Originally an independent recording artist David Gilden has been recognized --since the 1980's--by the music press and has successfully marketed his own recordings. (read more about his music background at this web site.) This was a result of him learning first hand about the creative aspects of advertising, including marketing, copy writing, and graphic design.
In winter 1995 I saw a presentation by a internet start-up offering artists a presence on the web for a fraction of the cost of traditional print media advertising. Upon returning from an annual trip to West Africa he made the commitment to get involved with this new to technology.
My first project was to create a site to market my personal recordings and promote my interest in West African Music. (see www.coraconnection.com) The required skills to create this web site were developed while working at Drive Inc. a small start up run by a friend who was a computer programmer, Macintosh evangelist first and musician second. Drive is home to one of largest Aviation sites on the web, landings.com.
Futher experience was gained through assignments from agencies like The Creative Group, MacTemps, Portfolio, personal free-lance projects and his original work experience at Drive Inc., Always learning, I am currently developing skills in mySQl, PERL and JavaScript.
I prefer to work with the Macintosh for its advanced graphics & HTML tools,
but I am at home with Windows and UNIX platforms.
Originally I started out working in electronic music, but with through 'Web' related work I have
expanded into the realm visual design and animation.
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Photoshop  |
Illustrator  |
Painter  |
DeBabelizer  |
BBEdit  |
Canvas  |
Dimensions  |
AppleScript  |
GifBuilder  |
Ray Dream  |