[Fmpro] Opera

[Louis King]

WOW LOL ...... so you felt the best way you could lead an orchestra  
was to embarrass someone ...

I've conducted maybe 1500 or more  recording sessions with 60 piece  
groups to big bands to quartets and I don't think I've ever had the  
need to create a great performance by demeaning anyone in the group.


On Mar 1, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Marinho Nobre wrote:

> if I record in NYC sometime will you come conduct for me Marinho?
> It will be my pleasure... In NYC or anywhere else. Have batoon,  
> will travel...
>
> Musicians are what make conducting a tricky thing. On my very few  
> first
> ventures, I had to deal with all sorts of cracks from wise ass  
> Juilliard
> students. One thing I have learned that overcomes all problems is  
> called
> respect.  Once I started cracking back at them and made them  
> understand
> that they had to work hard and take me seriously or else, evrything  
> started sounding
> a lot better. At some point I was banned from conducting on  
> composition classes
> after I made a French Horn girl walk out of the class in tears. She  
> made the same mistake
> 3 times. I interrupted the class and asked her. What's your name  
> dear ? She told me her
> name and asked me why I wanted to know. I then mentioned that I  
> wanted to make
> sure that I would never ever ever hire her for any of my work. I  
> was suspended for 3 weeks,
> enough time for the word to go around, and next time I showed up it  
> was a breeze man.
> I never had to say a word. They all read my eyes and gave their  
> very best.
> I will be going to Prague later this year, lets see how they do...
>
>
> Marinho Nobre
> Music for Motion Picture
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