Virtuosic singer-composer Michael Mayo on managing his relationship with social media, which he describes as finding the "balance between staying sane and being seen," the subtle space between practice and performance, live looping, bi erasure, the "syllables discussion" in jazz singing, generational trauma, his debut record Bones, discernment, and living a life authentically without labels.
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