NASHVILLE |DT: JULY 12, 2013
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/MSO
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BEATPORT PRESENTS
DENVER MUSIC HACK DAY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DENVER POST
UNDERGROUND MUSIC SHOWCASE
JULY 20 AND 21
Denver’s own digital music powerhouse BEATPORT presents the first-ever Denver Music Hack Day Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21 as an official event of the Denver Post Underground Music Showcase, a four-day music festival which happens Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21. Music Hack Day is an international series where programmers, developers, designers and artists come together to conceptualize, build and demo the future of music. Designed to bring together the local tech community with the global digital music scene, music services such as BEATPORT, Spotify, SoundCloud, Bitcount, Rdio, The Echo Nest and others from across the country will open their APIs to participants who then use the technology to create whatever they can come up with all day, night, and into the next day again.
For more information, log on to: http://denver.musichackday.org.
The Denver Music Hack Day will showcase both the Denver and Boulder area’s thriving talent and is designed to put Denver on the radar of the national digital music industry. Around 100 hackers are expected at Hack Day held at Denver’s Galvanize—a newly launched startup community gathering place and co-working establishment—located at 1062 Delaware St, Denver, CO 80204.
Attending hackers will have free range to develop a variety of software, hardware, mobile, web, instruments and art—anything goes as long as it’s music related. Music Hack Day is an opportunity to share ideas, network, promote APIs and other technology and many attendees have gotten jobs after impressing companies with their coding talent. BEATPORT in fact hired a key employee after a past San Francisco-based Music Hack Day. API’s will open first thing in the morning of the first day; hackers will spend all day creating and demos will be presented the afternoon of the second day.
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http://denver.musichackday.org
About BEATPORT:
Beatport is the world’s leading online provider of music, tools and resources customized for the unique needs and demands of DJs. Available in more than 230 countries, our flagship digital music service features high-definition dance tracks—from the latest exclusives to deep catalogue cuts—by the world’s top and emerging artists. As a result, our sales charts serve as the industry barometer for what tracks are currently jumping in the clubs before crossing over into the mainstream.
The Beatport platform also offers tools to help DJs manage their careers, promote their productions and performances, and connect with the largest community of qualified fans on the planet.
Founded in 2004, Beatport is based in Denver, CO, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin and Tokyo.
For more information on BEATPORT, check out:
www.beatport.com
www.facebook.com/beatport
www.twitter.com/beatport
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For more information on BEATPORT, contact:
MSO 818 380 0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
