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SF MusicTech Summit Tackles Streaming, Artist Pay and More
The Bay Bridged
By: Carla Bova
October 23, 2017
 
 
San Francisco MusicTech Summit Showcases Instrument Innovation
October 25, 2016
By: Mark Niu
 
 
Unpacking The Hype: Four Takeaways From The 2016 SF MusicTech Summit
October 19, 2016
By: Cherie Hu

SF MusicTech Summit Drums Up Innovation
October 20, 2016
By: Keegan Pitz
 

What Happens at SF MusicTech Summit?
Patti Silverman on Music Marketing Strategies in the Digital Age
October 19, 2016
By: Monica Tong
 
SF MusicTech Names Winners of 2016 Startup Competition
September 29, 2016
By: Bruce Houghton
 

Four Lessons Every Music Maven Should Know From SF MusicTech Summit 2015
November 11, 2015
By: Zack O’Malley Greenburg

SF Music Tech Summit Tackles Algorithm-Based Curation, Blockchain’s Practicality & More
November 11, 2015
By: Adrienne Day

Moment of Truth: 8 Thoughts After SF MusicTech
November 13, 2015
By: Adrian Spinelli
 

Overheard @ SF MusicTech
November 16, 2015
By: Bruce Houghton
 
 
Where Music & Tech Converge
November 11, 2015
By: Sam Frank
 
Where’s The Cash For Musicians Today and Beyond?
December 2, 2014
By: Laura Schneider

Jukely Offers Unlimited Concerts for $25 a month
November 12, 2014
By: Sarah Buhr
TechCrunch

There’s a New Music Streaming Service That Promises Not to Screw Over Artists
By: Zach Sokol – Vice

Google Music Download Sales Miraculously Growing Despite Their Death Everywhere Else
November 11, 2014
By: Josh Constine, TechCrunch

Music Events vs. Fan Experiences | The Extra 10%
November 17, 2014
By: Laura Schneider
Hypebot

#SFMusicTech Summit | Recap & Remarks
November 12, 2014
By: Laura Schneider
Hypebot

Bandcamp to help musicians launch their own subscription services
November 11, 2014
By: Stuart Dredge
The Guardian

Event Recap: SF MusicTech Summit XVI
November 18, 2014
By: Rhonda Nicole
Soul Train

Future of Industry, Audio Quality Initiative Among Hot Topics at 16th SF MusicTech Summit
November 12, 2014
By: Glenn Molina, The DJ List

SoundHound Combines Music & Technology to Aid Music Fans
November 7, 2014
By: Glenn Molina
The DJ List

SF MusicTech Week Kicks Off, Leading to Tuesday’s 16th SF MusicTech Summit
November 7, 2014
By: Glenn Molina, The DJ List

Review: Highlights From SF Music Tech Summit
November 12, 2014
By: Zach Reisler
SF Station

 
Music Attorneys Grapple With Future of Copyright, Licenses, More at SF MusicTech
December 3, 2014
By: Chris Norton – Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law

SF MusicTech 16
November 17, 2014
By: Stefan Aronsen
SF Intercom

Nashville-based startup to be showcased at San Fran music-tech conference
November 10, 2014
By: E.J. Boyer, Nashville Business Journal

Knoxville entrepreneur’s Bandposters to present at the San Francisco Music Tech Summit
November 10, 2014
Knoxville News Sentinel

The Last Dance For SF MusicTech Romance
November 12, 2014
By: Josh Srago
Sound Reason

Invest In Yourself: Come To SF MusicTech
October 23, 2014
By: Josh Srago
Sound Reason

Review: Highlights From SF MusicTech Summit
By: Zach Reisler
The Scene is Dead – Blog

FEATURED PRESS FROM THE 15TH SF MUSICTECH SUMMIT ON 5/20/14:

Beats and SoundCloud rumors goose music tech confab
May 20, 2014
By: Marco della Cava
USA Today

Five Takeaways from the SF MusicTech Summit That Every Musician Should Know
May 22, 2014
By: Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Forbes

The Seven Coolest Things We Saw at SF MusicTech
May 21, 2014
BY: Alyssa Pereira
Alice 97.3

Five Things That Will Change The Way We Think About Radio and Technology
By: Alyssa Pereira
May 21, 2014
Alice 97.3

 
I ♥ SF MusicTech
By: Stefan Aronsen
May 28, 2014
SF INTERCOM

 
Three takeaways from the SF MusicTech Summit
May 29, 2014
By: Lindsay Kohler
Rock World Magazine

How Davids Can Work With Goliaths

By: Katie Carroll
May 27, 2014
The 405

Reasoned Recap: SF MusicTech Summit 15 – Part 1
Reasoned Recap: SF MusicTech Summit 15 – Part 2
May 27, 2014
By: Josh Srago
Sound Reason

SF MusicTech Summit bridges the gap between tech and music
May 21, 2014
By: Victor Valle
The Bay Bridged

 
SF’s Music Heavyweights Offer Advice to Up and Coming Bands
May 21, 2014
By: Alyssa pereira
Alice 97.3

As streaming replaces downloading, music revenue stagnates
May 22, 2014
By: John Shinal
USA Today

Interview: Katie McMahon talks about SoundHound’s future at SF MusicTech Summit
May 23, 2013
By: Kara Murphy
Examiner.com

Digital Services, Music Licensing, EDM Festivals Among Topics at SF MusicTech Summit
May 23, 2014
By: Glenn Molina
The DJ List

SF MusicTech Summit: Founder Brian Zisk Gives Conference Insights
May 4, 2014
By: Lindsay Kohler
Rock World Magazine

SF MusicTech 2014: Education yourself music peoples
May 30, 2014
BY: Cory Zechmann
Silence Nogood Blog

FEATURED PRESS FROM THE 14TH SF MUSICTECH SUMMIT ON 10/1/13:

Chance for Findings at Latest SF MusicTech Summit
The Huffington Post
October 9, 2013
By: David Hunt

Hackers show off Google Glass ‘instruments’ and ‘drumpants’
SFGate / San Francisco Chronicle
October 2, 2013
BY: Caleb Garling

SF Music Tech Summit: Digital Possibilities Abound, But “Good” Music Is Still Required
SF Weekly – All Shook Down Blog
October 2, 2013
BY: Gary Moskowitz

Talking Tech with Digital Super Nerd @TatWza of Hot97 & InFlexWeTrust.com
Liberty Madison Blog
October 4, 2013
By: #ThatTechGirl

The New Mix: Technology, Music & VCs
Legrand Network
October 6, 2013
By: Emmanuel Legrand

SF MusicTech Looks at Convergence of Technology and Music
SV411
October 3, 2013
By: Jennifer Elias

SF MusicTech Summit #14 focuses on women, specialization, monetization (Photos)
Examiner.com
October 2, 2013
By: Kara Murphy

Why Investors Aren’t Piling Into Music
Billboard Biz
October 2, 2013
By: Alex Pham

SF MusicTech Summit Slideshow
News Times
Syndicated Slideshow
October 2, 2013

The artist’s challenge: Making money from YouTube
The Daily Freeman
October 3, 2013
By: Heather Somerville

SF Music Tech: People Consume 10x More Music Than Sports, So Why Does Sports Make 6x the Cash?
Evolver.fm published by The Echo Nest
October 2, 2013
By: Eliot Van Buskirk

SF MusicTech returned on Tuesday for its fourteenth installment
The Bay Bridged
October 3, 2013
By: Alyssa Pereira

PlayMySongs: Play To The Music You Want While Lifting A Glass At Your Favorite Pub
Hypebot.com
October 4, 2013
By: Eliot Van Buskirk

SF MusicTech Event Plays Up Importance of Live Concerts
October 1, 2013
By: Heather Somerville

Oakland Hella Music Hack Day Names 3 Finalists
Hypebot
September 30, 2013
By: Bruce Houghton

Pandora Brings First-Ever Music Hackathon To Oakland
Silicon Beat
The Tech Blog of The Mercury News
September 24, 2013
BY: Heather Somerville

A DATA CENTER PROVIDER WALKS INTO A MUSIC CONFERENCE…
Datacenter Dynamics
September 25, 2013
BY: Yevgenly Sverdlik

FEATURED PRESS FROM THE 13TH SFMUSICTECH SUMMIT ON 5/28/13:

Roll Over, Beethoven: Three Management Lessons From The World’s Most Disrupted Industry
Forbes
May 13, 2013
By: Rob Ashghar

The Music Industry: On-demand touring
The Economist
June 12, 2013

SF Weekly: Best of 2013
SF MusicTech Summit “Best Music Biz Dog-and-Pony Show”
May 2013

Facebook, Twitter Execs Talk Music Apps at SF MusicTech Summit 2013
Billboard
May 28, 2013
By: David Downs

2013 Winners Of The SF MusicTech Summit Startup Showcase Challenge
Hypebot.com
June 6, 2013
By: Clyde Smith

#SFMusicTech XIII Roundup
Hypebot.com
By: Christopher Raeside
May 29, 2013

Twitter #Music’s Awful iTunes Rank Belies Its Success
Fast Company (Blog)
By: Tyler Hayes
May 31, 2013

SF MusicTech Summit @ Hotel Kabuki, SF 5/29/2013
The OWL Mag
By: Katie
May 29, 2013

A Teenage Girl Entrepreneur’s Journey to the SFMusicTech Summit – Part One: The Project
By: Sarah
May 30, 2013

Right Now: SF Musictech en Fuego
Digital Music News
May 28, 2013
Paul Resnikoff

SF MusicTech Summit 2013
Silence No Good
May 19, 2013
By: Cory Zechmann

FEATURED PRESS FROM THE 12TH SFMUSICTECH SUMMIT ON 2/19/13:

New Tune at SF MusicTech Summit
San Francisco Chronicle
February 20, 2013
By: Aidin Vaziri

Visionaries, gurus, and plain ol’ geeks get together for SF MusicTech Summit
February 19, 2013
KTVU.COM [VIDEO] BY: Evan Borders

Tech makes a picture worth a thousand songs
Examiner.com
February 20, 2013
By: Mark Albertson

Keen On… ShowGo.tv: Why Jazz Is Now Live On The Internet [VIDEO]
TechCrunch
March 7, 2013
By: Andrew Keene

Music Innovators Pitch Ideas in S.F.
SF GATE
February 19, 2013
By: Caleb Garling

SF MusicTech: Dead Kennedys’ East Bay Ray Lashes Out at Internet “Pimps”
SF Weekly
February 20, 2013
By: Ian S. Port

SFMusicTech Summit: Musicians and Geeks Search for Sustainable Business Models
February 21, 2013
ZDNet
By:Tom Foremski

Keen On… Rhapsody: How Streaming Is Radically Reinventing The Music Industry [VIDEO]
TechCrunch
March 6, 2013
By: Andrew Keene

The Industry Isn’t Good at Paying Artists. So I Invented ‘Copper…’
Digital Music News
February 22, 2013
By: Paul Resnikoff

The New Pop Charts Know How You Listen to Music
The Atlantic Wire
February 21, 2013
By: David Wagner

The Music You Love Could be Killing Your Productivity…
Digital Music News
February 26, 2013
By: Paul Resnikoff

#SFMusicTech 2013 Effectively Mixed Techies, Business People & Artists
Hypebot
February 21, 2013
By: Solveig Whittle

YouTube Has Forced 12,000 Musicians Out Of Work Says Dead Kennedys Guitarist
February 26, 2013
By: Monique Sebire

Recap of 2013 SF MusicTech Summit – Winter [VIDEO]
Boombotix Blog
February 25, 2013
By: skullyboom

The Dead Kennedy’s East Bay Ray Holds Court At #SFMusicTech 2013
Hypebot
February 22, 2013
By: Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

SF Music Tech: Surf And Artist Tools Update
The Official BitTorrent Blog
February 19, 2013
BY: BitTorrent

SF MusicTech Summit @ Hotel Kabuki, SF 2/19/13
The Owl Mag
February 28, 2013
By: Katie

SF Music Tech: The Challenge To Creative Sustainability
BitTorrent Blog
February 22, 2013
By: BitTorrent

5 Highlights from SF MusicTech Summit 2013
Mobile by Conduit Blog
February 28, 2013
By: James Heron

What’s the Best Way to Discover New Music
Tech Hive
February 19, 2013
By: Caitlin McGarry

The SF Music Tech, a Focus on Innovations For Online Music
Ina Global.fr
February 25, 2013
By: MAIA BOYÉ et MATTHIEU DARTIGUENAVE

FEATURED PRESS FROM THE 11TH SF MUSICTECH SUMMIT ON 10/9/12:

Automotive/Tech Companies Trying to Bring the Web to the Car
Forbes
October 18, 2012
BY: Phil Keys

Founder Tim Westergren Says Some Musicians Earn Up To $3 Million A Year From Pandora
TechCrunch
October 9, 2012
BY: Josh Constine

Kim Dotcom’s Lawyer:
There Has Been a Trail of Illegality
GigaOM
October 9, 2012
BY: Janko Roettgers

INTERVIEW WITH COORDINATOR BRIAN ZISK
Gotta Dance Dirty (GDD Tech)
October 7, 2012
BY: Kevin Michael O’Connell

Bringing Music & Tech Together To Move Things Forward Productively
Techdirt
October 8, 2012
BY: Mike Masnick

Data Is The New Hustle” – Is The Music Business Getting Any Fairer?
Hypebot
October 16, 2012
BY: Hisham Dahud

BAMM.tv launches iPad app to encourage music discovery and artist payments
The Next Web
October 9, 2012
BY: Anna Heim

Today’s Gathering of the Music Apps
Noise: SFBay Guardian Music Blog
October 9, 2012
BY: George McIntire

How ice, isolation, and poverty will save the music industry
VentureBeat
October 9, 2012
BY: Rebecca Grant

Tim Westergren: Some Artists Make Over $2 Million with Pandora
GigaOM
October 9, 2012
BY: Janko Roettgers

SF MusicTech Summit: Big Predictions, Blanket Dismissals, and Lots of Bad Words
SF Weekly Blog
October 10, 2012
By: Ian S. Port

Show Me The Money:
Conference Tackles Urgent and Perpetual Issue For Musicians
Turnstyle
October 10, 2012
BY: Nishat Kurwa

HACKER STORIES: FINDING PLAYGROUND.FM AT #SFMUSICTECH
Geekli.st
October 9, 2012
BY: Christian Sanz

Overheard at SF MusicTech XI & Watch the Artist Tools Panel
Hypebot
October 9, 2012
BY: Hisham Dahud

SF MusicTech
Local Music Vibe
October 12, 2012
BY: Whitney Nichole

5 Takeaways from SF MusicTech
blog.songbirdnest.com
October 12, 2012
BY: Eric Wittman

Data is the New Hustle and Other Highlights from SF MusicTech XI
The Official BitTorrent Blog
October 11, 2012
BY: Kara Murphy

In The Office: SF MusicTech 2012
TechHive
October 13, 2012
BY:Carlos Rodela

Tonara: Digital Sheet Music That Actually Listens To You Play
Hypebot
October 11, 2012
BY: Hisham Dahud

Business Matters: The Truth About Pandora’s Payments to Artists
Billboard.biz
October 10, 2012
BY: Glenn Peoples

Brandvangelism: SF MusicTech Where Music Culture and Commerce Converge
Brand Geek
October 17, 2012
BY: Lara Pearson

Too Many Tools? Artist Tools and Fan Engagement (SF MusicTech)
SF MusicTech Summit Recap
402 Productions
October 15 & 17, 2012
BY: nickwan

Brainstorming the Billion Dollar Venture Opportunity in Music
peHUB
October 9, 2012
by: Mark Boslet

The 11th SF MusicTech Summit
Midifan
(Chinese Language publication)
By: Xiang Cao

Bringing Artists & Entrepreneurs Together To Help Each Other
October 17, 2012
By: Mike Masnick

SF MusicTech Summit 2012 Highlights – How to Get Your Music Heard Online!
Dubspot
October 18, 2012
BY: John von Seggern

Zoe Keating, Cellist Who Exposed Her Musical Finances, Talks Music Making, Distribution [Interview]
Create Digital Music (blog)
December 6, 2012
By: Matt Earp

FEATURED PRESS FROM THE 10TH SF MUSICTECH SUMMIT ON 2/13/12: