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The sixth edition of Wallifornia MusicTech packs La Grand Poste
From 5 to 7 July, the sixth edition of the Wallifornia MusicTech Summit took place in the splendid setting of La Grand Poste in Liège (Belgium). The Summit started on the evening of 5 July with a party on the rooftop
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And the winner is…
The Wallifornia MusicTech Programme aims to support promising international music tech start-ups by helping them better understand how the music tech industry and the VC world operate. Twelve international start-ups were selected to take part in our nine-week Acceleration Programme, which
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Who’s on Board?
Connecting, gathering, bringing different perspectives together – these are our key priorities. To achieve this, we need to develop a global view. As we don’t know everything that’s happening in the world, we have called on the services of contacts
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Wallifornia MusicTech x Sacem Lab
As part of its Open Innovation strategy, Sacem Lab brings together experts and start-ups to meet the needs of its artists better. In particular, it communicates with players in the music tech ecosystem to develop collaborations and bring solutions from
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Win-Win(amp)
The name Winamp is music to the ears of music lovers everywhere. The iconic media player, released in 1997, is back on track. Owned by AOL from 1999 to 2013, it is now the property of the Belgian group Targetspot.
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Welcome (drink) to the Wallifornia MUSIC & INNOVATION Summit 2022
After two years confined to the virtual realm, the sixth Wallifornia MUSIC & INNOVATION Summit opened yesterday evening in an informal, relaxed atmosphere on the rooftop of La Grand Poste in Liège (Belgium). The digital revolution has transformed the way we all consume
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Reveel, the one-stop app for creatives who just want to create
If only music was just about creating and performing… Sadly, every creative that has ever decided to cross the Rubicon and to release their own music knows only too well how time consuming it can be to deal with administrative
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Terrible *: Merchandise Products straight from the Artists with Love
Is there anything better than listening to the song you fell in love to, while enjoying a Latte Macchiato in a mug branded by the artist who wrote it? Or maybe attending a concert and going home with a comfy
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NFT’s: A tool to recalibrate the past, present and future of the music industry
You’re probably thinking to yourself “oh lord, not another NFT article” and honestly, we feel the same. Before sitting down to write this, we’ve read dozens of articles and watched hours of videos to get a full understanding of NFT’s
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AI Song Contest 2021: May the best win
38 teams from across the world have been collaborating with AI in an effort to create the ultimate song. It is now the time for you to decide who the winner should be. Put on your headphones and immerse yourself
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Wallifornia story: How the Wallifornia acceleration program Helped Remetrik land among the (Tech)stars
A week ago, we were happy to learn from Christopher Edmonds that Remetrik (Wallifornia Acceleration Program, Class of 2020) was selected to join the “Techstars Music 2021” program. An incredible journey that would have been “much less likely” without joining
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A wonderful new world: how virtual reality breaks the musical ceiling
They are developers, artists, creatives or gig manager. They are music lovers and tech enthusiasts. They all swear that there is nothing like a live concert surrounded by friends nursing a lukewarm beer, but they also believe that the experience
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The Sound of the Future: How Music Experts see Tomorrow’s Music Industry
For a generation that experienced the switch from analog tapes to MP3 players and from minidiscs to online streaming, there is no doubt that the music industry underwent deep transformations over the past decades. Years of change initiated by the
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Tomorrowland Around the World: welcome to DreamVille 2.0
Often hailed as one of the world’s best music events by the music industry, Tomorrowland has acquired a legendary status among festivalgoers around the world. A popularity that normally ensures a worldwide ticket rush and hundreds of thousands of attendees
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Merrie Melodies: Secret Chord Laboratories builds an oracle into the minds of music listeners
Secret Chord Laboratories, Wallifornia ‘Start-Up of the Year’ 2020, is a music-tech gem at the crossroads between neuroscience, artificial intelligence and music enjoyment. Its mission: to identify how to select the perfect song for a wide range of industries, applications,
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Michel Duchateau: fostering ideas through hackathons
Expert of Agile methodologies, Michel Duchateau is Chief Innovation Officer & Partner at Convidencia, a Brussels based company specialized in collective intelligence. He is also the author of many publications on how to run a hackathon. Facilitator of the Wallifornia
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Tim Bran: in for the kill
His name might not sound familiar, but behind-the-scene hero Tim Bran’s resumé reads like the tracklist of a ‘best of’ album. From household names such as London Grammar, Birdy or La Roux to up-and-comers, he has put his many skills
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Matthieu Dallon: The Gamer Turned Investor
President and founder of Trust Esport, the first E-Sport fund in France and the second in Europe, Matthieu Dallon is above all a gamer from the outset, who has succeeded in making his passion a vocation. From the LANs that
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ShadooW. Profession : E-Sportif
Vous ne connaissez peut-être pas encore Quentin Vande Wattyne, mais dans le petit monde du E-Sport, où il se fait appeler ShadooW, il est une vraie star. Mais ne le cherchez pas sur une pelouse, car c’est à l’écran, manette
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Wallifornia policy on COVID-19
As you all know, things have been pretty chaotic for the entertainment industry (and the world) lately. From rescheduled festivals to emptied music venues, at Wallifornia MusicTech, we would like to express our sympathy to all those suffering around the
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Interview with Ryan Maule from SOCAN
We had a very interesting talk with Ryan Maule from SOCAN, the Canadian royalty collection society which is very active in the tech side of the music industry. SOCAN has been involved with SXSW and their hackathon in the past,
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Interview with: Sarasara
We had the pleasure of chatting to Sarasara, an international touring artist, also very passionate about technology and experienced in Hackathons ! We discussed the concept of a hackathon, the creativity and experimentation involved and how an Artist can have
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Hackathon : How to design a seamless and safer user journey for and with event attendees?
Open Minds & Experts Wanted! Wallifornia MusicTech is glad to host an IDEATION challenge dedicated to INNOVATION IN EVENT SAFETY. During WALLIFORNIA MUSICTECH HACKATHON starting on July 2nd in Liège, we will have the change to bring together groups of forward-looking cross-sectorial
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Our Conference program is here !
On the 3rd of July, the cream of the crop of the music industry is gathering in Liège for a unique conference day that takes place as part of the Wallifornia MusicTech. Organized at the sumptuous Theater of Liège, the
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Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon – An awesome experience ! by Tom Brückner
As a hackathon addict and music tech enthusiast, I couldn’t resist the invitation to participate in the music-related Wallifornia Music Tech Hackathon in Liège, Belgium. This unique hackathon is tightly coupled to the Les Ardentes music festival, an annual event
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Conversation with Gianfranco Ceccolini, founder of MOD devices
We had a quick chat with Gianfranco Ceccolini, the founder of MOD devices, about his previous experiences at the Wallifornia MusicTech and general thoughts on music-tech. The company came away with our grand prize at the Pitch competition back in
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Questions to Paul O’Brien, CEO of Mediatech Ventures
CEO of MediaTech Ventures, Paul O’Brien (aka SEO’Brien) is an old dog from the Silicon Valley. Born and raised in the startup-culture and the digital era, Paul built his first website in the ‘90s and was featured in the book
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Acceleration Program 2019 batch : here are the 15 selected start-ups !
It's time to announce the name of the startups which will participate to our acceleration program, in partnership with Universal Music Group. This year, we have the pleasure to welcome startups from all around the globe. We hope that all
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Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon 2018 Winners and Believe Digital Incubator
After winning the 2018 Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon, the Sonarsic team was invited to a one day incubator session at the Believe Digital offices in Paris as part of their prize. The Belgium-based team traveled to Paris in September 2018 and
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Wallifornia is in less than 50 days. New speakers announced !
We have launched our very first newsletter containing everything you need to know and all updates on the Wallifornia MusicTech 2019! We have some very exciting news in the form of the first wave of speakers to announce to you!
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Les Ardentes : showcase your start-up in our Wallifornia Park !
Whether you are looking for funding, talent, customers, media exposure or mentoring, Wallifornia offers a unique opportunity to reach the global audience and engage with the MusicTech community. As a music-tech conference, we are looking at how we can put
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Who can take part in the 24h Hackathon and why you should be part of it?
The 2nd of July will be a special day! During 24 hours, you’ll have a mission : imagine the future of music’s industry. Anyone that has a deep passion for programming and new technologies is welcome to take part in
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The Wallifornia MusicTech Investor’s summit: help shape the future of the music industry
Only open to investors, the "Investors summit" will take place on the 4th of July. This unique and private event is designed to discuss key points in the fast moving world of MusicTech. Through concrete panels, participants will hear about
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Why startups should take part in Wallifornia MusicTech ?
Wallifornia MusicTech truly encourages all the MusicTech’s startups to participate in the event! Whether you are looking for funding, talents, customers, media exposure or mentoring, Wallifornia offers a unique chance to reach a global audience and engage with the MusicTech
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Acceleration Program (Leansquare x The Universal Music Group Accelerator Network)
Be part of the first MusicTech start-up program in Belgium ! Organized by Leansquare, a VC fund based in Liège, this program aims to support the most promising international musictech start-ups. 10 start-ups will be selected to be part of the program.
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Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon: how technology impacts live experiences
Brave hackers, are you ready for some intense coding? Our Hackathon is coming ! Coders, artists, developers, companies that need creatives to use your API and build something innovative for the music industry alongside artists and industry mentors, come join us! This
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The second edition of Wallifornia Music Tech sets the Ardentes festival on fire (ENG)
The second edition of Wallifornia MusicTech closed its doors with the pride to have achieved its goals: increase the content quality and its number of international participants. On one side, the famous festival of urban music Les Ardentes settled in
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Le Wallifornia MusicTech 2018 embrase les Ardentes (FR)
Dear Walliforners, La deuxième édition du Wallifornia MusicTech ferme ses portes avec la fierté d’avoir atteint ses objectifs : augmenter la qualité du contenu et le nombre de participants tant nationaux qu’internationaux. D’un côté, l’illustre festival de musiques urbaines Les Ardentes annonçait
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Start-up competition at Wallifornia MusicTech 2018: The winner is…
More than 35 start-ups have been chosen to participate in our « Start-up Garden » to showcase the ultimate innovations of the field. During the week, 15 start-ups participated in our acceleration program. We are delighted to announce the laureates of
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Investor Summit: a promising moment for music business
This Wednesday, LeanSquare was hosting the “investor summit” segment of Wallifornia Music Tech. More than thirty investors and ecosystems actors of the music world, coming from Belgium, but also from the USA, Israel, Scandinavia, Canada, … converged to Liège to
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10 start-up selected for WMT Acceleration Program 2018
Our acceleration program has its 10 Laureates ! The program will start in Liège before the convention [27th june – 6th July] ! Congratulations to all of them! The lucky 10 laureates will be receiving 10 days of coaching in Liège (Belgium) with
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Open calls for Wallifornia MusicTech 2018
BE PART OF WALLIFORNIA MUSICTECH 2018! All activities / Tickets / Contact ABOUT WALLIFORNIA MUSICTECH Wallifornia MusicTech is a conference that gathers, each year, the international musictech industry, on the same week and the same place than Urban Music Festival Les Ardentes (80.000 festival-goers). Wallifornia MusicTech aims to promote music and
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AGENDA – What’s new?!
Workshops, performances, talks,
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1st Wallifornia MusicTech Festival (Belgium) has been a success
AUGUST 9th, Liège, Belgium The first edition of the Belgian « Wallifornia MusicTech » Festival has been a great success. Launched in march, this new initiative was aimed to create a Musictech hub and to foster new experiences in the field of
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Les onze start-up sélectionnées pour le programme d’accélération MusicTech
Durant le programme d’accélération MusicTech organisé dans le cadre du Wallifornia MusicTech, 11 startup internationales seront en résidence chez LeanSquare pour 5 jours de masterclass, workshop et rencontres professionnels avec des experts du secteur de l’industrie musicale. Voici les start-up
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Call for 38 MusicTech Start-up for Wallifornia MusicTech
Are you launching a start-up in the creative industry and more specifically in MusicTech? Are you dreaming of meeting other cutting-edge start-up in the MusicTech? Of presenting your project in front of a panel of investors? Of exchanging with high-level
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Appel à projet – Wallifornia MusicTech est à la recherche de 38 start-up
Vous lancez une start-up active dans l’industrie créative et plus précisément les MusicTech ? Vous rêvez de rencontrer les start-up à la pointe du secteur ? De présenter votre projet devant des investisseurs internationaux reconnus ? D’échanger avec des mentors
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Appel à projets artistiques – Wallifornia MusicTech 2017
Dans le cadre du vaste programme Wallifornia MusicTech développé par Les Ardentes, Le Kikk Festival, Le projet Impact et l’ASBL Gotoro et dans le cadre de la 11ième édition du festival, nous mettons également en place une zone 100 %
The sixth edition of Wallifornia MusicTech packs La Grand Poste
From 5 to 7 July, the sixth edition of the Wallifornia MusicTech Summit took place in the splendid setting of La Grand Poste in Liège (Belgium). The Summit started on the evening of 5
And the winner is…
The Wallifornia MusicTech Programme aims to support promising international music tech start-ups by helping them better understand how the music tech industry and the VC world operate. Twelve international start-ups were selected to take
Who’s on Board?
Connecting, gathering, bringing different perspectives together – these are our key priorities. To achieve this, we need to develop a global view. As we don’t know everything that’s happening in the world, we
Wallifornia MusicTech x Sacem Lab
As part of its Open Innovation strategy, Sacem Lab brings together experts and start-ups to meet the needs of its artists better. In particular, it communicates with players in the music tech ecosystem
Win-Win(amp)
The name Winamp is music to the ears of music lovers everywhere. The iconic media player, released in 1997, is back on track. Owned by AOL from 1999 to 2013, it is now
Welcome (drink) to the Wallifornia MUSIC & INNOVATION Summit 2022
After two years confined to the virtual realm, the sixth Wallifornia MUSIC & INNOVATION Summit opened yesterday evening in an informal, relaxed atmosphere on the rooftop of La Grand Poste in Liège (Belgium). The digital revolution
Reveel, the one-stop app for creatives who just want to create
If only music was just about creating and performing… Sadly, every creative that has ever decided to cross the Rubicon and to release their own music knows only too well how time consuming
Terrible *: Merchandise Products straight from the Artists with Love
Is there anything better than listening to the song you fell in love to, while enjoying a Latte Macchiato in a mug branded by the artist who wrote it? Or maybe attending a