Some weeks have passed without any notice but a lot has changed. We did our own little re-branding with a new logo and we have been talking to a lot of people who we would like to see on stage. Also, we are now officially hosting a Music Hack Day (on the same day). If you want to be part of Music & Bits as an attendee or a developer , please register here and start spreading the word…!

The first speakers we can confirm are:

- Justin Ouellette from Muxtape. Wired described his service quite accurate: ‘Muxtape, a simple tool for uploading and sharing MP3 mixes with a cassette theme, emerged seemingly out of nowhere to give us a great way to share mixes online in the simplest way possible’. While the API is still under construction, Justin will explain the role of design and music on the web. Also, hopefully we learn a little bit more about what the new Muxtape will look like in the future.

- Brian Whitman, founder and CTO of The Echo Nest. ‘The Echo Nest is a company that’s bringing machine listening to Web 2.0′, according to TechCrunch. We can wholeheartedly agree so we are happy to invite Brian over to Amsterdam to have a talk about this service. Either if you are a fan, a musician or a developer, Brian’s talk on music data, search and synthesis will be interesting for everyone. What can data do for you? A note for developers: Brian will also be supporting the Music Hack Day track.

- RjDj. There will be at least (but maybe more) two people from RjDj who will be having a talk and joining the conversation at Music & Bits. If you don’t know why we are so excited to welcome RjDj, make sure you check out their iPhone app and the unique music experience they want to create here. It will be interesting to see what RjDj brings to the Music & Bits conference, but chances are big it will be mind-blowing, like always.

A big thanks to Dave Haynes from Soundcloud, who will be moderating the Music Hack Day in Amsterdam and thanks for everyone else who is helping us to make this a great event. More speakers will be announced very soon and we hope to fill a nice goody bag for you too. At the moment, we are still in the search of some small sponsors who can help us compensate for the costs we make, so please contact us about that if you can help us.

By the way, if you are in or around Berlin this week, check out the Berlin Music Hack Day. Hope to see you there and don’t forget to REGISTER for Music & Bits Amsterdam first…! haha