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Hackathon

SF MusicTech Hackathon

Congratulations to Hackathon Winners!

1st Place: Play Along

2nd Place: Legitimify

3rd Place: Crowd Remix

Best use of MOD Devices: Face Mod

Best use of Cloudinary: Play Along

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The weekend before the SF MusicTech Summit, get ready for 24 hours of straight action as hackers, innovators, tech specialists, artists, makers and coders use and share their knowledge to develop the new, innovative solutions in the MusicTech industry. Participants will join forces to address a focus area in MusicTech with the aim of developing an overnight unicorn and compete for prizes under the supervision of experts.

When:

October 14 + 15
1pm Saturday to 4pm Sunday

Where:

Upload SF, 1535 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Challenges:

Music VR/AR/XR, Music AI, music blockchain and cryptocurrencies

Our Esteemed Judges:

John Acquiaviva, Plus Eight Equity Partners
Ryan Walsh, Floodgate
Lance Coleman, IV the Love
Tiff Zhong, Gen Z whisperer
Jess Erickson, Facebook
Anne Ward, Upload, Inc.
Michael Drexler, Warner Music Group
David Lowry, Hydric Media

Developers in Residence:

Todd Tate, SF MusicTech
Chase Farmer, Apple/Beats Music
Shelita Burke, Musician / Developer

How to Register:

Registration is free, but you must apply here to receive an invitation to participate. This is an exclusive event for developers only (no spectators) as we have limited space.

API Partners / Sponsoring:

If you are interested in being an API Partner or sponsor, please view the Sponsorship Opportunities

Prizes:

Overall prizes
1st Place
SXSW – Music Badges plus automatic acceptance to SXSW Hackathon
Native Instruments – Reaktor 6 licenses for winner

2nd Place
Even – Even Headphones for winning team

3rd Place
Sonos – Two Play:1s

All 3 winners
SF MusicTech Summit – Free passes to 3 winning teams to present onstage at SF MusicTechSummit Oct. 17

API Prizes
• MOD Devices – Mod duos. Best use of MOD.
• Cloudinary – 1-year Cloudinary Plus plan ($1,068 value) award to the hack team that makes the best use of the Cloudinary API.
• Warner/ Songkick – U-Turn Audio Orbit Plus Turntable – Best use of Songkick API
• Musimap and Leansquare – Wallifornia MusicTech + Les Ardentes tickets. Guaranteed acceptance to the WMT Hackathon for winning team + Meeting with chairman during – Best use of Musimap

Production Team:

The SF MusicTech Hackathon is being produced by Travis Laurendine of SXSW Hackathon / Outside Hacks, and Luann Williams of the SXSW Hackathon in partnership with International Music HackDay, the SF MusicTech Summit production team, and more!

SF Music Hack Day 2014 Photos by Ching-Wei Chen.

Sponsored by:

  Cloudinary
MOD Devices
Musimap
Native Instruments
LeanSquare

CONTACT

Brian Zisk’s email:

brian@sfmusictech.com

Mailing Address:

3701 Sacramento Street,
#462, San Francisco, CA 94118

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