Music at JavaOne
Some music highlights from JavaOne 2007:
- 'Real' bumper music - In previous years, the music at the keynotes was canned, non-commercial music. The type of music you could buy a license for and play forever. I can still remember the trombone solo in one of the frequently played tracks. This year, they played 'real' music - that is, commercial music - songs by OK Go, U2 w. Mary J. Blige, songs that most people would recognize . Same for the tech sessions - the real music was nice. I did notice on the keynote webcasts, that I've watched, they've replaced the commercial music with the canned music, sigh ... such is the state of music licensing on the web.
- DJ Anon - The openining session started with electronic music by DJ Anon - the music set a good vibe for the day.
- Tech Sessions - There were only two tech session directly related to music: a talk on the fascinating jFugue, and my talk on Search Inside the Music.
- Mini music bof - A
bunch of us that have an interest in music and Java went out for dinner
one evening. Next year, we should have a real BOF around music
and Java.
- School of Rock - one of the music
highlights of JavaOne was during the walk back to the hotel one
evening. There was a stage set up in the middle of Union Square,
and a bunch of kids were playing music. I stopped and
watched 3 bands play - these kids were remarkable - playing some
extremely difficult songs (like Zappa). The kids were from the
School Of Rock. Awesome stuff.