From Anthem to Cymbal: Three Months Can Change A Lot Tom Dillon July 24, 2015 Columns, Featured, News, Tech Hub Since I last spoke with the founders of the music-sharing app, Cymbal, a slew of things have changed: the app hit the app store; the team has gained funding, features, and personnel (Charlie Kaplan, the head...
Cymbal: Music Discovery Powered By Your Friends Tom Dillon March 16, 2015 Columns, Featured, Interview, Tech Hub Music discovery is desperately in need of simplification. In the quest to stay on the pulse of the best new music, we’ve created a formidable cycle of information overload that even the most dedicated of...
MusicTown Puts Meaningful Connections for Musicians Front and Center Tom Dillon November 18, 2014 Featured, Tech Hub In an increasingly interconnected world where the Internet has made physical distance an afterthought, there’s a curious dearth of ways for musicians to make meaningful connections. Musicians are often...
Groupmuse: Making Classical Music Young Again Matthew Crane July 17, 2014 Columns, Featured, Tech Hub There’s a common perception that classical music is dying among younger generations. It is so many movements removed from the zeitgeist that it has long been relegated to its own bubble outside of...
Together Boston 2014 Music-Tech Festival: Three Choice Workshops Tom Dillon May 12, 2014 Events, Featured, Festivals, News, Tech Hub It’s that time of year again – the Together Boston music-tech festival is back for its fifth year with enough programming (literally and figuratively) to do nothing but eat, sleep, dance, and spin decks...
Boston Music Tech Fest Part 4: The YouTube Montage is the Method Tom Dillon April 1, 2014 Events, Local Spotlight, News, Tech Hub This is part four of the Boston Music Tech Fest series. Check out parts one, two and three to learn more about Anthony de Ritis' Devolution, Aaron Einbond's nature-based sheet music and Daniel Adler-Golden's...
Boston Music Tech Fest Part 3: GroupTones Brings Musicians Together Tom Dillon March 30, 2014 Events, News, Tech Hub This is part 3 of the Boston Music Tech Fest series. Check out parts one and two to find out more about Anthony de Ritis' Devolution and Aaron Einbonds strange uses of nature samples. Daniel Adler-Golden...
Boston Music Tech Fest Part 2: The Sound of Glaciers Tom Dillon March 29, 2014 Events, Featured, News, Tech Hub 2 Comments This is part 2 of the Boston Music Tech Fest series. Check out part 1 to learn about Anthony de Ritis's meshing of classical and DJ-based music. Aaron Einbond (@einbond) – Harvard - CataRT Einbond's...
Boston Music Tech Fest Part 1: Anthony de Ritis’ Devolution Tom Dillon March 28, 2014 Local Spotlight, News, Tech Hub 3 Comments Over the previous weekend, the Boston Music Tech Fest took up residence at the Microsoft NERD center and showcased the incredible possibilities afforded by the intersection of technology and music. I was...
Moodsnap: Putting Intuition back into Music Discovery Tom Dillon December 18, 2013 Columns, Featured, Interview, Tech Hub Imagine for a moment that you've just woken up to a sunny day where the light is streaming through a window and glistening off freshly fallen snow in the forest behind you and you want to play some calming...