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# 6 Standout Apps From SF Music Hack Day
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/6-standout-apps-from-sf-music-hack-day/
- Published: 2011-05-19T09:50:43.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-19T09:50:43.000Z
- Description: This guest post comes from Eliot Van Buskirk, a longtime technology writer for Evolver.fm, CNET, Wired and other publications, two-time book author, and frequent guest on NPR and other media. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/05/6-standout-apps-from-sf-music-hack-day.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![image from evolver.fm](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2014e8887ce12970d-200wi "image from evolver.fm")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2014e8887ce12970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

This guest post comes from **Eliot Van Buskirk**, a longtime technology writer for **[Evolver.fm](http://www.evolver.fm/?ref=hypebot.com)**, CNET, Wired and other publications, two-time book author, and frequent guest on NPR and other media outlet who believes that [apps are the future of music](http://evolver.fm/about/?ref=hypebot.com).

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**Music Hack Day**, where app developers and hardware gurus gather to build functional music “hacks” that often incorporate technologies from a variety of companies by mashing up [their APIs](http://blog.extension.fm/post/5190093152/echo-nest-exfm?ref=hypebot.com), arrived in tech mecca **San Francisco** earlier this month, much to the delight of anyone who is interested in clever music stuff.

All told, San Francisco Music Hack Day was a slightly more subdued affair than [the New York City event](http://evolver.fm/2011/02/14/music-hack-day-nyc-winners-invisible-instruments-crowdsourced-djs-and-more/?ref=hypebot.com) held in February –- but that didn’t preclude a ton of great hacks from coming out of the two-day event.

As in New York, hacks were largely based on the APIs presented to the crowd, with Rdio, Soundcloud, and The Echo Nest ([publisher](http://evolver.fm/about/?ref=hypebot.com) of Evolver.fm) being three of the most popular.

All 55 hacks presented were cool in their own way; we chose six to highlight that stood out from the rest.

- **[HeartBeatMatch](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/heartbeatmatch-introduces-soulmates-with-music-taste-location/?ref=hypebot.com)**[ Introduces Soulmates with Music Taste, Location](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/heartbeatmatch-introduces-soulmates-with-music-taste-location/?ref=hypebot.com)
- **[Crowdjuke ](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/crowdjuke-taps-facebook-to-create-perfect-party-playlists/?ref=hypebot.com)**[Taps Facebook To Create Perfect Party Playlists](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/crowdjuke-taps-facebook-to-create-perfect-party-playlists/?ref=hypebot.com)
- **[Songsicle ](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/songsicle-unites-music-hack-day-attendees-with-their-mothers/?ref=hypebot.com)**[Unites Music Hack Day Attendees With Their Mothers](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/songsicle-unites-music-hack-day-attendees-with-their-mothers/?ref=hypebot.com)
- **[The Buy Button:](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/the-buy-button-search-multiple-stores-for-music/?ref=hypebot.com)**[ Search Multiple Stores for Music](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/the-buy-button-search-multiple-stores-for-music/?ref=hypebot.com)
- **[Bipolar Radio: ](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/bipolar-radio-like-a-mood-steerable-pandora/?ref=hypebot.com)**[Like a Mood-Steerable Pandora](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/bipolar-radio-like-a-mood-steerable-pandora/?ref=hypebot.com)
- **[SoundRain](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/soundrain-makes-it-rain-for-artists-sells-music-on-soundcloud/?ref=hypebot.com)**[ ‘Makes It Rain’ for Artists, Sells Music on SoundCloud](http://evolver.fm/2011/05/17/soundrain-makes-it-rain-for-artists-sells-music-on-soundcloud/?ref=hypebot.com)

*Photo courtesy of Flickr/[Thomas Bonte](http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasbonte/?ref=hypebot.com)*