Knowing that you can be heard and understood from the stage opens some doors to conversations with the audience. I find that I do that more with the L1® than ever did in the past. But that is not the subject today.

Today I want to consider the conversations we can have with the audience that start before we arrive, and continue long after everyone goes home. I am not sure what the audience is thinking, so I thought I would ask them.

To explore that I recently posted these questions on LinkedIn a business-oriented social networking site with some 24 million registered users*.

Do you attend performances of live music?

• Was the live music performance the main focus of the event or background.
• If you went out specifically to hear live music, why did you choose to do that instead of staying at home and listening to recordings?

I was really encouraged to have received 7 answers almost immediately.

See what people had to say.

The question will remain open for another week.  Let's see what turns up.

Questions for you.

• Do you talk with your audience?
• How?
• What do they tell you?
• What do you do with the information?

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