The Future: Future Music Summit 2013

In talking with event organizers after the concert, it was clear they were happy with how the day went and there's a solid commitment to make the Future Music Summit a yearly event. And even on the night of their first full day, they were already thinking about what next year might have in store.

"We want to continue to nurture the concept of keeping elements of classical music involved," said Derek Woodgate, Chief Creative Officer for Plutopia Productions. It's that classical element that helped to bring in those locals I mentioned two pages back.

I took one look back at the plaza as I was leaving for my drive back home and what struck me as surprising/amazing was just how many of the older locals had stayed for the afterparty. People who may never have thought about the future of music flocking to talk to DJ Spooky about his compositions or Flanagan and his cyborg orchestra.

Like hip-hop beats and classical strings, violins with motion sensors, and futuristic beats in a classical hall, the lasting image of the night is older and younger fans of music coming together in the present to talk about the future. If the locals from Round Top, Texas (population 90), can find interest in the future of music, it's only a matter of time before others do too.

Or like Maggie Duval, Plutopia CEO, told me, "When people hear about this, they're going to wish they had been here."