"As much as I detest the expression, it goes without saying that music lives at Hack Day and dies in the sinking coffin that is every major label (including those that are finally, reluctantly employing these technologies). But if you need further evidence, consider that SoundCloud and Echo Nest are hiring like mad, while the last three A&Rs who tried to sign your band are squeegeeing soiled stalls at Peep World. Meanwhile, the geniuses they once called thieves spent Saturday night at Echo Nest’s Davis Square offices partying with Javelin and toasting the wacky notion that sharing is a more effective strategy than suing."

From Chris Faraone’s roundup of last weekend’s Music Hack Day, in the Boston Phoenix.