Auwen Hackathon @ TIAT & Virtual

For all Auwen music producers who have made music with Auwen before. Here is your opportunity to improve your skills, prep for live sets by building up your sound banks, and collaborate with other members of Soniare Collective in multiplayer sessions. Beginners are welcome if you are ok learning on your own since the focus will be on creating rather than teaching. Other producers and livecoders are also welcome but the emphasis will be on Auwen. This might be your opportunity to experiment with Auwen! How to join in person Come to TIAT in SF anytime between 1PM and 9PM. Text Nes if you have trouble getting in. 4067507386 How to Join Virtually Download the Discord app for desktop if you don't have it yet then go to https://soniare.net/d and join the #hackathon channel. Feel free to join the Discord now or anytime before the event. Make sure to use headphones and test your microphone so you can speak. Schedule 1 pm - virtual & in-person multiplayer session to make 1 song 3 pm - working on social media profiles and artist presence 4 pm - virtual & in-person multiplayer session to make 1 song 6 pm - working on social media profiles and artist presence 7 pm - solo time building up sound banks for live sets (virtual & in-person) 9 pm - taking turns practicing live sets (virtual & in-person) 11 pm - dinner at Thai place Food & drink Some healthy snacks from Jagalchi (a Korean grocery store) will be provided such as sweet potatoes, mochi, and sushi. We can also order food as needed. Some drinks will be provided but also bring a refillable bottle for water. Donations Donations are optional but if you want snacks please donate then I'll know to grab some for you. If you can't afford to donate please come for free! Just RSVP to make it more legit so you can get updates from the Luma blasts. RSVP ahead of time Please sign up sooner rather than later. About the host Nes Croft is a musician, artist, and computer engineer from Montana who has written and recorded thousands of songs since a young age starting with folk/rock as a teenager and expanding into experimental pop, IDM, techno, and trance. Nes gained an interest in electronics at age 19 after working at the DIY synth company Synthrotek in Portland, OR. Going on to earn a bachelor's degree in computer engineering at Montana State University. While in college Nes co-founded and developed Vaytricks Beat Machine, a mobile drum machine app that received over 100,000 downloads. 5 years later Nes left Vaytricks to pursue a live performance focused approach to music production and Auwen was born. Auwen is a digital audio workstation featuring a hybrid producer/DJ workflow that allows musicians to perform dance music live using a command line interface. Given the nature of the software, Nes naturally gravitated toward live music events testing Auwen at various electronic music festivals in Montana. Later, Nes joined the livecoding scene in San Francisco and started hosting workshops & live music events at TIAT art gallery and Gray Area in San Francisco in 2025-2026.