left behind in his drumming career Alpay Şalt continues to work on projects he likes. The latest gigs are Sabahattin Taşdöğen, Salty Steels, Yavuzcan Çetin ‘s Yavuz Çetin Tribute, Thin Lizzy Tribute, Scorpions Tribute and Motörhead Tribute projects.

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