By Brian Kecskemety

Perhaps you’ve already heard about Drinkify, the website that pairs the perfect cocktail with your favorite music.  The site has gone viral, and for good reason. It’s creative and actually does a good job selecting appropriate spirits.  If you type in Johnny Cash, Dirkiny recommends listening to The Man in Black while sipping a drink consisting of 4 oz. Jack Daniel’s and 4 oz. honey. Drinkify further advises, “Combine in highball glass and serve. Stir quickly.”

If the artist is on Spotify, they’re on Drinkify.  With Deadmau5, Drinkify recommends Red Bull and rum.  Kanye West goes best with Hennessy. Drinkify also has a sense of humor, recommending 8 oz. of blood and 8 oz. of wheatgrass juice for thrash metal kings Slayer.

There are a few suspect recommendations, however.  Drinkify recommends straight Red Bull while listening to Michael Jackson, even though Red Bull wasn’t created until 1987, decidedly after the King of Pop’s creative peak.  It gets stranger for Bob Dylan, with whom Drinkify pairs a cocktail featuring 8 oz. Sipsmith Gin and 8 oz. of cough syrup. “Highway 61″ Chopped & Screwed anyone? Overall though, the service is unique and can keep you entertained, and tipsy, for hours.

While the appeal of Drinkify is clear, did you know that Drinkify was just one of many music hacks part of Music Hack Day Boston 2011?

Some of my other favorite hacks were Spartify, which allows collaborative playlist building in Spotify using individual mobile phones.  If guests at a party want to add songs to the que, without crowding around one computer, they can access Spartify from their phones and use the service to add their song.

Videolizer syncs music with existing clips of people dancing on YouTube, which makes creating the next viral craze a breeze.  Check out this video created to Gorillaz’s “Feel Good Inc.”

Mustachiness lets you create a digital mustache using the digital waveform of your favorite song.  You can even order mustaches on a mug or t-shirt.

For more information, and to see other great hacks, check out Music Hack Day Boston 2011′s website.

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