Jason @jk@librem.one

This is a short update on #MakerTube which got launched a week ago. It's a peertube video platform dedicated to #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy content creators.

Changes since last week:
+77 users
+96 video uploads

I call this a great start! I also got funding until end of August, thanks a lot to the donors!

If you like the idea of an independent video platform please consider making a #donation at https://liberapay.com/MakerTube
Every penny counts!

Find the site here https://makertube.net

🎶🐦🎺 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dawn-chorus-bird-puppets-jazz-george-wu

In the #shortfilm titled The #DawnChorus, a #jazz quintet celebrates avian #morning #song with “a mix of high-end style alongside playful #puppetry inspired by Alexander Calder, fingerbobs, and simple #automata.”

#video #birds #music #play #instruments

How to CIRCUIT BEND a Toy SOUNDBOX for a Modular Synthesizer
#synthesizer #synthdiy #modular #circuitbending #analog #peertube #makertube
https://makertube.net/w/pTMR1WkCzVG9NV9c14V2MA

You can buy my debut novel PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD on Kindle from Amazon UK for only 99p right now!

amzn.eu/d/2ES2ABc

#newbooks #newfiction #fiction #literaryfiction #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity #reading #nowreading

MakerTube is now open for public registrations! It's a #peertube video instance for makers, musician, artists and DIY content creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!

Join in https://makertube.net or any other instance and let's make peertube a place as great as Mastodon.

Please boost this post! Share your creations! Let's build alternatives that stay!

#peertube #makertube #diy #maker #artists #musicians #contentcreator #synthdiy

'What If the Only Way to Protect Films and TV Series from Streaming Platforms...Is to Break the Law?'
 
Hollywood has a long history of scrapping films and TV to save money, but the recent purging of "content" from streamers poses a new kind of threat to our cultural heritage.
 
Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/what-if-the-only-way-to-protect-films?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#film #movies #cinema #TV #television #filmpreservation #art #culture #culturalheritage

'THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Is One of the Greatest Blockbusters of the 21st Century'
 
There's a good chance you'll disagree with my take, but a deeper look at the film, why it exists, and the metatextual conversation it’s having about Hollywood, audiences, and our culture today might change your mind – and teach you a thing or two about how to push your own art to extraordinary places. 



Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/the-matrix-resurrections-is-one-of?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#film #movies #cinema #TheMatrix #filmmaking #screenwriting #art #creativity

When I started working for the Internet Archive, I had to stop working on a documentary about Arcades. But I gave the ARCADEDOCUMENTARY.COM domain to a filmmaker who has gone off to work on a good one. Recorded my interview a week or two ago, and look at that sizzler.

MIDISID: Portable SID Chip Synthesizer https://blog.tindie.com/2023/06/midisid-portable-sid-chip-synthesizer/

Like many of us, I’m one of “Steven Spielberg’s kids” who grew up wanting to become a storyteller because of his films. But let me tell you how a surreal 30-minute lunch with the legendary director brought me and my real father closer together…
 
Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/that-time-i-didnt-meet-steven-spielberg?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#film #movies #cinema #StevenSpielberg #Spielberg #family #lifelessons #screenwriting #screenwriter #writingcommunity