5 Years of Music Hack Day

Started in 2009 by Dave Haynes and James Darling, Music Hack Day has become the gold standard of music technology events. Having grown to a worldwide, monthly event that has seen over 3500 music hacks created in over 20 cities the event is still going great guns. But, what impact has this event had on the music industry and it's connection with technology? This talk looks back at the first 5 years of Music Hack Day, from it's origins to becoming something more important and difficult to control than it's 'adhocracy' beginnings. Have these events really impacted the industry in a positive way or have the last 5 years simply seen a maturing attitude towards technologies place in the music industry? We'll look at the successes, the hacks that blew people's minds and what influence so many events with such as passionate audience have had on changing the relationship between music and tech.