Nerds Ditch Grammys for New York’s First Music Hackday
With more references to Justin Bieber than a Valentine’s day party at an all-girls Canadian middle school, Music Hackday rolled into New York City this past weekend. Event organizers John Britton and Dave Haynes noted this had been the biggest Music Hack Day yet, with 72 demos. Hundreds of hackers showed up and a waiting list of hopefuls swelled to 300. Hacks included invisible iPhone instruments, Kinect hacks, web-based sequencers and SMS valentines day tributes.
Hundreds of devs and tech cognoscenti made the event a win for the burgeoning tech scene in New York as well as event host, General Assembly - Music Hackday marked the first public event of New York’s latest, plushest tech coworking space. Sponsorship even had some local flavor with equipment and prizes offered by beloved Mac shop Tekserve, as well as startups ExFM, Hunch and Boxee.
