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  |birth_date = November 26, 1983
  |birth_date = November 26, 1983 ({{Age|day=26|month=November|year=1983}} years old)
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  |residence = Detroit, MI
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  |portrays = [[Bodur the Clumsy]]<br>[[Laurence]] (occasionally)<br>[[Udabn the Feared]] (occasionally)<br>[[Mumutits the Sour]] (occasionally)<br>[[Captain No the Love Machine]] (occasionally)
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  |otherNames = Gary Patterson, Roger<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/a/XhKumss.png Discord message by FliesOfMay (probably comes from a stream, IF POSSIBLE find that stream) <!-- HELLO, MY NAME IS ROGER! WELL HELLO, MY NAME IS ROGER!!!-->]</ref>
  |otherNames = Gary Patterson, Roger<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/ivSpwgS.png Discord message by FliesOfMay (probably comes from a stream, IF POSSIBLE find that stream) <!-- HELLO, MY NAME IS ROGER! WELL HELLO, MY NAME IS ROGER!!!-->]</ref>
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'''Bora Kurt Karaca''', better known as Bora Karaca, is the mastermind behind [[Cojum Dip]], creating the band in the early 2000s and portraying Bodur the Clumsy (and other members when necessary). He is also known for being the honorary member of the band [[hallmanac:Tally Hall|Tally Hall]].
==Background==
===Early Years===
Bora Kurt Karaca was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 26th 1983. He attended Detroit Country Day School, graduating in 2002, along with his childhood friend Jacob Daniel Hurley, graduating a year later. The two had known each other since middle school, bonding over shared interests and ideas in the world of music. Both agreed that the current bands at the time lacked novelty and would come to discuss what they wanted to see from current bands. As such, Bora attempted to start a band, but finding other bandmates in the high school was difficult.<ref name="2005bio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050405145946/http://www.cojumdip.com/ cojumdip.com in 2005.]</ref> When Bora graduated from high school, he joined the University of Michigan, performing in Arts, Technology, Music Composition and Sound Recording. There, Bora would continue to attempt on forming his band, and began placing flyers on campus, but he wouldn't find any bandmates until 2004.<ref name="whatiscojumdip">[https://archive.cojumpendium.net/go/Media/Misc/cojum_doc.mp4 "What is Cojum Dip" documentary.]</ref>


'''Bora Kurt Karaca''', better known as Bora Karaca, is the mastermind behind Cojum Dip, creating the band in the early 2000s and portraying Bodur the Clumsy (and other members when necessary).
===Cojum Dip & Live Shows===
<i>Main article: [[Cojum Dip]]</i>


He's also the orange tie member of Tally Hall, he played a key role in documenting the band and the recording process of their 2nd studio album [[hallmanac:Good & Evil|Good & Evil]]. He has also been featured in several episodes of [[hallmanac:Tally Hall's Internet Show|Tally Hall's Internet Show]], including his recurring sketch [[hallmanac:15 Seconds Of Bora|15 Seconds of Bora]].
===Los Angeles & The Laboratory===
Four years later, in 2006, Bora graduated from the University of Michigan, and moved to Los Angeles while Cojum Dip was put on hold. There, he started slowly building his own musical studio, The Laboratory, a project he would only finish in 2009.<ref name="laboratory2010">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100510013117/http://thelaboratoryaudio.com/ The Laboratory Audio website in 2010]</ref> However, Bora would still try to bring back the band from its hiatus, releasing a few demos and trying to find new portrayers for the band in Los Angeles, in vain.<ref name="womensasses">[https://www.facebook.com/dream.dario/posts/128429750568499 Craigslist listing for joining the band.]</ref><ref name="joinus">[https://www.facebook.com/cojumdip/posts/pfbid02XqCfo5KbusZLJ9JeQnH3VYtE2PnCgWNoKrSp2GRwWdZAJVcq91XT6xGUfWAoGSd3l "Cojum Dip has a drummer. BASSISTS! Join US." Facebook post by Cojum Dip.]</ref>


==Background==
===Tally Hall===
Bora Kurt Karaca was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 26th 1983, he attended Detroit Country Day School in the class of 2002, at that high school, his childhood friend Jacob Daniel Hurley was part of the class of 2003, they had known each other since middle school, bonding over shared interests and ideas in the world of music. Both agreed that the current bands at the time lacked novelty and would come to discuss what they wanted to see from current bands. As such, Bora attempted to start a band, but finding other bandmates in the high school was difficult. Two years later in 2002, Bora graduated from Highschool and joined the University of Michigan, performing Arts Technology, Music Composition and Sound Recording, in there, Bora would continue to attempt on forming his band, and began placing flyers on campus, but he wouldn't find any portayers until early 2004.
<i>Main article: [[hallmanac:Bora Karaca]]</i><br>
From 2009 to 2011, Bora spent more time helping the band Tally Hall, becoming the orange-tied honorary member of the band and playing a key role in documenting the recording process of their 2nd studio album [[hallmanac:Good & Evil|Good & Evil]].<ref name="boralogues">[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB190B37D222A346F "Boralogues" Youtube playlist by tallyhall.]</ref> He has also been featured in several episodes of [[hallmanac:Tally Hall's Internet Show|Tally Hall's Internet Show]], including his recurring sketch [[hallmanac:15 Seconds Of Bora|15 Seconds of Bora]].<ref name="this">[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRKwaBipAMJdXIrQAQVvAvPZnPOp1RksZ "Tally Hall's Internet Show" Youtube playlist.]</ref>


4 years later on 2006, he graduated from the University of Michigan and did a farewell Cojum Dip show before leaving Ann Arbor to Los Angeles, there he started slowly building his own musical studio, The Laboratory Audio, a project he would only finish by at least 2009. He briefly visited Ann Arbor in 2008 and performed with Cojum Dip in a reunion show at The Alibi. For the coming years, Bora continued to briefly get back to the Dip, releasing a few demos and trying to find new portrayers for the band in Los Angeles, something that did not succeed.
===Post-Tally Hall===
In 2011, after Tally Hall went on hiatus, Bora would record a collection of videogame covers entitled [[Videojuegos]],<ref name="videojuegosyt">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CirCrBbArSs&list=PLF4E1AC34419C1DA5 "Videojuegos" Youtube playlist, Cojum Dip.]</ref><ref name="videojuegossc">[https://soundcloud.com/cojumdip/sets/videojuegos "Videojuegos" on Soundcloud.]</ref><br>  and in 2012, he would also be a part of musical project [[hallmanac:Miracle Musical|Miracle Musical]], along with other members of Tally Hall.<ref name="hpiipdf">[https://tallyall.club/go/members/Miracle%20Musical/Hawaii%20Part%20II/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB.pdf?a=view Hawaii: Part II PDF booklet.]</ref> Later, in 2013 he started production on Cojum Dip's self-titled album, which would release one year later, in 2014.<ref name="stbandcamp">[https://cojumdip.bandcamp.com/album/cojum-dip "Cojum Dip" album on Bandcamp.]</ref> During that time, he contributed with various projects of Tally Hall members, like [[hallmanac:Rob Cantor|Rob Cantor]]'s solo album [[hallmanac:Not A Trampoline|Not a Trampoline]],<ref name="natpdf">[https://tallyall.club/go/members/Rob%20Cantor/Not%20a%20Trampoline/RobCantor-NOTATRAMPOLINE.pdf Not a Trampoline PDF booklet.]</ref> and even writing a song for and mixing [[hallmanac:Joe Hawley|Joe Hawley]]'s solo album, [[hallmanac:Joe Hawley Joe Hawley|Joe Hawley Joe Hawley]], in 2016.<ref name="jhjhpdf">[https://tallyall.club/go/members/Joe%20Hawley/Joe%20Hawley%20Joe%20Hawley/JHJH.pdf Joe Hawley Joe Hawley PDF booklet.]</ref>


Around 2009-2011, he briefly worked full time with Tally Hall on the Good & Evil tour. That year he also started producing the album Videojuegos, an album full of Videogames covers, mostly MegaMan covers. In 2013 he started production on Cojum Dip's Self Titled album and released it one year later on 2014, afterwards, he helped Rob Cantor from Tally Hall in his album "Not A Trampoline".
===Recent Years===
In 2018, Bora announced working on Cojum Dip's second album. Later in 2019, the [[Cojum Dip (Album)|self-titled Cojum Dip album]] was released to streaming services,<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/5RSTrCPHo0MvHuO4BncjTw Cojum Dip. Spotify.]</ref> alongside a new piano version of the song [[Moon Waltz]].<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/track/7xXo26iVHubMRYaeZO9xW7?si=0a1fd7029f2e46a6 Spotify page for Moon Waltz (Piano Version)] ''Spotify.''</ref><ref>[https://music.apple.com/ca/album/moon-waltz-piano-version-single/1521766960?ign-itscg=30440&ign-itsct=catchall_a3&uo=4 Apple Music page for Moon Waltz (Piano Version).] ''Apple Music.''</ref> Bora would also start livestreaming on Twitch, using a V-Tuber Bodur model.<ref name="twitch">[https://www.twitch.tv/cojumdip CojumDip on Twitch.]</ref> He would however stop streaming in 2022, moved back to Detroit and started producing around 900 instrumental tracks under various pseudonyms for [[hallmanac:Andrew Horowitz|Andrew Horowitz]]'s "Calm and Collected Music Group", a record label specializing in mood music.<ref>[https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Catalog?num=NHTcbtVnCmOVlKqbbY1QVA%253d%253d&cae=mUuRNJv1wR0jWgAEbE3gXA%253d%253d&partType=WriterList&search=%7B%22Main_Search_Text%22%3A%22Bora%20Karaca%22%2C%22Sub_Search_Text%22%3A%22%22%2C%22Main_Search%22%3A%22Writer%2FComposer%22%2C%22Sub_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22Search_Type%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22View_Count%22%3A20%2C%22Page_Number%22%3A0%2C%22Part_Type%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id_Sub%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Name%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Cae%22%3Anull%2C%22Original_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22DisclaimerViewed%22%3Anull%7D&resetPageNumber=True&partIdSub=YO0HedHMatLb45JzS23DVw%253d%253d Bora Karaca BMI Repertoire Search] ''BMI.'' (Accessed: 6th January 2024).</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 10:07, 7 December 2024

Bora Karaca
Mastermind of Cojum Dip
Date of Birth: November 26, 1983 (41 years old)
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Current resident of: Detroit, MI
Portrays: Bodur the Clumsy
Laurence (occasionally)
Udabn the Feared (occasionally)
Mumutits the Sour (occasionally)
Captain No the Love Machine (occasionally)
Other Names: Gary Patterson, Roger[1]

Bora Kurt Karaca, better known as Bora Karaca, is the mastermind behind Cojum Dip, creating the band in the early 2000s and portraying Bodur the Clumsy (and other members when necessary). He is also known for being the honorary member of the band Tally Hall.

Background

Early Years

Bora Kurt Karaca was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 26th 1983. He attended Detroit Country Day School, graduating in 2002, along with his childhood friend Jacob Daniel Hurley, graduating a year later. The two had known each other since middle school, bonding over shared interests and ideas in the world of music. Both agreed that the current bands at the time lacked novelty and would come to discuss what they wanted to see from current bands. As such, Bora attempted to start a band, but finding other bandmates in the high school was difficult.[2] When Bora graduated from high school, he joined the University of Michigan, performing in Arts, Technology, Music Composition and Sound Recording. There, Bora would continue to attempt on forming his band, and began placing flyers on campus, but he wouldn't find any bandmates until 2004.[3]

Cojum Dip & Live Shows

Main article: Cojum Dip

Los Angeles & The Laboratory

Four years later, in 2006, Bora graduated from the University of Michigan, and moved to Los Angeles while Cojum Dip was put on hold. There, he started slowly building his own musical studio, The Laboratory, a project he would only finish in 2009.[4] However, Bora would still try to bring back the band from its hiatus, releasing a few demos and trying to find new portrayers for the band in Los Angeles, in vain.[5][6]

Tally Hall

Main article: hallmanac:Bora Karaca
From 2009 to 2011, Bora spent more time helping the band Tally Hall, becoming the orange-tied honorary member of the band and playing a key role in documenting the recording process of their 2nd studio album Good & Evil.[7] He has also been featured in several episodes of Tally Hall's Internet Show, including his recurring sketch 15 Seconds of Bora.[8]

Post-Tally Hall

In 2011, after Tally Hall went on hiatus, Bora would record a collection of videogame covers entitled Videojuegos,[9][10]
and in 2012, he would also be a part of musical project Miracle Musical, along with other members of Tally Hall.[11] Later, in 2013 he started production on Cojum Dip's self-titled album, which would release one year later, in 2014.[12] During that time, he contributed with various projects of Tally Hall members, like Rob Cantor's solo album Not a Trampoline,[13] and even writing a song for and mixing Joe Hawley's solo album, Joe Hawley Joe Hawley, in 2016.[14]

Recent Years

In 2018, Bora announced working on Cojum Dip's second album. Later in 2019, the self-titled Cojum Dip album was released to streaming services,[15] alongside a new piano version of the song Moon Waltz.[16][17] Bora would also start livestreaming on Twitch, using a V-Tuber Bodur model.[18] He would however stop streaming in 2022, moved back to Detroit and started producing around 900 instrumental tracks under various pseudonyms for Andrew Horowitz's "Calm and Collected Music Group", a record label specializing in mood music.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Discord message by FliesOfMay (probably comes from a stream, IF POSSIBLE find that stream)
  2. ↑ cojumdip.com in 2005.
  3. ↑ "What is Cojum Dip" documentary.
  4. ↑ The Laboratory Audio website in 2010
  5. ↑ Craigslist listing for joining the band.
  6. ↑ "Cojum Dip has a drummer. BASSISTS! Join US." Facebook post by Cojum Dip.
  7. ↑ "Boralogues" Youtube playlist by tallyhall.
  8. ↑ "Tally Hall's Internet Show" Youtube playlist.
  9. ↑ "Videojuegos" Youtube playlist, Cojum Dip.
  10. ↑ "Videojuegos" on Soundcloud.
  11. ↑ Hawaii: Part II PDF booklet.
  12. ↑ "Cojum Dip" album on Bandcamp.
  13. ↑ Not a Trampoline PDF booklet.
  14. ↑ Joe Hawley Joe Hawley PDF booklet.
  15. ↑ Cojum Dip. Spotify.
  16. ↑ Spotify page for Moon Waltz (Piano Version) Spotify.
  17. ↑ Apple Music page for Moon Waltz (Piano Version). Apple Music.
  18. ↑ CojumDip on Twitch.
  19. ↑ Bora Karaca BMI Repertoire Search BMI. (Accessed: 6th January 2024).
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