It was an excellent meeting. Tim is an amazing speaker. There was a lot of energy and excitement in the room that night.

I STILL have questions about Pandora, but you really did a good job of answering one of the things about "thumbs up" that has always bugged me: What happens if you don't thumb up or down after founding a new radio station?

"Pandora will just stay right around in that neighborhood," Tim said.

Excellent, excellent. I really enjoyed hearing about how Pandora works. It's very interesting! By the way, how did it get the name "Pandora"? Is it based on the myth? Or is there some other reason?

Hi Tim:
Thanks for an incredible post! Wow, I'm thrilled to see that you throughly enjoyed all that Nashville has to offer. It's a great town that I'm happy to call home after just six months.

Rather than re-write my thoughts, I thought I would share a link to a post I wrote about your visit: http://snurl.com/1v6wf

Thanks again for visiting Nashvegas.
See you next time.
Dave

The "town hall" meeting should have been held in town hall. The Bongo Java just didn't have enough room. I ended up on the stage at Tim's feet. It was a little surreal, kinda cosmic. Tim has a lot of charisma and he's certainly passionate. I didn't arrive with any questions but all were answered anyway. Pandora is actually a lot more organized and professional than I thought and it was fascinating to hear how they categorize and organize the music. Overall, I thought it was all worth the time and effort. I might not attend the next one but that's only because I'm less concerned about how and why Pandora exists, I'm just happy it does.

had a great time. enjoyed all the discussion about the history, the growth and future plans.
i brought a 'non-musical' date and even she was impressed...
she went on about how interesting it all was.
i think you should practice coming to nashville more often or even open an office here.

The room was a bit too crowded for my comfort, but the meeting was quite informative. The evolution of Pandora was a remarkable story, and it is great to see it continuing.

Sounds like a fun time. My roomates and I are looking forward to your return to Boston (couldn't make it last time you were here).

Really enjoyed the Town Hall! I still can't believe that many people fit in that tiny room. I'm really excited to see what you guys come up with next; there were some great questions and I learned a lot about Pandora I didn't know; now I dig it even more. What an amazing thing you guys have going. Thanks!!!

I really appreciated the effort of the face-to-face here in Nashville and your openness about issues. Your demeanor lends itself to consumer trust in Pandora.

I would like to see a bigger room next time. I was on the stage with my legs folded and my ass kept going numb. Also if there is a way to moderate the Q&A a little bit. It seemed there were a lot of questions from students or entrepreneurs trying to figure out or add to your business model.

It was cramped, but well worth it. I understand you didn't expect that kind of turn out, which really is a great thing!

I did get to ask questions I wanted to, I would like to have talked more, but that's just me. I could talk for days about music. It could have gone a little longer, but I think due to the space issues people were getting uncomfortable.

I did learn some things that are helpful as a listener and about advertising with you. I like Ed's suggestion above - come to Nashville more often and open an office here! Tim is an engaging speaker and seems very accessible. Thanks for that and thanks for Pandora! I spent 16 years on air at commercial stations in L.A., and from my perspective, this is the best thing that's happened to radio in a very long time.

I spent 6 months in Nashville every Saturday i was dragged to a new country bar never went to the same one twice.I was lucky in that my roommate dated a former almond brothers band member.he had the coolest party's in his basement.many studio musicians would take turns playing all night.my best memory was siting on a Harley Davidson motorcycle beer in hand while rocking to live blues and rock all night long.did you know that its custom to bring a pillow to a bar to sit on in Nashville because you'll be there all night? one more thing to top it off the ice storm we had that year there meant i spent a month in a hotel.best of all a open tab in the hotel bar.god i hated leaving.

Tim - Glad you could make it to Nashville and hear the incredible musical talent and depth that exists there. I venture there on (music) business and have been amazed at the sheer amount of practitioners of the musical arts present there. It makes me wonder how you can have a city that values music so highly looked upon as "other" compared to New York and L.A.

I love what you're doing with Pandora - keep it up.

I also blogged about the meeting; here are my two posts:

This one about the meeting
http://halfassedgame.blogspot.com/2007/12/sometimes-political-process-works.html

This one before the meeting
http://halfassedgame.blogspot.com/2007/11/pandora-is-coming-to-nashville.html

Thanks to Tim for coming; I enjoyed it. Thanks for the t-shirt; I can't wear a large but my brother probably will. He's the one who told me about Pandora in the first place.

Hi Tim,
Got your email - thanks for asking for our input about the Town Meeting in Nashville.

Here are my thoughts:

Q: Did you mind that we were SO cramped in that room?
A: Nope. Not at all! I like how informal the entire night was. You didn't even want to be "introduced"... I appreciate your candid, upfront & honest dialog with your listeners.

Q: Were you able to ask the questions you wanted?
A: Pretty much. Everyone else's questions were basically the same ones I had.

Q: Was it the right length?
A: No. I would've liked it to be longer. At the end, it felt like someone was pulling the plug on the night abruptly. Perhaps it got too warm or cramped in there for some -- I can understand that.

Q: And what else can we do to make them better?
A: Not much. Hold these events in bigger venues I guess. But I'm not complaining. I'm just so glad you came to see us! Overall, it was a great event.

Can't wait to see you again soon! Hopefully my husband (the diehard Pandora listener in the family) will be able to go this time.

P.S. I wrote a fun review of the night here:
http://thefuntimesguide.com/2007/12/tim_westergren_pandora_nashvil.php

We are hooked on Pandora! Our Q-Bean Wireless USB Headset is a blast with it. I work out every AM with my Pandora Mix and my wireless Q-Bean. That means I can be up to 100 ft from my PC and never miss a beat. I can pause/play and forward to the next song while I'm on my treadmill Woot!
Just wanted to share this is awesome!

im not sure how else to contact you guys but have you considered developing a Pandora visualizer?

I just want to thank you folks for implementing the "Zzz" "Don't play it for a month" feature. It was very necessary and has greatly improved my listening experience. Keep up the great work!

THanks for all the great comments everyone, and fun to read all of your blog posts. THis is all helpful as we plan the 2008 town hall tour. You were all good sports in that cramped room.

Tim (Founder)

I'm excited that you have classical music on Pandora now (how long has that been going on?). I have a small request on behalf of all classical music listeners using PandoraFM (realizing that I may be the only one!). In order to keep my Last.FM charts in order, I have to modify the artist name, putting the last name after the first name, every single time a new piece starts. It would sure help me out if someone could modify all these for me just one time so I don't have to do it every time, or else fix it so that Last.FM modifies them for me. The former solution would also give your service a more consistent look, which I think is in your best interest. Thanks for your time!

this website is the coolest thing ever i love pandora keep doing what you are doing please
thanks

that is an awsome radio system you have here on the enternet. i sat here listening to it for hours with all of the best music that i like on there. keep up the good work

Tim, I love the service, but what's up with Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner Radio? Were you guys having a little fun? Do I dare do an artist search for Mickey Rooney? ;)

Im so happy finally i found here in the net that we can listen a music for free .. Thanks for this website Pandora ... its so amazing site I can listen of my favorite music.

I'm a newbie with a Classical bent. In a bio on another site I describe myself as "a crabby old fart of 77." I live in Carlsbad CA, near San Diego.

I am visually impaired but, thanks to the bells and whistles Bill Gates built into the system, I can read Web text. Now, as I slog through my news sites, I can have the company of Mozart and his contempories at my side.

I get a better deal than Pandora got. Thank you.

Glad you guys made it to Nashville. You mentioned Lightning 107, its actually Lightning 100, the best radio station in the world since 93.7 the Phoenix went belly up.

Keep up the good work. Cookie cutter country music doesn't deserve the spotlight, homegrown acoustic indie gets my vote. Thanks Tim.

Please come and visit my school I go to Delaware Technical and Community College, our common hour is at 12-100pm so u should visit our school. www.dtcc.edu phone # is 302 857-1000

I have never had SO MUCH FUN finding a website in my computer history.

Thank you for the fabulous music.