I love this city. Great music, nice people, awesome food, views to die for.

Last night we hosted our San Francisco member dinner at Mezes, which if you’re in the Bay Area, you should absolutely check out. I like hosting our member dinners at Greek restaurants for two reasons: I know what to order; I know that Greek food makes the conversations flow.

We had a great turnout, and as usual, I loved getting to know everyone and getting feedback. Nothing beats meeting people in person, getting sincere input, understanding local music scenes better and ultimately, realizing that no matter the city or country, music and Sonicbids is the common language.

Here’s some of the feedback that I got:

•    Rejections suck. I know that. I got some great ideas about ways that we can at least assist in easing the blow, especially when you pay your hard earned money;

•    Feedback rocks. Everyone at the dinner agreed that it’s important that bands get better feedback about how to improve, even when they are turned down. Perhaps easier tools for promoters can accomplish this;

•    More Stats. Again, everyone was in agreement that it would be good to know when you, as a Sonicbids member, ranks relatively to your peers in the community.

•    More Video. Artists have more than one video, especially now with YouTube. Give more video options and also make it bigger (full screen).

•    Make it Local. There’s a need for more local gigs and gig swapping.

•    Great stuff, I had no idea. I am continuously amazed at how little even power users know about features that we have on Sonicbids. This tells me that we are not doing a great job telling people how to get the most out of Sonicbids.

I like to be open about the feedback that I get from members because I want to get more of it. I also believe that by making it all public, I am walking the walk.

Thanks again to everyone that came: Ashley, Philip, Danny, both Melissas, Kate, Chris, Brent, David and Stacy. And thanks as well for your follow up emails and tweets.

Panos

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