The recent San Francisco MusicTech Summit held, on May 28, a panel on “The Future of Music Creation Tools,” featuring **Daniel Walton** of app developer Retronyms, **Sam Valenti** of the Ghostly label and new [Drip.FM](http://Drip.FM) platform, sound designer **Dot Bustelo**, and musician **Dweezil Zappa**. The panel was moderated by Billboard magazine writer **David Downs**. The panelists come at it from various, complementary directions, from iOS apps to guitar gear to distribution platforms, and there’s a heavy emphasis on practical applications, which in this heady field can be usefully grounding.
Track originally posted for free download at [soundcloud.com/sfmusictech](https://soundcloud.com/sfmusictech/future-of-music-creation-tools). More on the panelists at [zappa.com](http://zappa.com), [retronyms.com](http://retronyms.com), [dotbustelo.com](http://dotbustelo.com), and [ghostly.com](http://ghostly.com).