Panelpicker Season: Vote for Music and Tech at SXSW 2025
Eleanor Rust Eleanor Rust

Panelpicker Season: Vote for Music and Tech at SXSW 2025

SXSW has opened community voting for the 2025 event! Each year the number of amazing proposals grows. To help you zero in on the most intriguing sessions in the Music & Tech and Music Industry tracks, the Rock Paper Scissors team has put together a list of our favorite music tech & innovation meetups, presentations, and panels.

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Rock Paper Scanner: Curated Music Innovation News in Your Inbox
About RPS Dmitri Vietze About RPS Dmitri Vietze

Rock Paper Scanner: Curated Music Innovation News in Your Inbox

The Rock Paper Scissors team is always tracking top-level music innovation trends. Rock Paper Scissors clients get my weekly Rock Paper Scanner newsletter, a hand-selected, trendspotting collection of music industry news, including industry revenue directions, investments and acquisitions, and more. Read on to get just a taste of what clients see: the weekly newsletter also includes investment, acquisition, and partnership news!

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What I'm Expecting in 2023
Music Tech Dmitri Vietze Music Tech Dmitri Vietze

What I'm Expecting in 2023

It's the time of year when commentators and analysts are telling you what to think about 2022 and what to expect in 2023. Me, I'm thinking about Pendulum Man. What does a fridge magnet have to do with the future? I think of Pendulum Man as a great metaphor for how to think about The Market. The initial spin of Pendulum Man looks like all our limbs are subject to The Economy, things out of our immediate control.

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Rock Paper Scanner: Curated Trendspotting
About RPS Dmitri Vietze About RPS Dmitri Vietze

Rock Paper Scanner: Curated Trendspotting

The Rock Paper Scissors team is always tracking top-level music innovation trends. Rock Paper Scissors clients get my weekly Rock Paper Scanner newsletter, a hand-selected, trendspotting collection of music industry news, including industry revenue directions, investments and acquisitions, and more. Read on to get just a taste of what clients see: the weekly newsletter also includes investment, acquisition, and partnership news!

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