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Press from SF MusicTech X on February 13, 2012:


NBC Bay Area 2/17/12
The founder of the SF MusicTech Summit, Brian Zisk, talks about the 10th edition of the event.
TechCrunchTV
Keen On ... David Lowery: "How The Internet Is Shafting Musicians"
TechCrunchTV
Keen On ... Bob Weir: "Why MP3 Music Is An Assault On Your Nervous System"
The Next Web 2/15/12
The biggest problems facing the music industry? We ask SF Music Tech
Huffington Post 2/13/12
San Francisco MusicTech Summit Attempts To Save Rock And Roll
SF Weekly Blog 2/14/12
"New Technology Isn't Helping Musicians Make More Money"
Billboard.biz 2/14/12
Licensing Talk With TuneCore, BMI, SoundExchange Gets Fiery at SF MusicTech
SF Gate 2/14/12
Move Over Turntable.fm: "This App Will Give You Street Cred For Recommending Music"
Billboard.biz 2/15/12
Business Matters: Are Advances Hurting Digital Music?
Digital Music News 2/13/12
Study: A Majority of Musicians Are Making $0 from Streaming Platforms...
Information.Overpass Blog 2/16/12
SF Musictech
Techwave Blog 2/13/12
Music Hack Day & SF Music Tech Summit
Billboard.biz 2/13/12
Sleigh Bells Leads Bowery Presents' New YouTube Play at SF MusicTech
Brand Geek 2/14/12
A Trademark Lawyer's Look at the 10th SF MusicTech
Digital Music News 2/16/12
I'm an 'Unsuccessful' Artist. And Here's Why Things Have Never Been Better...
Hypebot 2/16/12
LyricFind CEO Darryl Ballantyne On Geographic & Digital Expansion
Hypebot 2/16/12
A Bright Future For Music Tech: Lessons Learned At SF MusicTech X
TechnologyTell 2/15/12
"There Are No Airbags in the Music Industry ..."
Controllerism 2/13/12
SF MusicTech Summit brings all the geeks together
GigaOM 2/15/12
The future of music is boring - and that's exciting!
BGR 2/14/12
BitTorrent inventor's new p2p tech could 'kill off television'
Pop17 2/14/12
How to Stand Out at a Tech Conference
ITVT 2/14/12
Interactive TV News Round-Up (II): BitTorrent, CBS, Bluefin Labs, Grammys
Digital Music News 2/14/12
This Is a UMG Executive Defending the Huge Upfront Licensing Fee...
TNW 2/13/12
Monstro creates playlists from music shared on Twitter
BerkleeGroove 2/16/12
Berklee visits the San Francisco MusicTech Summit
Digital Music News 2/15/12
75 Percent of Topspin's Sales Are Physical...
TechCrunchTV
Pomplamoose: How Nataly And Jack Are Reinventing The Music Business
TechCrunchTV
Gracenote: How To Make Data Pay In The Music Business"
TechCrunchTV
Keen On...Evan Lowenstein: Why You Can't Pirate Intimacy"
TechCrunchTV
Keen On...Ethan Kaplan: Why The Movie Industry Needs to Smash All Its Windows (TCTV)
BerkleeGroove 2/24/12
What the Roxy in LA can Teach Boston Venues About Being "Social"

Press from SF MusicTech IX on September 12, 2011:



"SF MusicTech Brings
Together VCs, Innovators

SF Intercom 9/13/11
SF Weekly Blog 9/13/11
"Will People Still Pay for
Songs in Five Years?"
Techdirt 09/13/11
"SF MusicTech: A New Hope"
Examiner 9/13/11
"Bob Weir at SF MusicTech Summit: TRI Takes Sight & Sound Beyond 'Furthur'
Spark Minute 09/12/11
"Roundup of 2011 SF MusicTech Summit New Technologies Showcase"
Hypebot 9/13/11
"7 Standout Startups From
SF MusicTech"
Digital Music News 9/12/11
"Robertson: Major Label Licensing Will Kill Your Startup"
SF Gate 9/11/11
SF MusicTech Summit Helps
Artists, Labels Catch Up
Music Ally 09/13/11
"Michael Robertson Advises Startups Against Seeking Major-Label Licences"
Digital Music News 9/12/11
"Who Announced What at
#SFMusicTech ..."
Mill Valley Patch 09/13/11
"Weir's Studio Hosts Slightly Stoopid Webcast"
SoundCtrl 9/16/11
"SF MusicTech 2011 Recap
Techdirt 9/19/11/11
"Getting Past Just 'Putting Radio On The Internet' - Killer Apps Come Next"
North 9/12/11
"SF Music Tech Panel: Lack of Disruption in Music Technology"

Press from the May 9, 2011 Summit:


Billboard.biz 5/9/11
"What's Next for Location Based
Music Apps"
The Washington Post 5/16/11
"Keen On...Will The Music Revolution Be Streamed?"
Digital Music News 5/9/11
"Universal Music Is Geeking Out on Open Source..."
Techdirt 5/10/11
"The Music Industry is Desperate for a Few Good Technologists"
Hypebot 5/9/11
"10 Smartest Startups At SF MusicTech"
Vator.tv 5/11/11
" "Official.fm raises $8 million for
DIY music"
North 5/9/11
"Disrupting the Music Industry"
Digital Music News 5/9/11
"Reality: People Typically Attend One Show a Year..."
The Next Web 5/12/11
Music Industry Changes: Out of the studio and onto YouTube
Rockol.it 5/10/11
"San Francisco Music Tech:
The Report of Rockol"
Hollywood Today 5/18/11
"Pharrell,Fergie & Buckingham Among Speakers at ASCAP Expo and SF MusicTech"
Hypebot 5/10/11
"Tools, Tech, Revenue, Recommendation, Live & The Cloud"
Read Write Web 5/10/11
"Music Hack Innovations:
Lockers and Pandora Style Services in 10 Lines of Code"
SF Weekly Blog 5/10/11
"How Do Listeners Want to Discover New Music?"
North 5/12/11
"Why does Pandora Exist"
NBC Bay Area 5/10/11
"Making Music?
Better Hop Online Quick"
Madalyn Sklar Blog 5/11/11
"This Weeks Cool Sh*t
from SF MusicTech"
sf intercom 5/12/11
"Indie Checklist: SoundExchange"

 

Press from the Summit on Dec. 6, 2010:


Huffington Post 12/07/10
"Artist Evan Lowenstein Helps Acts Monetize Performances with StageIt"
SF Weekly Blog 12/06/10
"Has Over-Tweeting Killed the Mystery Around Musicians?"
Thomson Reuters 12/7/10
"Social Music is the Next Wave, But Will Music Labels Play Along?"
CNET Reviews 12/06/10
"Gracenote Hints at CES Announcements"
SF Appeal 12/07/10
"Digital Music And Music Tech Roundup"
Music Ally 12/7/10
"Lawyers Warn about Facebook's Terms and Conditions"
HypeBot 12/7/10
"Highlights From SF MusicTech: Unify, Engage, Find Social Sweet Spot, Personalize & Monetize"
DMN 12/09/10
"Music Marketing: Is it Really Just Like Exercise?"
Billboard 12/8/10
"Has the Ship Sailed for Licensed Music Services?"
Billboard 12/8/10
"The Buzz @ SF MusicTech"
SF Critic 12/7/10
"2010 SF MusicTech"
Geek Fashion Week 12/7/10
"I thought I must be dreaming when..."
SF Appeal 12/06/10
"Videos, Panel Summaries, Follow-ups"
Hypebot 12/06/10
"Overheard at Today's SF MusicTech"
By Jonathan Baudanza
"Ashkon (Giants 'Don't Stop Believing' Sensation), and Anton Patzner (Judgment Day) Jam on Moldover's MiniMasher"

Press from the Last Summit on 5/17/10:


Washington Post 5/18/10
"Notes on the digital-music business: Things could be worse"
Mashable 5/18/10
"The Future of Musical Instruments"
Keyboard Magazine 5/17/10
"Editor's Blog"

 

The Bay Bridged 5/18/10
"'Genuine Ideas' at SF MusicTech"
The Examiner 5/20/10
"As MTV Moves Toward Reality, MusicTech Summit Conjures 'Rebirth of Video'"
Evolving Music 5/17/10
"SFMTS 6: Futuristic Instruments, Irrelevant Labels, and Ticketmaster Madness"

Spark Minute 5/17/10
"Roundup of SF MusicTech New Technology Demos"
ZDNet 5/17/10
"SF MusicTech: Mobile Fueling Growth and Complexity"
ZDNet5/17/10
"SF Music Tech: Future of Web Radio Teetering on Innovation and Monetization"
DMEC 5/18/10
"The Importance of Data Analytics for Music"
Billboard 5/19/10
"Business Matters"
SF Weekly Blog 05/18/10
"Record Labels Suing Everything Good into Oblivion"
Techdirt 5/18/10
"The Increasing Irrelevance of the Major Labels"
East Bay Express 5/18/10
"Ticketmaster Fees to Fall: SF MusicTech Summit Recap"
05/17/10
"10 Things I Learned at the SF MusicTech Summit"
sf-intercom 5/19/10
"A Survival Guide for Bands"

 

Press from the SF MusicTech Summit on 12/07/09:


Watch Clip
Summit featured on Tech Now! TV
Comcast On Demand
Watch Clip
Summit featured on NBC Bay Area News 12/7/09
Watch Clip
Summit featured on ABC News 12/7/09
SF Weekly 12/14/09
"Artists and tech geeks debated the future of the industry at SF MusicTech"
New York Times 12/11/09
"Pandora by the Dashboard Lights"
Evolving Music 12/14/09
"SFMT 5: Google Music, API Aficionados, and Pandorable Cars"
Wired Magazine 12/07/09
"Google Talks Music at SF MusicTech Summit"
Wired Magazine 12/08/09
"Geeks to Music Industry: APIs Can Set You Free"
Wired Magazine 12/08/09
"Guess What This iPhone Trombone App Is Called"
Techdirt 12/03/09
"Time For Musicians To Take Charge: Stop Waiting For Others To Fix The Music Business"
Techdirt 12/09/09
"Getting Past The 'But Artists Should Just Be Artists' Myth"
Techdirt 12/08/09
"Getting The Music Business Over The 'But We Must Sell Music' Hump"
GigaOM 12/08/09
"After Weak Exits In Digital Music, VCs Start Smaller"
PC Mag 12/09/09
"Pandora Aims for Free In-Car Music Streaming"
Hypebot 12/08/09
"Overheard at SF MusicTech"

Press from the SF MusicTech Summit on 5/18/09:



Summit featured on Tech Now TV
Available On Demand on Comcast
Watch Clip
Summit featured on NBC Bay Area News
Watch Clip
Scenes from the 5/18/09 Summit
CNET Reviews 05/19/09
"Takeaways from the SF MusicTech Summit"
New York Times 05/19/09
"How The Semantic Web Will Redefine Digital Music"
Washington Post 05/20/09
"Music-Industry Chatter Has Echoes For the News Business"
The Big Take Over 05/22/09
"SanFran MusicTech Summit (Review)"
Boothism Blog 05/18/09
"Music+Tech+Crumbling Industry - We're Not sure yet, but it's gonna be cool!"
Bub.blicio.us 05/21/09
"SF MusicTech Summit: Round 4"
UStrategy 05/18/09
"Brings together Music, Technology, and all Things in between"
ImageSpan Blog 05/20/09
"Capturing the Potential of New Media"
Got Game 05/20/09
"SanFran MusicTech Summit Recap"
zed equals zee 05/21/09
"SF MusicTech Summit Roundup"
Vineberg Blog 05/20/09
"Capturing the Potential of New Media"
Evolving Music 06/10/09
"Singalongs, Video Interviews, and Twitter Gossip"

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