Santiago Herrera
Welcome to my corner of the internet
Interesting sites:
👩🏻🎨 Visual artists:
Booooooom: One of the largest art platforms of the Internet. Amazing place to discover new artists.
Elizaveta Porodina: Outstanding visual artist.
Gary Card: Very cool set designer.
George Manta: Visual designer, mostly band posters.
Hallogallo: Chicago-based Zine dedicated to DIY and experimental
music/design.
They have great interviews with
Mac DeMarco
and
Alan Jenkins.
Laura Woolf: An excellent still life stylist.
Max Löffler: Amazing illustrator and graphic designer.
Ryan Jenq: Great photographer.
🌐 Various:
ASCIICKER: A 3D game rendered in 2D made only with text. Use Q and E to rotate the camera.
ExternalTube: An early, read-only, YouTube archive/preservation project [made by my friend IdioticSniper] with a lot of lost, normal and rare videos scraped from the old YouTube CDNs. You can check the source code on GitHub.
LucasArts Posters - The Revenge: Spectacular super-detailed restorations of LucasArts box artworks. You can download the restorations on this Google Drive.
Piero Scaruffi's knowledge base: Greatest site of the Internet.
Privacy Tools: Provides knowledge, encryption, and software recommendations to protect you against global mass surveillance.
Spyware Watchdog: The goal of this website is to classify spyware programs, so that users can be more aware that they are installing spyware.
The McKenzie Tapes: A collection of live audio recordings from some of the New York City-area’s most prominent music venues of the 1980s and 1990s.
THX | Deep Note: It is the deeply resonant chord that plays at the start of any THX Certified performance.
Which Book?: Search for books by mood, emotion, character, and plot rather than title or author.
World's Largest Photo of New York City: High-resolution panorama shot of New York that has to be seen to be believed.
Webamp: Winamp 2 in your browser.
YouTube channels:
🎦 Art analysis:
- Archipel: Documentaries about Japanese artists and creators. Through a variety of videos ranging from portraits, interviews to longer-form documentaries, this channel aims at providing peeks in the universe of mangaka, illustrators, game creators, musicians (and more), in addition to insights on various aspects of Japanese culture.
- The Cinema Cartography: “Through our own diverse and accessible online content, we aspire to promote critical thinking and improve people's relationship with Art and the world around them.”
- Thomas Flight: “Exploring the artistry behind the visual media landscape that surround us.”
🎭 Entertainment:
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Brandon James Greer:
Fantastic pixel art artist who loves going into the technical
aspects and design choices behind pixel art construction.
Chek out “Remaking the Pokémon bedroom as Isometric Pixel Art” - buffcorrell: GREATEST SINGER, DANCER, AND FITNESS MODEL OF ALL TIME LETS GET IT
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Gawx Art:
A YouTuber and illustrator/cartoonist known for creating vibrant
doodles and characters with top-tier video editing.
Chek out “Designing My First Clothing Collection!” - Len Enders: Starting in the 80s, around age 15, Len (somewhat obsessively) began documenting his life and surroundings with photos, audio recordings and rented or borrowed VHS camcorders. He has a 20-minute video documenting a day in his life back in the '80s, and a 23-minute video showing his high school binder.
📝 Essays:
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f4mi:
[insert cool and original channel description here].
Some of my favorite videos of this channel are “Is your DAMN Wii CONNECTED to the INTERNET yet?” and “What (or who) is SMASNUG?”. -
Kid Leaves Stoop:
Videos about things we've seen but never paid attention to —
lost media and obscure topics.
Chek out “The Art of Ruining a DVD Collection (The Simpsons)” -
Posy:
A channel about anything... But usually something geeky or
nerdy.
Check out “VFD Displays” and “Mouse Cursor History (and why I made my own)” -
Jeffiot:
“I like to talk about things, spooky and otherwise. I also used
to make an ARG called 10tapes, along with various other
things”
Check out “no one knows who created skull trumpet (until now)”
🎵 Music:
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🗃️ Archives:
- Mike's Archive: Channel primarily dedicated to live music related to the PNW from the 1980s and 1990s. You will find videos of Sleater-Kinney, Richard Hell, Nirvana, Bikini Kill, Devo, and a lot more.
- ScottishTeeVee: An amazing channel created by a music video collector who, starting in 1983, started exchanging tapes all over the world. On his channel you will find interviews and live music videos of Nirvana, STP, Lou Reed, and a lot more.
- Sleonard Music Archives: Rare audio/video of rare performances from a variety of music groups.
- World Rockumentary Channel™: A music and skateboarding film archive, produced from 1988 thru 2005, in Los Angeles by Rock n Roll video journalist, skateboarder and Director Richard Alan White.
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🎤 Instrumentals & isolated tracks:
- CC Karaoke: An amazing channel for when you are looking for instrumental versions of your favorite songs. The channel owner uploads all instrumental versions to this MEGA folder. At the end of this Newsletter, you can read about how two previously unheard songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers were made available thanks to this channel.
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Deirdre:
Instrumentals, isolates and remixes of The Beatles, The
Doors, The Beach Boys and more...
Check out “The Beatles - Revolver (Full Album | Isolated Bass & Drums)” -
DLD2 Music!:
Lots of isolated tracks, mostly Beatles.
Check out “The three separate harmonies in Eleanor Rigby's intro” -
J K:
Songs, instrumentals, and isolated tracks from The Beatles.
Check out “The Beatles - Doctor Robert (Isolated Vocals) without any ADT effects.”
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🎶 Miscellaneous:
- Cam Forrester: Independent UK artist & multi-instrumentalist. Niche documentaries, insightful tutorials and eclectic original music. Cam has an hour-long video on Moe Tucker's drumming style, and various tutorials on how to play Velvet songs.
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🎹 Music production:
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asd:
Amazing videos about Ableton and sound design.
Check out “EXPONENTIAL RHYTHMS [1/5] Free Rate Arpeggiator” -
Dan Worrall:
Sound Engineer, producer, and maker of geeky plugin
tutorials. You may have seen tutorial videos he has made for
clients like FabFilter.
Check out “Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Tips & Tricks” -
In The Mix:
In The Mix is all about simplifying the recording,
production, mixing and mastering processes.
Check out “Mixing A Song Start To Finish: Can You Hear The Difference?” -
Made on Tape:
A channel that explores the limitations in music production
and preserves and shares music-making techniques.
Check out “VCR vs. Reel to Reel for Recording Music | Can you tell the difference?” -
Mario DiSanto:
Music. Recording. Engineering. Miscellaneous.
Check out “The COOLEST Tape Effect for Vocals || Psych FX” and “My Favorite Way to Record Electric Guitar” -
Mixing With Mike:
An online education website with live weekly classes that
teach the art of mixing and mastering based on 33 years of
professional engineering experience.
Check out “brainworx - bx_console SSL 4000 E&G - Mixing With Mike Plugin of the Week” -
Sol State:
Amazing music production tips. Expect videos on both the
creative and technical parts of music production.
Check out “Disclosure: Make EVERY Sound Come Alive (18 Tricks) [Doja Cat Remix]”
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asd:
Amazing videos about Ableton and sound design.
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💿 Rare records:
- Rare Music #2: A variety of rare records ready for you to listen to.
- RarestRecords: Rare prog/psych/folk/glam music (mainly from the 1960s and 1970s). Complete albums with photos of their artwork and obscure band photos, plus some unreleased recordings.
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🎼 Music theory:
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8-bit Music Theory:
Game music analysis videos. This channel can feel like a
college music course in itself, at times diving deep into
the mathematical language behind composition. Other times,
however, its videos simply praise well-written music and
help you to enjoy the work that went into its orchestration.
While the very occasional swear muddies this composition,
8-bit Music Theory offers a deep dive into the world of
video game music that just might get you tapping your foot
as you listen.
Check out “Nonfunctional Harmony in Chrono Trigger” - ixi music: An ambient IDM producer who breaks down the music theory behind (mostly) Nine Inch Nails songs, and does piano reinterpretations of his favorite songs. She has a 14-minute video analyzing NIN's March of the Pigs, a 48-minute analysis/breakdown of NIN's Closer, and a 27-minute video analyzing Massive Attack's Teardrop.
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Tyler Bartram:
Incredible analyzes of Frank Zappa's music.
Check out “A Breakdown Of Frank Zappa's "Montana" Interlude”
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8-bit Music Theory:
Game music analysis videos. This channel can feel like a
college music course in itself, at times diving deep into
the mathematical language behind composition. Other times,
however, its videos simply praise well-written music and
help you to enjoy the work that went into its orchestration.
While the very occasional swear muddies this composition,
8-bit Music Theory offers a deep dive into the world of
video game music that just might get you tapping your foot
as you listen.
📙 Tutorials:
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📷 Photoshop:
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Doron Studio:
A graphic designer based in Miami. Photoshop Specialist.
T-Shirt Activist.
Check out “STUNNING BITMAP EFFECTS TO ADD TO YOUR DESIGNS” -
PiXimperfect:
A free resource for learning Photoshop and Lightroom.
Check out “Match Color with 3 Major Clicks in Photoshop!” -
Texturelabs:
A channel dedicated to providing you the tools and
techniques to create professional-grade artwork and design.
With tutorials focusing on using Adobe Photoshop to create
dynamic typography and logo designs, I hope to provide
content that both beginners and advanced users of Photoshop
will find relevant.
Check out “Retro Halftone Effects in Photoshop!”
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Doron Studio:
A graphic designer based in Miami. Photoshop Specialist.
T-Shirt Activist.
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💻 Tech:
- Chris Titus Tech: An ex-IT director who quit his job to share the skills that he acquired over 20 years. He has developed an amazing tool for Windows that's meant to streamline installs, debloat with tweaks, troubleshoot with config, and fix Windows updates. He also uploads videos about creating custom ISOs, RSS and Shell commands.
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TroubleChute:
Useful tutorials, how-to guides and other things.
Check out “Ultimate Windows 11 Gaming Performance Optimization Guide”
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🎬 Video editing:
- Ben Marriott: A freelance motion designer, illustrator, polite person and dinosaur enthusiast based in Sydney.
- Hillier Smith: Break down videos on what makes good editing, pulling back the curtain on how editors make the choices to keep the audience engaged. His roster of clients includes Logan Paul, Sam & Colby, and many more that he's not allowed to talk about just yet.
- Taran Van Hemert: Tutorials about editing videos. Taran has a two-hour video on how to use AutoHotKeys, a one-and-a-half hour video on how to mix different frame rates, and the “world's most advanced video editing tutorial”, which is four hours long. He also worked for Linus Media Group for 8 years.
🎮 Videogames:
- Ahoy: Insightful gaming videos.
- DidYouKnowGaming:
- FunWithGuru: Videos aimed at showing you what's hidden in the cracks and crevices of your favorite video games and movies.
- LGR: Coverage of retro tech, PC gaming, and more! Typically three vids a month. 3 weeks on, 1 week off. Classic computers, Oddware, games, thrifting, Tech Tales, etc.
- Noclip Game History Archive: An archive of video game history digitized from physical media by Noclip. Check out on Archive.org.
- oddheader: A channel dedicated to investigating the latest and strangest mysteries and discoveries in video games, as well as delving into other random obscurities since 2018.
Subreddits:
r/opendirectories: Unprotected directories of pictures, videos, music, software and otherwise interesting files. A few examples of the content that you would find here: 25GB+ of high-quality sound effects; a collection of Jodorowsky/Moebius graphic novels; a collection of ~11K fonts; and over 100 High-Resolution movie posters.
r/DataHoarder: A sub that aims at bringing data hoarders together to share their passion with like-minded people. A few examples of the content that you would find here: Anna’s Archive: a search engine of shadow libraries; an app that scans every social media network for your username; and every issue of Nintendo Power, #001 through #285.
Want more?
If you are looking for more sites, I'll strongly suggest you to check out r/InternetIsBeautiful; they have lots of cool sites!