Google Zero vs. Creators

There Is Another Way: Making Art Without Social Media

I hate social media, and I know you do too. As artists, we are being abused by social media platforms' billionaire, bunker-dwelling owners who shape, control, and monetize our art while giving nothing back. I've had enough of it. In this episode, I describe how I am refusing to use social media as the destination for my art. Instead, people will have to come to my website to see it. I am even putting extra effort into making it unshareable on social media. Why? Because I don't want deodorant ads running across my art while others monetize it. I am not even going to host my documentary series on YouTube because I have made a political decision not to host the videos on U.S.-owned platforms because they support the psychotic Trump government. As artists, we should stand up for our principles, improve the quality of our art, and protect it from tech-bro abuse and monetization. If my work becomes obscure because of this decision, that's fine, because I have never been happier about any decision in my life. TRIBE – Custom Made Sterling Silver Trophy Belt Buckles and Jewelry – Product of Canada https://tribe.ca [https://tribe.ca] Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom jewelry products from TRIBE. The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada. © and ℗ 2026 Alex Dordevic TRIBE is a registered trademark

Happy Canada Day 2026!

Canada's greatness lies in its nature. I am making you all honorary Canadians for the day. TRIBE – Custom Made Sterling Silver Trophy Belt Buckles and Jewelry – Product of Canada https://tribe.ca [https://tribe.ca]   Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom Canadian produced precious metal jewelry products from TRIBE. The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada. © and ℗ 2026 Alex Dordevic   TRIBE is a registered trademark

Getting Your Art Discovered on a Controlled Extractive Internet

You see it now, don’t you? How AI slop is filling up social media platforms and pushing out authentic or human generated content. How can artists survive and communicate with potential customers when Google won’t tell customers where we are? I’ve thought about this topic for a long time, decades really, and have no guaranteed answers that will work for you. But here is what I am trying to do, my strategy for tiptoeing around the platforms while connecting directly with the people who want to see my art. In spite of the website being declared dead because of Google Zero (no referral traffic), I will build a webpage for my content, just like we did in the early days of the Internet. This will be the place to find my art, my photography. Not on Instagram, not on tiktok, not YouTube, but rather on our top level domains tribemagazine.com and tribe.ca . I am not going to host videos on YouTube because I don’t want deodorant or bubble tea ads running in front of or interrupting my art. Instead, I'm creating a series of short form documentary films about the photography of the rave and house music scenes in Canada in the 1990s and they will live on our web page, not on a third party platform like YouTube or meta, or even Vimeo, which now has new owners I explain other strategies to avoid social media platforms and how to leverage AI scraping for your benefit. It’s crazy out there, and while this may sound like throwing spaghetti at a wall, it just might work. TRIBE – Custom Made Sterling Silver Trophy Belt Buckles and Jewelry – Product of Canadahttps://tribe.ca [https://tribe.ca]  Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom Canadian produced precious metal jewelry products from TRIBE.  The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada. © and ℗ 2026 Alex Dordevic   TRIBE is a registered trademark

Use Small Scale Sound Design To Improve Your Art

I've been using using synthesizers and audio recorders for the last 7 weeks to create mini audio soundtracks and sound effects for video productions and an upcoming monthly YouTube series on the birth of electronic music in Canada. In this show I talk about using audio design to boost and enhance your own art, whether at a gallery or on a youtube video. Sound design is an art too, and it doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. If you are a visual artist looking for ways to incorporate audio into your work this is the show for you. . TRIBE – Custom Made Sterling Silver Trophy Belt Buckles and Jewelry – Product of Canada https://tribe.ca [https://tribe.ca] Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom jewelry products from TRIBE. The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada. © and ℗ 2026 Alex Dordevic TRIBE is a registered trademark

Make Your Own Artist Colony - Helicon

Why artist colonies are important, how they form, why they move and change. I describe the very first artist colony, Helicon. I talk about modern artist colonies like Queen St. West in Toronto the 1980's and South Eastern Ontario in the late 2020's. I'm making small electronic music soundtrack audio pieces for my own YouTube video productions using camera shutter sounds (from a camera used to photograph DJs and ravers in the 2000's) using modern samplers and drum machines and it it totally fun :) TRIBE – Custom Made Sterling Silver Trophy Belt Buckles and Jewelry – Product of Canada https://tribe.ca [https://tribe.ca] Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom jewelry products from TRIBE. The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada. © and ℗ 2026 Alex Dordevic TRIBE is a registered trademark