Owncast Newsletter November 2024
In This Issue
- A Note From The Editor
- Features
A Note From The Editor
Welcome back! I took the month of October off as a matter of personal mental health (I'm American; please guess why). But, if you're in the northern hemisphere, it's now the dark side of the year and the weather's getting less fun and it's time to think more about indoor hobbies...like streaming and watching Owncast! Kind note to anyone reading from the southern hemisphere...I've always wanted to do an endless summer and I've never before had more reasons to go on walkabout. So...if you've got a couch or even a place to pitch a tent, let me know!
Seriously, I'm really happy with everything we've got to share in the newsletter this month. Our featured streamer kinda broke into the Owncast community like a ton of bricks, and talking with him was a real treat. On top of that, our community calendar is looking quite flush. Go check these streams out. One thing that I love the most about finding all these streamers is marveling at how creative our community is!
As always, please circulate the newsletter widely, and remember that there's nothing to report if you don't share what's going on in your own projects. There's no community without you!
Upcoming Events
This month, our calendar is dominated by the fine people at gravitons, who are doing a festival event. These are a wonderful collection of musical and spoken work performances, and are not to be missed!
In addition, friend of the newsletter 2tonwaffle is planning a video roundup of people's Owncast UI customizations and has asked that submissions for the video get in by November 15. The live stream and archived video will be available later this month. More information can be found on this Fediverse post.
- November 16, 2024 @ 03:00 PM GMT - Screaming Alice @ gravitons festival
- November 17, 2024 @ 03:00 PM GMT - Dan Powell @ gravitons festival
- Thursday, Nov 21, 08:00 PM GMT - Rashamon @ gravitons festival
- Saturday, Nov 23, 08:00 PM GMT - midierror @ gravitons festival
- Sunday, Nov 24, 07:00 PM GMT - Remember Glaciers @ gravitons festival
- Wednesday, Nov 27, 08:00 PM GMT - McCloud @ gravitons festival
Featured Streamer: Kristoffer Lislegaard
This month's featured streamer is a newcomer to the scene, but one who's been enthusiastically engaged and who's already made an outsized impact. Kristoffer Liselgaard is an electronic musician in Oslo, Norway, whose deep roots in streaming are now part of the Owncast community.
As ann assistant to the 300 Acting Spaces project, Kristoffer has a streaming experience stretching back over 12 years, including a performance with the legendary Hans-Joachim Roedelius. Kristoffer has since collaborated with Radio Free Fedi (RFF), where the New Year Par-Raid sparked his enthusiasm. He made his own debut in the RFF August series, which led to a great deal of buzz.
Krisfoffer's artistic interests are in exploring streaming as a unique media format. Expanding on the traditional concert format, he has explored the use of chromakey and compositing, changing aspect ratios, walls of custom emojis, feedback of the stream's video, and other experimental techniques. Of course, no stream is complete without the personal "in the studio" style streams, too.
Ultimately, his unique style has led to a lot of mentions in the chat rooms, and we've been excited to have him along for the ride. Like many of us, Kristoffer is a natural DIYer drawn to the personal freedom that self-managed streaming offers. No surprise that Owncast has been attractive to independent electronic musicians who often have to invent the tools they're looking for, but the results are a boon for us all.
If you like his work, Kristoffer's blog and newsletter can be found at his website. He also has released a new album, Subsupra, available on Bandcamp and Mirlo.
Closing Remarks
Here in the southeast US where I live, November really starts the beginning of the "holiday season", where thoughts turn more to home and community. And the value of community has again been on my mind, and especially the value of a community that can't be held hostage for profit or political gain. It's exciting to know that, as the daylight shortens and the weather turns cold and misty, I've got so much quality independent content to watch.
Without an algorithm hijacking our community, though, comes the collective responsibility for discoverability and promotion. If you know of an interesting project, event, or bit of news, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Additionally, if you'd like to help build the social fabric of the Owncast community, please consider checking out the Owncast community on Lemmy or the #owncast-community channel on rocket.chat.
We'll be coming back in December with a 2024 retrospective. Until then, be good to each other and keep the streams running!