Problem Solving for Artists, How a Pandemic Shifted Priorities, When to be Thick-Skinned: Bob Lord Talks Life In the Trenches of the Music Production Business

Jim Lambie welcomes Parma Recordings CEO Bob Lord to the show. Bob Lord is a producer, composer, and bassist based in Portsmouth NH USA. In 2015 Bob was named one of Musical America’s “30 Professionals of the Year: Key Influencers,” and as CEO of PARMA Recordings his work has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards in 2019 and 2020.  In this episode you'll hear: -When to be thick-skinned and when to be sensitive...05:50 -What keeps Bob's fire aflame...08:30 -How Bob got hooked into classical music...11:18 -How to become a problem solver for artists...16:16 -The pitfalls involved in getting a recording available for public consumption...21:47 -How to navigate an era of almost zero visibility for the future...24:30 -What not to do when a global pandemic hits...30:37 -Positives that have come out of Covid...38:45 -What model Bob has followed in his career...44:15 -Overcoming roadblocks in the first years of Parma Recordings...50:10 About Bob: “I’m a composer and performer by design, and a producer and music executive by accident,” says Lord.  “But at the core of it all is my constant urge to expand the definition of creativity, of being an artist, of being a producer, of being a musician.”   PLAYLAND ARCADE, Lord’s debut solo album out on April 27, 2021, is a convergence point of the disparate elements from what clearly is a remarkably diverse career. Hard-charging prog-rock blowouts, atmospheric orchestral potboilers, gauzy jazz improvisations, retro instrumental pop, straight up foley – this is a producer’s album through and through, and it reflects Lord’s own artistic experiences in a kaleidoscopic fashion.  The musicianship is as accomplished as it is audacious. Highlighted by Lord’s molten, overdriven 8-string bass, the album features drummer Jamie Perkins (from the Billboard chart-topping group The Pretty Reckless) and keyboardist Duncan Watt (composer for “League of Legends”) with cameos by Ed Jurdi (Band of Heathens, Trigger Hippy), Andy Happel (Th