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Well, I like to think of Live Music Project or LMP as a classical music advocacy and the Tech for Good organization.

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So that means that we are specifically supporting the classical music field, and that can be early, early ancient music through experimental contemporary classical music, everything in between.

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So we try to think of classical music, but in a very open context.

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And the Tech for Good aspect is that we have a volunteer software development team, so we actually create the technology tools that we use to support the field.

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So that includes our national international concert calendar and our audience development tool called spontaneous free tickets.

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For the upcoming episode of the PianoPod, I had the pleasure of speaking with Megan Heenan, celebrated mezzo soprano and executive director of the Live Music Project.

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We explore the Live Music Project's mission, its impact on the classical music industry and its global reach.

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We discussed how it innovatively connects classical musicians with broader audiences and delved into the captivating topic of audience engagement.

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Live Music Project is really about being listener focused, right?

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We're really about amplifying listener agency.

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We want to say, what do you want to hear?

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Like, what are you wanting to experience and hear more of?

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Tell us that and then we're going to work hard to like surface that information for you in a way that makes it so easy.

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You're not. You know, like I said, if you're not five pages deep on Google search results, trying to find something, it's it's right here for you.

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And hopefully making that path from I thought about going to a concert to finding out more information to buying tickets or putting it in my calendar just so easy so that you're going from,

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man, I'd really like to go to a concert to I have it on my calendar.

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I'm ready to go in in just only so many clicks.

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I am so grateful to our founder, Shia Lyon, who is actually our current director of product and an amazing board member.

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She's still so actively involved with this organization.

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This would not exist in any way, shape or form without Shia's vision.

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And I I love Shia's origin story with Live Music Project in so many ways.

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And so I'm going to give a little bit of it.

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Dear fellow classical musicians, don't miss the chance to hear Megan's inspiring story and learn how to build a vibrant community using the Live Music Project platform for free.

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Join us tomorrow, May 28th at 8 p.m. Eastern for an enchanting conversation with Megan Eanon streaming on the Piano Pods YouTube channel and available on your favorite podcasting platforms.

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Tune in and transform your musical outreach.