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Build it and they will come?

duanecharles — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:22:10 +0000

: ) 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.

Start ups…when you want it done right…Learn to DIY

duanecharles — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:03:45 +0000

I spent the last year and half overseeing new updates and designs for the independent artist network GiGHiVE. Over that span of time, I have dealt with various webmasters and programmers. We made some progress, and at times I was very happy with the results.

But in the end, the basic vision of the site never came to past and I was left with a site that wasn’t quite up to par. Close, but not close enough.

So this time, while I am working with a new programmer, I have been quietly acquiring a new set of skills; designing and building my own networking site. Giving a new meaning to the words Start up, DIY and saving money. It wasn’t easy, but it seems the more I tinker the easier it gets. So while I am still waiting to launch GiGHiVE (Which is very soon) I am personally designing some of it main sections along with my editor; which includes our new blog The Buzz.

So stayed tuned for the official launch of the network.

The Launch Of GiGHiVE Beta Delayed (Sucks) – :

duanecharles — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:57:58 +0000

Nov. 24, 2008… We were all set to go with the launch of gighive. We painstakingly went over all the details months prior and you can say we were confident and ready. So what happened. We failed! But the good news, as a new start up we learned a valuable lesson. As a team we are only as strong as our weakest link. So you can say we are in the process of replacing that link.

Follow the Journey… Duane Charles