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Seismic Activity

Where the Music Tech Community Connects Online

Seismic Activity is a series of free-to-attend networking, community-building, open mics, and demos of new tools on a monthly cycle. Stay tuned for updates on our 2025 schedule: sign up for our mailing list!

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Upcoming Events

Seismic Activity Online Events will return after the Music Tectonics Conference, November 4-6, 2025.

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Past Events

Music Tectonics' online pre-conference forecasts the next wave of industry change

with Mark Mulligan of MIDiA Research and up-and-coming startups

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 10 AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM UK

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Schedule

"Crossroads: streaming's time to choose" keynote by Mark Mulligan, MIDiA Research

10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM UK

Streaming is now the establishment and industry attention has shifted from rapid, market changing innovation to optimization. But now is exactly the time for rewriting the rules of the game. Fault lines are beginning to show, not just with DSPs but the ecosystems that surround them. Individually, each challenge could be seen as tolerable market ‘glitches’ but together they add up to a sector ripe for change. If that change doesn’t happen then Bifurcation will arrive faster and bigger.

Swimming with Narwhals Pitch Competition Semi-finals

10:45 AM PT / 1:45 PM ET / 6:45 PM UK

Ten cutting edge startups will pitch for a spot in the final round: