my opinion on the panels that i've seen is that they seem to be more of the dudes saying "be original","we from the bay where we should or shouldn't do this","people from outside the bay are saying this"etc. when IMO, being that some of the cats you guys put up there have alot more knowhow than the rest of the room, the conversation should be "these are the steps you need to take when putting out a cd",or "this is how you go about getting distribution",and "this is how you should market and promote your project".Maybe this is just how I see it,but young bayarea artist lack more business sense(to a certain degree)than anything else.