Message upgrades: pins, voice notes, templates, read receipts, reply time
Messages picked up a few pro tools this release.
Pinned key terms (idea #119)
Open any conversation and you'll see a 📌 Pinned key terms panel at the
top. Pin the things that matter — agreed pay, load-in time, the set length —
and they stay put above the scroll, like a sticky note on the deal. Each pin
has a label ("Agreed pay") and a value ("$300 + 20% door"). Anyone in the
conversation can add or remove pins.
Gig bookings: the booking pages and the automatic "per-show chat"
(described below) pin the show date, venue, and agreed pay for you.
Voice messages (idea #120)
Hit 🎤 Voice message under any thread, pick an audio file
(mp3/ogg/m4a/webm, up to 8 MB), add an optional caption, and send. Voice
notes play inline in the thread and show as "🎤 Voice message" in your
inbox preview.
Message templates (idea #122)
The messages you send every week — "thanks for the gig", "running late",
"confirming load-in", "soundcheck is at 5" — are now built in. Tap
Insert template… on the compose or thread page, or manage your own
list (and add templates of your own) at Messages → Manage templates.
Read receipts (idea #123)
Your own messages now show ✓✓ Read by … once other participants have
actually opened the thread — no more guessing whether the venue saw your
load-in question. In group chats you'll see who specifically has read each
message.
Typical reply time (idea #121/123)
On one-to-one conversations you'll see a line like
"💬 Typically replies within ~4 hours" under the thread title. It's
computed from that person's actual reply times over the last 30 days —
nothing shows if there isn't enough history yet, so nobody gets a fake
number.
Troubleshooting
- Voice upload fails. Check the file is mp3, ogg, m4a, or webm and
under 8 MB. Files stored on R2 need the R2 env keys on the server.
- I don't see read receipts on old messages. Receipts are only
recorded from this release forward.
Topics
- "Looking for" banner
- Account settings
- Advance vs door pricing
- Age restrictions and ID notes
- Age-gated messaging
- Animated social teaser
- Auditions
- Automatic posts when a gig is done
- Availability calendar
- Band calendar: rehearsals, gigs & deadlines
- Band free dates ("I'm free")
- Band one-sheet & booking templates
- Band roles & permissions
- Band Shuffle
- Bands looking for you
- Blocking & reporting
- Booking contracts
- Booking deposits
- Booking pipeline & soft holds
- Booking reminders & notifications
- Calendar export (iCal & Google Calendar)
- Cancelling a booking
- Cancelling and postponing a show
- Checking in ("I'm here")
- City Pages
- Clash detection
- Classifieds
- Comp Tickets, Guest Lists & Promo Codes
- Compatibility quiz
- Concert diary
- Confirm your band or venue
- Counter-offers
- Creator Marketplace
- Demo reel
- Dep musician pool
- Download your data
- Endorsements
- EPKs, riders & open dates
- Fan photos & approval
- Fan profiles & loyalty badges
- Fans overview
- Feed events and @mentions
- Flyer A/B testing
- Flyer maker
- Frequently asked questions
- Gear list
- Genre Explorer
- Getting started: new band
- Getting started: new fan
- Getting started: new musician
- Getting started: new venue
- Gig buddy finder
- Gig-bag checklist
- Global Search
- Graphic artists
- Group classes & recitals
- Influences
- Instructor lessons
- Invite codes
- Lineup builder
- Load-in instructions
- Match scores
- Merch table
- Merging and archiving bands
- Message upgrades: pins, voice notes, templates, read receipts, reply time
- Messages
- Multi-room venues
- Music Extras: Playlists, Lyrics, Tabs, and Discovery
- Music-industry glossary
- Musician map view
- Musician search filters
- My Bands' Gigs (fan feed)
- Needs boards: art & recording
- New to Town
- No-show reports
- Notify me
- On-tour date ranges
- Open jams
- Open mic event pages
- Pay protection & scam awareness
- Per-show printable poster
- Performance contracts
- Phone verification
- Planning a tour
- Post-show photo dump
- Practice log
- Practice rooms
- Preferred & hard-no genres
- Press kit
- Printable show poster
- Profile completeness
- Promote checklist
- Push notifications
- Radius clause & hospitality rider
- Recording studios
- Recurring residency slots
- Recurring unavailability
- Rehearsal polls
- Rehearsal spaces
- Reviews
- Saved searches
- Selling merch
- Selling tickets
- Setlist voting
- Setlists
- Settlement history & door counts
- Show Ops: Settlement, Schedule, Door View & Promoter Pay
- Show pages
- Show reviews
- Show setlists
- Show settlement
- Show tagging
- Signup wizard
- Similar Bands & Venues
- Smart Profile Links
- Sound curfew & noise ordinance
- Stage plots
- Starting a band
- Street-team tracker
- Themes
- Ticket links and RSVP counts
- Ticket Transfers & Resale
- Tonight Near Me
- Tour routing
- Trending This Week
- Tribute bands
- Trust & safety on MusicXen
- Typical pay
- Uploading tracks
- Venue blackout dates
- Venue calendar embed
- Venue draw estimate
- Venue Genre Controls, Backup Bands & Industry Tools
- Venue marquee text
- Venue photo tour
- Venue profile completeness
- Venue response-time badge
- Venue staff contacts
- Verified venues
- Video intro
- Wanted ads: expiry and bumps
- Weather overlay
- Who's going: RSVP and friend overlap
- Your MusicXen profile
