The 10th SF MusicTech Summit
Hotel Kabuki
1625 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Monday, February 13, 2012
9:00am - 6pm + Cocktail Parties!



The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment.


Photos by: Michael O'Donnell @ ZatPhoto
& Jesse Lara @ Znaggle.me
Pre-Summit Party!
Yoshi's Sake Lounge
1330 Fillmore Street, 5pm - 7pm
Registered Attendees only
Sponsored by: Google, YouTube, Engine Advocacy

 

Featured Events:


SF Music Hack Day
Sat. Feb 11 + Sun. Feb 12
All Weekend
Location: Tokbox, (Soma) 115 Stillman, San Francisco
sf.musichackday.org/2012


 

Chinese New Year Parade & Treasure Hunt
Saturday Feb 11, 6:00 pm - 8:00pm
Location: Chinatown in Downtown San Francisco
www.chineseparade.com
Chinese Treasure Hunt


 

The 54th Grammy Awards
Sunday, Feb. 12, 8pm/7c on CBS
www.grammy.com


 

SF Music Startup Academy presented by Digital Music.org
Tues. Feb 14, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Rdio Headquarters, 1550 Bryant Street, San Francisco
http://sf-musicstartupacademy.eventbrite.com
Use Discount code "msa-sfmt" for 20% off registration price!


 

Women 2.0 Pitch Conference & Competition
Tuesday Feb 14, 8am -6pm
Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View
www.women2.org/conference2012


 

How to Make Money Off Your Music - Jeff Price & Jamie Purpora - Tuesday Feb. 14, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Pyramind, 832 Folsom Street, San Francisco
www.pyramind.com.


 

Musi2k & Music Startup Academy Cocktail Reception
Tues. Feb. 14, 6:00pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Eve Lounge, 575 Howard St (between 1st and 2nd St)
http://musi2kstartupacademy.eventbrite.com/


 

T-Shirt Design Contest ...

Design a T-Shirt for the SF MusicTech Summit and win $500. Hosted by Creative Allies. Deadline February 3rd. More info: http://creativeallies.com/contests


Featured press from the last Summit ...



"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"

J Sider, CEO - RootMusic - Interview 9/5/11


J Sider Interviewed by Brian Zisk by sfmusictech


Listen. All panel recordings from past Summits are online now!


Check it out. Certificate of Honor from the Mayor!


 

 


 


Exclusive Interviews by
Andrew Keen of "Keen On"
TechCrunchTV on 05/09/11...
Emblem Music Group
Matt Serletic
Owner
10:17
Atom Digital
Jaunique Sealey
EVP Business Development
10:26

 

Incubus
Brandon Boyd, Lead Singer
Mike Einziger, Guitarist
12:16
MOG
David Hyman
Founder, CEO
3 parts
Gowalla
Jonathan Carroll
Music + Community Manager
7:01
StageIt
Evan Lowenstein
Founder & CEO
10:05
BMI
Richard Conlon
SVP, Corporate Strategy
Communications & New Media
Special thanks to BAMM.tv for providing production assistance
at the Summit for these
TechCrunchTV videos.


Backstage at SF MusicTech - Exclusive Videos from December 2010!


Backstage Videos by BAMM.tv!
Interviews by Chris Hansen
Topspin Media, Ian Rogers
Ian discusses the delicate relationship between music/tech start-ups and major labels.

 

Facebook, Meredith Chin
Meredith discusses the future of multimedia third party apps on Facebook's social media platform and provides tips for musicians.
TAG Strategic, Ted Cohen
Cohen discusses the music industry's evolution away from physical formats and toward access-based business models.

 

 

 

Video Couresty of Jolie O'Dell
Mashable
Video Courtesy of
BAMM.TV

Watch Clip
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
See more videos ...

 

Testimonials:


"The best music and technology conference."
- Pete Cashmore, Mashable


"It really was the most optimistic "music" related event I've ever been to."
- Mike Masnick, Techdirt


"Best music conference ever, it can't come soon enough!"
- Lee Martin, SoundCloud


"An incredible group of people and lots of thoughtful discussions."
- Tom Conrad, Pandora CTO


"This was a great conference. Really nicely done."
- Lucas Gonze, Creator of XSPF & Yahoo! Media Player


"Another absolutely fantastic event. Already looking forward to the next one."
- Brenden Mulligan, Onesheet


"The best music tech conference by far."
-Mike More, Headliner.fm


"Thank you for coordinating and managing a top notch event once again."
- Chris Hansen, BAMM.TV


"You guys put on the best event in music tech, period."
- Ross d'Avignon, Consultant, Digital Media & Entertainment


"I feel like I'm at a coachella concert...not a business conference."
- Hany Nada, GGV Capital


"The mayor should give you both [Brian & Shoshana Zisk] a key to the city for the entrepreneurship you are stimulating in SF with SF Music Tech and Future of Money and Technology - you two are individually and communally a stimulus package!"
- Carolyn Gerin, Anti-Bride Productions, Inc., President / Destination I Do Magazine, Senior Editor


"This was truly one of the best conferences I've ever been too."
- Tamara Conniff, Founder T-Star Media, TheComet.com


"Congratulations on yet another amazing event. You throw a great show, THE must-attend event in the industry. Congratulations once again Brian!"
- Brian Felson, CD Baby/DiscMakers


"This is the best conference I've ever been to that I didn't produce."
- Ted Cohen, TAG Strategic


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