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Tim Long chats with Lebanese-American Tenor, Karim Sulayman and catches up on their lives and work since they first met in the baby years of their careers. They share a drink (A nice white wine for Tim and The Bee’s Knees for Karim) and celebrate the success of Karim’s two vocal albums: the Grammy-winning ‘Songs of Orpheus’ and his recent release ‘Where Only Stars Can Hear Us’. They discuss what it takes to self-produce a album, what it takes to win a Grammy and what the after party is like. They share about the importance of nurturing one’s passion, the power of inner resilience in artistic development, and how failure can help one to become a more confident creator. Karim dishes about his impressive career as a boy alto in the Midwest and his work with Georg Solti, among many others, which leads to  comparing experiences of Kathleen Battle. We take a deeper look at Karim’s activism in the 21st century, and in particular “I Trust You” youtu.be/lCy8Cfvoe6g. Karim shares what it was like to stand blindfolded in front of Trump tower, and what it’s like to be on the No Fly List just because of his name. Karim gives some advice on following one’s own intuition as an artist and using the butterfly effect as a lens to value the contributions we as artists make to our shared world.

More information about Karim Sulayman can be found at his website, www.karimsulayman.com/.

You can find Tim’s Website here: timothylongmusic.com

Special Thanks to Martha Redbone for her permission to use her song “Medicine Man” for the opening credits.

More of her work can be found here and you can subscribe to her Youtube channel here.

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