The Next #AperoMusicTech @ Le Dandy: Thursday, February 13th

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Now that everyone has had a chance to settle back into the year properly, we are pleased to announce the next #AperoMusicTech on Thursday, February 13th. The event is celebrating the 2nd Anniversary Party for our good friends and trendy music blog Do You Like That Song? who will be lining up a few different artists to play at the event including WEKEED! It promises to be a great time, we can’t wait to see you there! 

Awesome Party Organized by Simplib, Hosted at Deezer: Featuring Some Great Music Start Ups

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Last night was nothing short of an excellent occasion. The brand new platform Simplib, which is a way for people to share cool websites (like Whyd!) that they find with their friends, organized a warm and exciting event at Deezer Headquarters in the middle of Paris. 

The idea was simple, showcase cool music start ups, and bring us all together to show what we do to interested people, journalists, and potential partners. Along with Whyd were our good buddies Evergig, who have seen some major success in 2013 through revolutionizing the concert going experience. We also got to meet and chat with some extremely cool dudes at 22Tracks, one of the best sources for new music around. 

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There were masterful cocktails, great beer, a cool show, jam sessions, innovative presentations, more stickers than you could attach to your body, and a brilliant vibe that kept running well after the event was supposed to be over. 

To the organizers at Simplib, thank you so much for your hard work, organization, and for inviting us to be a part of this. To Deezer, you guys are awesome, we love your enthusiasm and it was great to be in the nest. To all of the Whyd cats who came down to chill with us, thank you!! If you can’t tell, we are still buzzing with the energy. 

Looking forward to more of those types of events! 

A Huge Opportunity for Man Is Not A Bird, and THEY NEED YOUR HELP

Hello everyone! Hope you had a nice weekend, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Paris, with the Whyd team and our buddies coming together to give thanks for everything that we are lucky enough to have. One thing that we are very lucky to have are great friends and co-workers, who have become big parts of our lives. One of those people, Adrien, the man who makes everything at Whyd possible, needs our help! 

As you surely know, Adrien is the drummer for the post-rock group Man Is Not A Bird (MINAB), who have been buzzing lately around northern France after their tour last week in Angers, Strasbourg, and Paris. They are playing a concert on Wednesday (December 4) here in Paris at Batofar, and it is very important that you are all there

The organizer of the concert is also organizing a concert of MINAB’s favorite group: And So I Watch You From Afar, in the spring 2014 here in Paris. He said that if we can get a big group together, Man Is Not A Bird might be able to open for And So I Watch You From Afar! It would be a dream come true, a completion of the cycle of creation and inspiration, and would be the type of story that everyone wants to see. This week, we can make that happen. 

So go to this link: http://www.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Pop-rock-Folk-DADS—-MAN-IS-NOT-A-BIRD—JEAN-JEAN-BFD04.htm and reserve your places today. If there is ONE concert that you are going to attend, please make it this one. The music is excellent, the venue perfectly suited, and the possibilities are powerful. Let’s do it! 

#AperoMusicTech #4: DJ Line Up For Tomorrow Night

Once upon a time, the dudes at Whyd had a little idea. Bring together artists, DJs, bloggers, curators, journalists, entrepreneurs, and music lovers to meet and mingle. It was the idea from which #AperoMusicTech was born. As we all remember from the video below, it was a great time at Workshop Paris. 

This time around the event is co-sponsored by the fun dudes behind the super-trendy Le Blog Des Pépites Musicales, The site features five different playlist to match different moods and situations, and it is continuously updated with some of the coolest new music being produced around the world. 

Tomorrow, we will meet for the 4th event, and just like the first time, it will be held at Workshop (which has developed into a very exciting and bumping location to go out in the deep center of Paris) and the music will be provided by none others than the guys that were with us that day in February: R∆D∆R! and the Brooklyn Bitches duo. What does that mean for your ears? It means nu-disco and electro-pop until your heart bursts with joy. Can’t wait to hear the music? Check out the mix that Brooklyn Bitches put together last week when they rocked the house at Workshop. 

#AperoMusicTech #4 Goes Live on Thursday Night!

Lot of fun events happening in Paris this weekend and next week, the crown jewel being the lovely get-together that has become the #AperoMusicTech event series. The fourth installment, taking place Thursday evening at WorkShop starting at 19hr30, will feature a few of Whyd's staple DJs: the Brooklyn Bitches tandem and R∆D∆R! spinning their signature blends of nu disco — the performances are not to be missed!

The event is being co-sponsored by another one of the Whyd faithful, the playlist music blog BPM (Blog des Pépites Musicales) and for the first time, we will be giving out stickers to the 50 people who come to the event first with special instructions that you will find out about only if you are lucky enough to get a sticker. So come, and get there as soon as you can! 

Never stop jamming! 

#AperoMusicTech #3: The Afro-Electro Waves of Mawimbi

One week to go until the Fête de la Rentrée #AperoMusicTech #3 happening on September 4th at the venerable Point Éphémère. As usual, music is the focus, and we are very excited about the collective of DJs that will be playing for all of us. 

You all know SSCK, the artist collaborating with Whyd buddies Sweet Electronic Music Lovers, since it was his track “Eyelids" that served as the music for our introductory video. You all also know ALT, the winner of the One One Six playlist contest, and music editor of good friends Beware! They’ve recently partnered with a third duo - Pouvoir Magique - to create the Mawimbi Collective, a tribal afro-electro movement based here in Paris. 

The three of them will be spinning all night, starting at 19:30. Judging from how they brought down the house at their last performance at Wanderlust, we cant wait to listen to their sea of waves. And we’re working on something fun to go along with it that we will announce tomorrow. 

Take a listen to some of the music on the Mawimbi Whyd stream including their two “Round-ups” in a series that they just started.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!  

Apero Music Tech #3: Fête de la Rentrée

Are you busy tanning yourself in the sunshine? Enjoying the outdoors and the smell of the world that is not chokingly polluted? Or are you stuck behind a desk, working away while half of your office is not there? Either way, there is something we can all agree on: nothing is worse than the end of the summer time. 

But it’s OK, seriously it’s OK. Because just as everyone starts to get back, we’re getting everyone together for a big party at the worldly Pointe Éphémère on the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin. The last Apero Music Tech was held here at the end of April, and what a party it was. 

The next one is Wednesday, September 4th, starting after work and going until we get kicked out. There will be DJs, there will be beer, there will be fun, it will be just the thing to kick those end of summer blues.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Here is the link to the Facebook event too

Make A Wish: Whyd @slottLAB

This evening from 17-19hr Whyd will be on display for the guests at the Make A Wish event at Slott Lab Paris alongside Boite Concept (makers of the amazing audio desk that we use all the time) and Homecore, an innovative, inspiring clothing line. We’re honored to be amongst such esteemed company! 

If you are around Paris this evening, come on down to see us! It’s a couple of steps from the Arts et Metiers metro stop in the 2nd arrondissement. It would be a pleasure to see you!

RSVP required: please check the Facebook note for details.

MaMA Event: Paris Oct 25/26

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Music and technology meet in many different ways, from the services designed to help specific niches, to the grand scale social platforms for music lovers (us!). For the next two days here in Paris, MaMA will hold conferences, concerts, debates, and more all revolving around the music tech business. 

Whyd will be pitching our idea and platform during the Digital Services Pitch Session on Friday, October 26th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. If you will be attending MaMA, we would love to meet you in person, so definitely come find us. We assure you the conversation will be interesting.