So whats the deal with this Glitch.LA site?
Well, right now it's a mess because I'm still working it all out by myself as the details come clear. But the goal is to make Glitch.LA both a Community and a Library. Creative minds that can promote their work, learn and share with like-minded people, as well as contribute their own knowledge to a growing library of articles, tips, tricks and experiences. As technology and art be come interdependent, our population will be there for each other.
However, creating a CMS and a Wiki from scratch using .NET Core, MVC and React is gonna take a little time. But with that said, here's what I'm thinking anyway:
Create a community of creative users. But not just artists, actors, film makers, or musicians - but game developers, engineers, DIY hackers, and anyone else who creates something. Ideas turned real. Do you build bird houses? Take iPhones apart? You're in! Welcome to the club.
Give everyone a free web site where they can tell the world who they are using their own words, videos and pictures. Not just an account. Not a scrolling feed and a limited profile. A real web site of their own. Where they can share whatever they want about who they are.
Upon joining, your "friends" are the Glitch community. Now you can message others, make connections, ask "how did you make that?", and ideally even contribute some Techromancy articles of your own if you have something to share. And as we grow, share and contribute, we help each other succeed.
Art and Technology are no longer two separate worlds. Most 21st century creatives have evolved with the computer age just like the all the corporate suits and their minions did. Designing and building an app or game - or creating a feature film - both take a very similar mind-set. And the overlap with the tools, skills, and general knowledge is huge.
So why not build a community where a tech nerd can help a vocalist choose the best type of computer for making music? Where an oil painter can learn how to create prints or lithographs? Where an actor can ask his peers for tips and tricks when self-taping auditions, while the iPhone experts chime in and tell them the secret to making it look truly cinematic? Why not lift each other up with our own experiences: Whether it's the mistakes we've made, or the wins we enjoyed? Sharing them can make all the difference. And as the community grows, you'll be surprised where your best, least expensive answers might come from.
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Garrick Byrne
Hello! I am an actor, web programmer, songwriter, technology nerd, DIY guy, and I created this site because not only did I need a place to put my corporate resume, I believe that ALL creatives and performers should have technical knowledge in this modern age (to create a winning self-tape audition for example). In my mind, art and tech are the same. Ideas made real. Programming requires extremely creative thinking, just like acting requires an extremely deep dive into one's self to craft and portray a character. I really don't see any difference between art and tech except for the tools we use.
My name is Michael Garrick Byrne, and I am both the creator and the test case for this project. Because I have one foot in the performing arts, and the other wedged deeply in the world of technology. But eventually this web site will offer other actors, singers, DIY types, engineers and "people who make things" in general a URL and a link of their own to add to all the other industry casting or promotional sites or apps that they have joined in order to put themselves out there.
And then you can have your very own Glitch.LA site to put on Sound Cloud, You Tube, All Casting, MixCloud, Etsy, or any other site you're using to self-promote your hard work, but feel limited with what you can do on those sites.
And I'm going to make your https://YOURNAMEHERE.Glitch.LA/ site totally free, and totally yours to tell your story. I don't want a cut of your hard-won success. That belongs to you and yours. I'm just a guy who thought it would be nice if others like me could have a web presence like this too, but didn't have the skillset to make it happen without paying for it. Team Glitch has no interest in monetizing you. But ideally, we learn stuff, we share stuff, and we all help each other succeed.