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What is a Music Hack Day?
24 hours
(over a weekend)
programmers, designers, artists
everyone starts from scratch
build prototypes for “the future of music”
websites, mobile apps, instruments




  music consumption, discovery,
        analysis, creation
Bakgrunn
MidiSyncer
Sync any track on your iPhone to Midi
Ukurere
3 iPhones + Ductape = 1 Ukulele
Why do people do this?
socialize




learn               build
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/7189036915/




creating is fun

                                                      build
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/7189036915/




actions speak louder
than words
                                                      build
socialize




learn               build
workshops

learn
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/5801481550/




        teach each other

learn
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/4956279349/




        learning by doing

learn
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/4956279349/




        try new stuff

learn
socialize




learn               build
socialize




meet like-minded people
socialize




http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/5044855904




get to know them through their works
socialize




learn               build
Music Hack Day
25 Music Hack Days since 2009
number estimations




over 3000 participants
over 1000 hacks
over 100 companies involved
organized by volunteers
financed by sponsors
free for attendees
no rights claimed
October 27/28th 2012
Reykajvík University
80 hackers
27 hacks
11 sponsoring companies

1.3 million ISK / 8000 € budget

Organized voluntarily by Andie, Johan & Karl
build a global community
Why do Music Hack Days exist now?
“Software is eating the world”
                      Marc Andreessen
Tools are available for rapid creation


               APIs
            Freemium
           Open Source
          Open Hardware
From idea to working prototype
        in a weekend
Example: Setting up a website on the internet

          2007: several hours to days
          2012: under an hour
Fast creation

 ➔ Trial and Error

    ➔ Build better things
1. Current technology enables fast prototyping
1. Current technology enables fast prototyping


2. Music Hack Days are a place for experimenting with
music technology and you are invited to participate
1. Current technology enables fast prototyping


2. Music Hack Days are a place for experimenting with
music technology and you are invited to participate



Slides are online at
www.freenerd.de/yaic

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