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Music Technology Hackathon · Boston: what the room made visible

A weekend music-technology hackathon in Boston (June 2026) where artists, builders, and researchers prototype new tools for listening, archiving, and creative memory — documented live as it happens.

The room found its thesis

I do not want the recap to flatten what happened. I want it to leave the edges in.

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Less recap, more room

I do not want the recap to flatten what happened. I want it to leave the edges in.

Less recap, more room
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Live Listening Metadata Tool screen

A mock listening room where timestamps, reactions, stems, and contributor notes attach to moments in a track.

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Live Listening Metadata Tool screen

A mock listening room where timestamps, reactions, stems, and contributor notes attach to moments in a track.

Live Listening Metadata Tool screen
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Whiteboard: memory map sketch

A photo from the corner wall: arrows between lyrics, demos, contributors, and timestamps.

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Whiteboard: memory map sketch

A photo from the corner wall: arrows between lyrics, demos, contributors, and timestamps.

Whiteboard: memory map sketch
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The archive as an instrument

The room is making more than demos. It is making context, and that context is usually the first thing we lose.

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The archive as an instrument

The room is making more than demos. It is making context, and that context is usually the first thing we lose.

The archive as an instrument
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