Beneath the Surface of Music and Technology
Tickets Now On Sale!
Get your Super Early Bird Ticket before they disappear!
A limited number of discount tickets are available for a limited time. Get yours before they expire May 6 or when they sell out—whichever comes first!
Join the music innovators in Santa Monica, California in the beautiful beachside places attendees love including the Santa Monica Pier Carousel and the Annenberg Beach House!
Music Tectonics is unlike any other conference in music and tech. Top industry movers and shakers mingle with rising innovators and thought leaders. High-energy sessions explore nuances of the latest trends as well as innovations in the nuts and bolts of the music business.
The Creator Fair, launched in 2024, returns in 2025 on a new date and time.
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Early Adopting Partners
Are you ready to make a major impact in music tech? Help shape the conference experience with creative activations. Get involved now to have the best selection of benefits to meet your company's goals! Get the conversation started here.
SCENES FROM Music TEctonics CONFERENCES
Timeline
Apr 24 - Super Early Bird tickets on sale at $299!
May 6 - Early Bird tickets $349
Jun 25 - Swimming with Narwhals Startup Pitch Competition Kickoff
Online Event
Pitch Competition Applications open
Aug 8 - Pitch Competition Applications close
Aug 19 - Regular price tickets $399
Sep 11 - Preconference Event - Online
Oct 21 - Walkup rate tickets $499
November 4-6 — Music Tectonics Conference
Tu 11/4 — Santa Monica Pier Carousel
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Creator Fair
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Keynote
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Demos
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Opening Party
We 11/5 — Annenberg Beach House
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Keynote
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High-Energy Panels
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Exhibitors around the Pool
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Creative Activations
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Startup Pitch Competition Final Round
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Pool Party
Th 11/6 — Expert DOJO
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Startup day
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Networking & Meetings
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Investor & Startup Bootcamp
UPDATE: All Music Tectonics conference venues are safe and undamaged by wildfires.
Our hearts go out to all those affected by the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires. Find resources to get help and give help here.
Mark your calendars for Music Tectonics 2025! Music innovators will unite again November 4-6 in sunny Santa Monica, California for three days of connection, conversation, and getting business done.
Music Tectonics is known for conferences unlike any other in the music industry. Top industry movers and shakers mingle with rising innovators and thought leaders. High-energy sessions explore nuances of the latest trends as well as innovations in the nuts and bolts of the music business. Creative beachside venues encourage openness to new connections and ideas.
Expect a new spin on the Creator Fair introduced last year, with even more innovative musical instruments, influencers, and artists!
What Makes Music Tectonics Different
Music Tectonics was founded to explore the deep seismic shifts that keep the music industry unsettled. At the next annual conference in 2025, we'll delve into the consequences of these shifts and the new fault lines poised to change the industry yet again.
Music Tectonics unites music tech innovators across industry boundaries to share insights and get business done. The Music Tectonics team intentionally crafts experiences in unexpected beachside venues to foster openness to new ideas and new partnerships. The result is a conference and a community unlike any any other.
Music Tectonics is a community of innovators everywhere in the music ecosystem: startups, major labels, indie labels, AI pioneers, streaming services, distributors, social media platforms, investors, accelerators, legal experts, live event execs, gear makers, music software developers, consultants—in short, everyone who works where music and tech meet.
Meet Music Tectonics' Past Participants: Spotify, Bose, Pandora, YouTube, Google, TikTok, BeatSaber, Instagram, Facebook, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, BMG, Twitch, Reddit, TIDAL, Deezer, SoundCloud, Riot Games, Epic Games, Bandsintown, Raised In Space, Sony Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Plus Eight Equity Partners, Waverley Capital, Crush Ventures, Techstars Music, Roland, PioneerDJ, The MLC, TuneCore, Luminate, Rumblefish, Atlantic Records, Capitol Records, Concord Music, FUGA, 4AD, Secretly Canadian, Run the Jewels, Peloton, BandLab, BeatStars, Sonos, Seven20, Cameo, Patreon, AEG, Roblox, Audius, Pixelynx, Billboard, Forbes.
Who We Are
PR firm Rock Paper Scissors, Inc. explores the new terrain at the epicenter of music and technology through their PR and marketing services as well as the Music Tectonics Conference, podcast, online events, and in-person meetups.
Everything Music Tectonics does explores the seismic shifts that shake up music and technology the way the earth’s tectonic plates cause quakes and make mountains.
Past CONFERENCES
Click here to see schedules, speakers, sponsors and pitch competition winners of past conferences.