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# Standout Hacks from Music Hack Day Boston 2011
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/standout-hacks-from-music-hack-day-boston-2011/
- Published: 2011-11-14T11:08:39.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-14T11:08:39.000Z
- Description: Boston's Music Hack Day has come and gone with a bunch of interesting projects to show for the hackers' efforts. This was one of a number of ongoing Music Hack. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/11/standout-hacks-from-music-hack-day-boston-2011.html]
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****Boston's Music Hack Day has come and gone with a bunch of interesting projects to show for the hackers' efforts. This was one of a number of ongoing Music Hack Day events that were [founded by SoundCloud's Dave Haynes](https://www.hypebot.com/the-history-of-music-hack-day-how-it-evolved-interview/). Though not all of the resulting projects are available for use, those that are offer a good look at the possibilities that can result from a single day of hardcore programming with access to music resources.**

**[Music Hack Day Boston 2011](http://boston.musichackday.org/2011/?ref=hypebot.com)** involved [250 hackers](http://musicmachinery.com/2011/11/08/music-hack-day-boston-2011/?ref=hypebot.com) and resulted in [56 hacks](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Boston%5F2011%5FHacks&ref=hypebot.com) some of which have already received a bit of media attention.

- [Drinkify](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Drinkify&ref=hypebot.com) seems to be the most popular, judging from headline appearances. It's powered by The Echo Nest and Last.fm and features well-chosen [homepage](http://drinkify.org/?ref=hypebot.com) art. You tell it what music you're listening to and it tells you what to drink.
- [Bohemian Rhapsichord](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Bohemian%5FRhapsichord&ref=hypebot.com), a "web app that turns the song Bohemian Rhapsody into a musical instrument", has also received a bit of understandable attention.
- So too has [Spartify](http://www.spartify.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which helps pick Spotify songs for a party though I'm more intrigued by the 300-inspired graphic!

Not all hacks are readily available. For example, [Album Covers](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Album%5FCovers&ref=hypebot.com), which "smash\[es\] a song into tiny pieces using the Echonest API and then…use\[es\] the album cover art as a schematic for putting those pieces back together" currently only has a [demo wav file](http://rhydd.org/~daf/tmp/sleep.wav?ref=hypebot.com) but sounds like a potentially very cool web app.

**Others that caught my attention:**

- [Couch Tour](http://couchtour.heroku.com/?ref=hypebot.com) – "Couch Surfing for bands"
- [Hiptap.es](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Hiptap.es&ref=hypebot.com) – "Make your posters sing"
- [The Videolizer](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=The%5FVideolizer&ref=hypebot.com) – "Music visualizer that syncs dancing videos to any song"
- [ClipSwitch](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=ClipSwitch&ref=hypebot.com) – "A switch board with YouTube videos and sheet music to compare several performances of one score"
- [Songalogue](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Songalogue&ref=hypebot.com) – "Making songs talk to each other"
- [Snuggle](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Snuggle&ref=hypebot.com) – "Synchronize animated GIFs to jams of the future"

I'm sure you'll find favorites of your own on the **[complete list](http://wiki.musichackday.org/index.php?title=Boston%5F2011%5FHacks&ref=hypebot.com).**

Though I haven't checked them all, you'll notice that use of [The EchoNest's](http://the.echonest.com/?ref=hypebot.com) services occur over and over again. That's what happens when you open up your data for free experimentation. People make cool things and you become the center of the game.

**Also at Hypebot:** [2010 Music Hack Day Boston Winners](https://www.hypebot.com/winners-of-music-hack-day-boston/)

*Hypebot contributor *Clyde Smith* maintains his freelance writing hub at [Flux Research](http://www.fluxresearch.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and blogs at [All World Dance](http://www.allworlddance.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and [This Business of Blogging](http://www.thisbusinessofblogging.com/?ref=hypebot.com). To suggest topics for Hypebot, contact:*

clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com

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