Gum Monkey is a place where people and companies in the music industry can create profiles so others can find them via specific filters. I like to think of it as a search engine focused on the music industry: musicians, producers, venues, record labels, radio stations, mixing engineers, studios, and many more!
How it all started
The idea for this project started more than 10 years ago. I tried many times to work on it by myself using different tools, then even tried working with other developers, but things never really took off like I expected.
Now, in 2025, with my knowledge of programming along with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok, I am finally able to work on it without having to depend on other people to help me build it or to believe in it the way I do.
So a few days ago, I decided to work on a very basic version of it—a version that has all the essential tools to make it work and gather profiles.
Why did I build it?
As a musician and music producer myself, I found myself looking for something like this over and over again throughout the years. A place where I could easily find people and companies to get in touch with or just research, based on my needs. If I want to find record labels that release music in a specific genre, I don’t want to spend hours on Google going through hundreds of pages and links, for example. The same applies to other areas, such as musicians, studios, venues, etc.
Social media has made it easier to connect with people, but using hashtags to find them is a bit of a nightmare, with so many posts using tags just to get attention—often having nothing to do with the hashtags they use.
Having a place like Gum Monkey, where everyone in the music industry can simply create a profile and attach the right categories and subcategories, makes it a lot easier for everyone and will hopefully strengthen the music industry, which seems to be very broken at the moment.
I truly believe tools like this make it easier for everyone to create stronger ties and connections, build stronger teams, and find the right people and companies with a click of a button.
I have many goals for it (over 10 years of ideas!), far beyond the simplistic version you see now. Stay tuned!