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blackmail (again)
Any sexualised images of me are probably fake. If it's not from Shades of Me, then it's not real. As for videos: well, I ditched a fashion show when an informant told me that the plan for that show was to film me from loads of angles to make a deepfake. - I don't use OnlyFans. I don't make that type of porn. Deactivated my DeviantArt account on Taylor's advice to avoid bullshit. - If it involves me doing a sex act, then it's almost certainly fake. I'm a virgin. I'm sure
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Amanda Riddell
1 day ago1 min read
Imagine Triptych thoughts
Listening through all my albums with Paul, so I thought I'd write some stuff about our new trilogy of films ahead of Get Out And Vote! airing tonight. Firstly, the albums are supposed to be slightly different to the films. They have a different purpose. The films are essentially polemics. - Paul's been planning to do something for the 2026 midterms since Trump won again. I was only planning to do something for the New Zealand general election, but they found that the vide
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Amanda Riddell
1 day ago2 min read
Stop with the pop industry narratives!
I'm good at writing songs; it doesn't need a sob story attached to it. Working For Each Other was a hit without any reality TV nonsense... Put simply: Jane is a close friend of mine, and Paul's her uncle. That's something that Victoria University of Wellington can't take credit for. - Nobody rescued me, and I'm literally planning to sue VUW over claiming that they somehow 'saved' me or are largely responsible for my success. VUW didn't have any teachers that knew the fir
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Amanda Riddell
1 day ago2 min read
Bullshit critiques from the industry
Look, I'm sick of all your crap about me being groomed to replace Sir Paul. Or Sondheim for that matter... That's why I'm showing y'all that I had really good teachers. If I didn't include my whakapapa, you'd make your own image of me. I'm a complete musician who happens to have powerful friends. Keeping my Bandcamp page the way that it is, thanks.
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
What's happening with me?
Regulated Wives really pissed off the Americans. Meta took down my Stuff article defence, saying it was nudity/sexual activity. It's 40 minutes of a black screen! Talking about my relationships isn't illegal, and I don't recall any X-rated chatter. - As for Shipwrecked: It's not a finished script. I've asked Don, Harry and Fiona to read it. - Still doing the listening party of all my albums. Visiting my Mum for a few days, starting tomorrow. Hoping to compose music fo
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
Can't Buy Me Love on Spotify...
I was listening to the No. 1 albums version, and it sounded over-processed. Some of the backing vocals had been taken out and the lead vocal was A = 440hz. The guitar was sharper as well. Maybe that's why the Sony Beatles sucked? everyone's listening to the 'fixed' versions... It's not a cover. It's definitely the same tracks that have been sweetened imo.
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Cops In The Beehive
Sang it this morning outside Parliament. Medium volume. Hopefully the security guys made a tape of it.
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Can't Go Too Far
Paul suggested the title. He's bored. Don and Harry hadn't seen how I did it, so they watched. - To reiterate: I do all these songs the same way. Rhythm guitar + lead vocal Bass Drums Lead Guitar Backing vocals One or two takes per track, with a little editing. Zero autotune, zero quantising.
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Responses to film industry pricks
'Just make the Weeded Out film. We promised it to the public.' No, you promised the public a prestige gay drama. Make another one. My body, voice and songs aren't the legal property of SPADA. - 'Don't be so uppity; Paul really wrote those songs.' No, I really wrote those songs. They're in my private journals. Ask Sir Paul the chords to one that isn't on my website... It's my hard work that Paul's using to pay off his debts etc. He produced the tracks and films remotely.
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Song plugging
An ancient term, I know, but that's how Gershwin and Kern started out... That's how I see the various covers in the Imagine Triptych. Don told me that some of these covers are worth loads of money. Hold lines that are too cheap to pay for master recordings etc. That's how they're motivating me: each cover is worth a song (lol). - We're discussing a cheap 4-CD release + digital. Taylor said she's willing to finance a vinyl run of Collective Memories. My main concern is en
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago2 min read
Could Our Beatles Invade! films face legal challenges?
They could, but it's very unlikely that they will. They'll lose. Despite their claims, life rights don't preclude other people telling the same story. Music rights are the sticky wicket, and Sir Paul assures us he didn't assign them to Sony. Their plan was based on a US theatrical release. Ours isn't. We're basing our financing on international presales and Imagine Triptych profits. We'll have all the songs and the official branding; Apple Corps hated their scripts. Sony n
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
Top 10 Simpsons episodes
Taylor wanted to know... 1. A Streetcar Named Marge 2. Last Exit To Springfield 3. Separate Vocations 4. Life On The Fast Lane 5. Itchy and Scratchy Land 6. In Marge We Trust 7. The Cartridge Family 8. Sideshow Bob Roberts 9. Fraudcast News 10.A Fish Called Selma
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read
Q: Who owns 'brain rot?'
I do. According to Deep Dream Generator, I own my outputs. Whether I can copyright the Prime Omelette is another question, but I own the films. Those are edited by me, so they're not gen-AI. It's painstaking to make the skits, though the music videos are usually fun.
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read
To the Beatles people that wanted Sony's film
Too bad. You took the blood money; you didn't care what Paul or Ringo thought. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jDB5y-F_qndmVsmmR09-qxTgeYaSnLHM/view?usp=sharing - I would've thought that Working For Each Other making half a billion dollars would convince you that Sir Paul and myself have a better sense of what the Beatles are. The money we made will cover your expenses, so stop pretending that Sony can. They don't want your archives: they want to exploit the underlying IP
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 52 min read
Defeating Disney spin
I'm a fully trained composer with a post-graduate degree. I can orchestrate. Salina Fisher is jealous my synths are meeting with more approval than Rainphase. It's not a question of whether I can play guitar; it's whether I'm the GOAT. My singing is like Paul: I have absolute pitch. 'Oro's Dances requires a guitarist that plays in concert with orchestras to premiere it. If I played any other instrument, this would be a no-brainer. Hence Chris Everest, Vladimir Gorbach... n
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 44 min read
Avoiding the penis police
I wear Spanx. Pippa, my Mum, came up with that idea after I was getting paranoid. They're cheap, effective and any crap about your bulge is just that: crap. If you were wearing tight tan jeans, you'd have a similar outline. Natzees in Johnsonville played that game with me, and they've lost (convincingly).
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 41 min read
Black people and songwriting credits...
Several months of working with the Jacksons has convinced me that racism is still real. Jermaine says that he wrote a lot of his songs, but wasn't credited. Janet got more credit, but still thinks she's underrated as a musician. Randy produces rather than taking credit. - Jermaine says that Billy Strayhorn used to sell his songs to hit writers. Berlin, Arlen etc. - Point is that they could transcribe my symphony melodies as fast as I could. As I said, that's what Jermai
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31 min read
'do ed to get out of the room'
Actually, I inherited enough money from Olga's estate to move to a nicer place. There's no real reason to. Despite your deliberate shit about my weed use, it's fine. I've even bought weed at the boarding house. It's an empty threat from scared Natzees. I've never set off the smoke alarm via reefer, and I can claim medical use. Cannabis is still prescribed to bipolar people, just without THC for stupid reasons. That's why I use green fairies instead. Cannabis doesn't cause
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 32 min read
To the film industry
Q: Wasn't there supposed to be another Beatles film? A: Yes, but they tricked all the kids into signing over their parent's songs. Apple Corps didn't like being portrayed as a joke. Hence The Beatles Invade New Zealand. It was my pitch, but their brainpower. Others could make a competing film, but they won't have the music rights. - Q: But now that Sony are fixing it to be inclusive, you'll do it, right? A: No, it's not about inclusivity. It's literally about what Paul w
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 32 min read
'Why is Beyoncé producing tracks for you?'
She's a friend of Jane's. Plus she's into Imagine Multimedia, so we're discussing that. Turns out she came to the Wellington Daktory in disguise, so I'vet met her. - She turned up to a protest when Dakta was in court (if it's the person I'm thinking of). Dakta used to deal weed to lots of high-profile people in California. Ed Zwick being another... the main part of Dakta's story that isn't in the Dak film. Arik did an earlier TV documentary re: Dakta, but I haven't been a
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31 min read
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