Build it and they will come?
Sunday, September 12th, 2010: ) It seems I have been all over the internet the past couple years building my knowledge base, but never on my own blog where I should have been chronicling the events of my startup(gighive). Again, I admit I have failed miserably at staying on top of it, but at least I am trying.
It’s funny, when I started this movement I truly thought my idea was so innovative that I would be rich in less than a year and that gighive would soon be the alternative default for independent artists; finally unseating the current sites myspace/facebook. Hahahaha… Wishful thinking right! Al least now I have a better understanding of the word ‘execution’.
I really though it was, build it, and artists will come to support you no matter what. OK. I get it now….and with a much better understanding of how things work on the internet. And yes I am still plugging away at the movement I started three years ago. You can say for the past couple years I have been paying my dues the hard way.
I went from being a naïve indie musician/producer who new nothing about web technology, search and social media – to hiring programmers to build a network – to becoming a full time web designer/programmer who is currently coding and rebuilding an entire web application from the ground up.
It’s ironic how I created gighive to build a network of quality artists that I could depend on to become a better artist. Now at present, I have no time to work on my music. All my resources and time have gone into building the application and working with artist who are willing and able to make the movement a reality.
So stay tuned for more and we will finally find out if the world is ready for a independent artist site like gighive.