This weeks episode is part two of my interview with Maestro Stephen Lord. Last week, we got some great artistic and philisophical insights into what drives Maestro Lord, this week, we get a little more of the same, and some great stories about his favorite singers. [SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES FOR FREE BY CLICKING HERE] or for folks not equipped with iTunes, scroll to the bottom and listen/download for free. Join us this week as we talk about such topics as-
7 yr olds play it now, on crack or whatever steroid they take now
Winterreisse is hard, shouldn’t i be getting credit for something that is going to pay for my food??
Collaborative Pianist???
You have to invent yourself
Be the first ‘you’
I am the first Michael Mayes
Papageno should be older
Christian Boerst’s Papageno
Paolo Szot’s genius
Invent Yourself
Rockwell Blake reinvented the Rossini Tenor
Corelli exuded power
Pavarotti was a singing machine
Corelli never sang Otello.. i didn’t know that
Synthesizer Oopses
Otello in Jones Hall in Houston
“Doesn’t your wrist get tired???”
OH WELL CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE
Stephen Lord Comes Clean
The damn organ is tough to play
Donald Palumbo.. the ASSISTANT CHORUS MASTER playing the pedals with his hands
You gotta tell a joke every now and again
“I love to make singers laugh”
when you laugh your breath releases
It’s so nice to see you smiling in the pit
LIVE THE DREAM
How did that Little Ape ever think of this???
That is what love is
You are admiring something that is greater than you’ll ever be
You just need to love it
This art-form is your mistress/lover
You don’t have to live in terror
Going onto the hard disk when i am asleep
“I hope I know this”
An Unwelcome Neighbor
Mr. Bill Bars
Pam Bullock~ she doesn’t want them to see her lips counting
“i put my hands down and wiggle”
Jean CRACKS ME UP
Kurt Pajer plays the hell outta salome
I am too handsome and hunky for Benoit/Alcindoro
Thomas Allen had the greatest head of hair
Renata Scotto said Allen’s Italian was better than Italian’s Italian
English Accents = instant credibility
We all aspire to a certain elitism in america
Saving? what’s that?
Put your hand in your pocket, if you have 4 dollars, then you should think seriously about saving one of them
Life is all about discipline
HOW DO IT GET IT BACK??
The starbucks homogeny
IS THAT REAL ORANGE IN MY METAMUCIL???
Gin and Tonic isn’t real unless its got LEMON in it
Jim Robinson is a real Enophile
What’s the word?? THUNDERBIRD
Wine makes me feel bad…
Texas Vodka…
There is no GOOD std
The 60′s you read about… ITS TRUE
Baby Boomers screwed us all
Stephen Lord’s Memoirs
“What’s wrong with Vocal Study Today?”
Singers don’t know how to learn music
Micro-analysis
“Lo conosci chi e?” What does that mean? why does she ask that???????????
What would it take to get you here? MORE MONEY THAT BILL MASON PAYS
How Indiana fucked it up
The economy gap
it’s not the style, its the emotion contained within the notes
Larry Brownlee and Stephen Lord the King Maker
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-Michael Mayes
