April 24th, 2008
Crazy 8s Film Festival
Crazy 8s Film Festival: 8 days, 8 directors, 800 dollars and 800 feet of film. Cat Jahnke scores another short film as part of the prestigious Vancouver festival.
Sponsored by the Directors Guild of Canada and CBC, the Crazy 8s film festival is a challenge for every crew lucky enough to be invited to participate. Once again Robert Kirbyson approached Cat Jahnke to provide an original film score under crippling time constraints. Once again, needing some procrastination practice apparently, Cat jumped on board.
The film, entitled “Nobody Special”, stars veteran actor Rob LaBelle (Smallville, Monk, Star Trek: Voyager) and a host of soon-to-be-familiar faces. It is a romantic/comedy about a guy who is such a nobody that it makes him special.
Cat had to cut her April 2008 Eastern Canadian tour short in order to contribute her musical talent to the project. After performing for four days at the Ottawa Civic Centre, she rushed home, dodging dozens of deer and a pair of moose and narrowly missing a freak spring storm. Thirty-six hours later the score was complete!
“Nobody Special” screens Saturday April 26 at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts.
For more information about the festival click: http://www.crazy8s.cc/index.html
February 28th, 2008
Positive Gaming licenses two Cat Jahnke tunes
Positive Gaming licenses two Cat Jahnke tunes for upcoming video dance game.
Positive Gaming was founded in 1998 and is an idealistic company that provides healthy gaming alternatives with no elements of gambling, violence or pornography. The company is an active partner in on-going machine dance research projects in schools and fitness-studios. Positive Gaming was behind making machine dance into an official world sport and dance discipline, and is the main driving force, investor as well as a co-developer of the world’s first commercial wireless multiplayer dance game system.
Cat Jahnke’s songs “Crocodiles” and “Happy Song” have both been licensed for development. Programming is underway for the multiplayer platform, which is set for release in October 2008, and the consumer version, which is set for a 2009 release. An arcade platform is also in the works but no definitive timeline has been disclosed.
New Digs For www.catjahnke.com – FINALLY!
Grit Multimedia has been toiling away revamping www.catjahnke.com by coordinating its design with my current promotional materials (postcards and t-shirts available in the store). New highlights include a video player (featuring several short films I recently scored), free downloads of Cat Jahnke desktop wallpaper, the opportunity to purchase and download music directly from the store, and much more.
Be sure to visit the new photo gallery and don’t forget to check out my blog for candid shots and tour videos. We’ll do our best to keep the news headlines current so that you can be aware of when I’ll be touring, when my next album will be released, and if there are any extra-curricular projects or events in which I’m taking part.
Now that the site is running, updates will become more frequent so check back often!
January 25th, 2008
Ctrl Z wins Delta short film competition!
CTRL Z at Sundance 2008! Ctrl Z (a short film directed by Rob Kirbyson and scored by Cat Jahnke) wins Delta short film competition! Award presented at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Robert Kirbyson was awarded the top prize for his film "Ctrl Z" in Delta’s second annual national short film competition at a celebratory party hosted Wednesday night by Cheryl Hines at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the trip to Sundance, Kirbyson receives a $10,000 cash award and a pair of round-trip tickets valid anywhere Delta flies worldwide.
The film, about an office loner who takes full advantage of a malfunctioning computer to magically undo a lifetime of regrets, stars Tony Hale (Arrested Development), Emy Coligado (Malcolm In The Middle, Crossing Jordan) and Zachary Levi (Chuck) and was scored by Canadian singer/songwriter Cat Jahnke.
CLICK HERE to view the official press release.
Delta, the Official Airline of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, partnered with Gen Art - one of the leading arts and entertainment organizations dedicated to showcasing the best emerging talent in film, fashion, visual arts and music - to host the contest. The winning film was chosen from five films through audience balloting at delta.com and on Delta on Demand from Dec. 3, 2007 - Jan. 15, 2008. Some 150,000 passengers watched all five shortlisted films and voted using the airline's in-flight entertainment service. A further 200,000 watched online.
Tim Mapes, Vice-President of Marketing at Delta, said: "Delta is proud to recognize new filmmaking talent and celebrate independent film as a returning sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival. We congratulate Robert Kirbyson, as well as the other talented finalists who have all produced truly inventive and entertaining short films."
January 19th, 2008
Apple And The Sundance
In other news, a short film that I recently scored has been appearing at various festivals throughout the US and is a finalist in the Sundance Film Festival 2008 Delta Fly-In Movies Competition
(phew – try to say that in one breath!).
The film, entitled “Ctrl Z”, stars Tony Hale (Arrested Development), Emy Coligado (Malcolm In The Middle) and Zachary Levi (Chuck). One of my lyrical songs, Apple, is featured during the credits and a “band version” of the tune will be appearing on my new album, set for release in early Summer 2008.
For more info about the film visit: http://ctrlzmovie.com/index.htm
Read the Winnipeg Free Press article on this story HERE
For more info about the competition and to view the film visit: http://www.veoh.com/channels/deltaflyinmovies
December 15th, 2007
Oh No! No More O Night Divine!
Between three consecutive tours and an unexpected online enthusiasm, my new Christmas CD, O Night Divine, has been completely sold out! Digital downloads of the tunes have been made available through E-Junkie because I wouldn’t want to miss out on being a part of your Christmas dinner! New hard copies of the album will be re-manufactured shortly in digipack format – a more durable packaging option to withstand years of play. Thank you so much to CBC for all the support and to everyone who stopped by for a listen.
November 15th, 2007
Cat + T.Dot
On November 15 I took part in the Open Door Festival in Toronto at the Mod Club, which is a benefit to support the Red Door Family Shelter. Every year it is organized by two AMAZING women (one of whom is my new dentist!) and it has hosted several esteemed Canadian artists including Tegan & Sara, Ember Swift, Melissa Ferrick, Luke Doucet, Mr. Something Something and many many more. Please check out the website for more info about the benefit:
http://www.opendoorfestival.com.
And if you’re interested, you can visit the following link to see a video of me playing Crocodiles live at the event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_n9g9XL3v0.
November 1st, 2007
New Christmas Album?
That’s right! It was Christmas in September at the Grit Multimedia House recording studio and it didn’t come a moment too soon. My new Christmas album, O Night Divine, was finished just in the nick of time! CBC has already been eagerly supporting my latest disc which includes 10 traditionally arranged non-traditional Christmas carols. Visit the store to order a copy online, or come out to a show near you and purchase a copy from my festive merch suitcase!
