I know Jordan Rudess discovered Eren Başbuğ thru youtube when Ren made a cover of the SDOIT and Octavarium suites.
And from what I know from there Jordan called him and ask him to tour with him in Turkey for the Explorations solo project and then he end up in Boston Berklee and was hired by John Petrucci to arrange and conduct the Orchestral parts for the DT12 Suite Illumination Theory and the live concert breaking the 4th wall as well.
What I want to know if is there a short documentary,an article or a video out there that details Eren Basbug's journey to Dream Theater land?
-Did Rudess personally helped Eren get the Scholarship in Berklee in anyway? like Financial,connections or recomendations?
-What does the rest of the DT members think about Eren is he close to lets say James,JM,JP or Mike Portnoy and Mike Mangini? From what I can see looks like he is already good friends with Mr.Jordan Rudess.
I think this is one of the most inspiring things to happen with regards to DT Eren who happened to be a talented Musician him self made a school project posted it in youtube and got the chance of a lifetime to play with one of his favorite bands!
I see he is really skilled and very hardworking its not like he just made a crappy video in youtube and got hire but still its really big! He still came out of nowhere this does not happen very often in the Modern Prog Metal industry.
In this video you can see Eren and his friends messing around with Jordan Rudess I wish I see him work with DT more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ox_itaCygI