You should hear what sister Susan has to say. But not publicly; she is disabled and he supports her, so she has to keep quiet. And I certainly don't have access any more, nor would I want it; he DID come after me legally, wanting family money. It was a nightmare. I SMH at all the BNSG acolytes; why are you personally…

Neil is a lovely person. I've been with both of them together, and BNSG is wildly jealous of his expertise, degrees, success, family life, and might I say, good looks. But Neil is no dummy, and you have to have these faux relationships to keep your business going. Neil is VP of Planetary Society, but also quite…

I'm related to him and have seen his abysmal behavior — in person, up close and personal — my whole life. He *has* to do some degree of fan interaction, but is nasty to fans the vast majority of the time. He also despises children. He actually sued a pianist with the same name (now deceased) for using the name "Bill…

I know him well. He is a horrible, selfish person — doesn't keep any friend for more than a year when they figure that out.

The show is laughably horrible. I CANNOT believe it got a second season. BNSG must have some serious dirt on someone at Netflix.

I took private!

No actor misbehaved, all very professional, and I'd never let out a spoiler. The only obnoxious people on set were the entitled amateur musicians, most of whom were insufferable for their $300/day.

It was summer of 2015. Yes, he actually walked out onstage and did it. The musicians were DYING laughing. And The Dude playing the stagehand…"we hate our conductor.." priceless.

Everybody called him "the missing link…" his hands dangled by his knees and he was VERY hairy

Oh, I wouldn't get in trouble lol. The whole thing originated, you know, with some…oboist? A book?

They are quite convincing in person, so I can't explain it. It's obviously easier to mime a wind than a string instrument, but "Cynthia" has now studied with the NYP principal cellist for three years and still gets complaints. Violin is very difficult to mime; that actor does play the trombone, though. I "played" an…

It was hopeless back then — and most of the conductors we saw in that orchestra were Eastern European defectors who weren't female-friendly. Erich Leinsdorf completely humiliated me one day when I was asked to move up to principal by the personnel manager and he'd have no part of it. They hired a male first-time sub…

I tried to figure out who you are, but no luck yet. (I did something with Batiz around 1981 and didn't have much fun…) Anyway, I play a woodwind instrument — you can probably figure it out from there and find me on FB. I like your smart comments a lot. I might resemble a character in the show.

It's closely based on the book, replicating characters and many scenes exactly. Many musicians are brilliant polymaths, but like anything else, some are not critical readers and seem to feel threatened by stories uncomfortably close to the truth. How would you know it's gone in a new direction (I don't like broccoli,…

It's not BS for female musicians. I'm 57, so I was in the first wave of women employed this way — orchestras in the 70s went from one or two females to 1/4 women within a few years. We had nary a chance before — but I know what you mean. And also I got boosted directly to the finals in a major orchestra in which I…

The actual building is The Belnord, at 86th/Broadway, where Anton Coppola (featured in S2) lives in real life.

Alex Ross is *not* a consultant on MITJ.

Very outdated notion. Tons of female conductors now.

Since when does any real conductor conduct well? And I think any musician could get up and conduct something in a pinch — I found this a realistic representation of how conductors get started, from my 40+ year career. It's not like she's conducting a major orchestra, it's a mock up of the Poisson Rouge club. And I…

She's almost 70. It would make sense for her to gracefully transition into straight acting before she needs to stop singing.