Posts from — March 2010

If you tuned into WCBN FM Ann Arbor last Sunday around 11am, you might have heard my band performing on Yalcin Yanikoglu’s DROMEDARY EXPRESS. If you missed the show, do not fret, because I have the recording of our radio appearance right here! We play Berance, Dontia Pikna, and Zaljube Mamo, then give a short interview. Take a listen to the show and download our free CD at KatunMusic.com if you don’t have it already.

Katun on WCBN (25.8MB)

I’d also like to extend a special thanks to Yalcin for having us on his program for the second time, and taking the band out for a spectacular Indian/Chinese buffet lunch! We look forward to visiting your program again.

P.S. Don’t forget to come to one of our gigs in april.

Last week at the University of Michigan College of Engineering Reconfigurable Factory Systems, where I work as a research assistant on a virtual reality project, I created a short animation of a factory worker assembling an arbitrary part. The project was my very first attempt at any kind of character animation. The animation is still at a somewhat rough level of detail, and there are definitely things that need to be improved upon, but it isn’t too bad for a first try. This is also my first serious attempt at rigging a model of a human. The modeling was done using MakeHuman and Blender 3D; rigging, animation, lighting, and rendering was completed in Blender 3D; textures were created in Adobe Photoshop.

My Band, Katun, has a number of gigs coming up in the next month. If you make it out to our shows you’ll Dance, hear some new tunes, and get to see my new multi-percussion setup! Photos of the new rig will come later.

Show details are below:

WCBN Radio / Yalcin Yanikoglu’s DROMEDARY EXPRESS – Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010 – Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm – Location: 88.3FM in Ann Arbor or online @ wcbn.org – Facebook Event

Concoures Hall Grand Opening – Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010 – Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm – Location: 4531 Concourse Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 – Facebook Event

The Next Big Thing @ The Shout – Date: Friday, April 23, 2010 – Time: 8:00pm – 1:00am – Location: The Shout  located across from the Aut Bar in Kerrytown

An evening of Balkan Music and Dance with the Ann Arbor Folkdancers – Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010 – Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm – Location: The Barn at Gretchen’s House, 2625 Traver Blvd.,Ann Arbor, MI 48105 – Facebook Event

Fifth Friday Fusion Dance – Date: Friday, April 30, 2010 – Time: 8:00pm – 11:00pm – Location: Pittsfield Grange Hall, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd, Ann Arbor MI 48103

March 21, 2010   1 Comment