There's a belief that George wasn't much of a wordsmith, but he's not writing lyrics: his words are more like mantras set to music. He's a good rhymer, but he's not showing off the rhymes like Paul or John.

No, but I thought she was a good songwriter.

G C You're falling asleep, Em But your love is in jail. Got no tears to weep Am Em 'Cause you're still getting their mail. G C Imperfect love: A E Can't make him perfect, love. F#m When push comes to shove, G#m Gm F#m You need imperfect love. (G, C) C D Work is so crazy, Em Am But I'm feeling lazy. C6

Fancypants answer: it's called the iconosphere. Read about that in a Chagall book. ChatGPT: The iconosphere  is a concept from visual culture and media theory. It refers to the total environment of images  that surrounds us—paintings, photographs, films, advertisements, religious icons, digital media, etc. Think of it as the “atmosphere of images” we live inside, shaping how we see the world, remember things, and construct meaning. https://lexicon.mimesisjournals.com/inter

With The Dakumentary, I was inspired by the Movie Orgy, but also thought that a lot of those sequences were worth showing in full. - The most common analytical pitfall for composers, musicologists and critics is to take a cherrypicked example and claim it as indicative of the whole gestalt. Without multiple waiata, the audience would've thought there was only one genre.

To be honest, there wasn't much of a difference - I thought it was Paul. Mike was keener on a grungy sound. If I'd produced Circumventing Death with Paul, it would've sounded extra-clean, like the Working For Each Other soundtrack.

Despite what you're hearing, my position is secure and theirs is tenuous. My blackmailers are nearing their moment of truth. I was discharged by the FTAC in early January 2025. By the end of the month, I had begun to refer spam emails and threats to 105. My inquiries were received, but largely put in the too hard box until my overdose in June. As that incident involved a sitting Member of Parliament, they were cautious, but the door was open and they treated the Being Chloe

So, your idea of 'collaboration' is to call me a deluded creep to stalk me, pump all my friends and allies for information on how to control me, then refuse to pay for my script? You have had close to four years to a) email me, b) meet me, c) negotiate a contract. What did I do in response? I boycotted your work. That was a solid response. I didn't stalk you, and you're the ones that turned me from someone that was indifferent to you to someone that hated you. - How dare

Only when the apologies start and the harassment ends. It's not good enough to be sheepish about what you did; you need to own up. That's the point of my apology hui notion: you made money off my IP. You used your rich parents to threaten, bully and extort me. I want it on record, once and for all, that my enemies were punching down. - Spoiled rich kids: the laws apply equally to me. Pretending like you can be my friend after spamming me with sissy porn isn't ok. Let al

Much like my ongoing political satire in New Zealand, except Trump's better at memes. They've already banned me from the US, and probably forced Zuck to shadowban me, though I'll be running ads again by May. I'm not reading X or Truth Social, so it's something I've found out about from the media. - Being unable to open for Sir Paul is a bummer, but writing a chant that was catchy and used en masse by the American public is a personal high point. The White House Blues was

Dr. Brown said that it's hard to add much to the strum, as it's so self-contained. With the album, I found that the Beatles approach was surprisingly effective, though we started with a song that had an arpeggiated pattern (Moments Flow). Found percussion was one of the things I'd always wanted to put on an album, so that brisk energy worked well with the Māori-inflected rhythms. My strum is slightly different, though. It's a mix of a few Polynesian sounds. - My vocal ov

The song began life as I Rely on You, then other people told me to change the title. I thought it was too pretentious, but eventually gave in. The imagery was South Island stuff, as I miss the frosts and the cold. - As far as I'm aware, I've never said "I love you" in a song. Why? At a New Year's party in the 2010's, my brother and I met an Estonian bloke. He told us that most Estonians are fluent in English, but they never use those words, as they have a power that does

I did a lot of jazz charts in high school. I'd usually turn a tonic chord into a 6th or 7th. Turned a lot of dominant chords into 13ths. For some reason, I'm really keen on major 7ths and 9ths. - Though I don't compose them in the way a classical composer would, I think that my albums tend to have motivic and thematic development. That's why Paul and I spent a huge amount of time debating the order of the tracks. Much like with The Perfumed Garden, it took a collaboration

Obviously, but it's a different situation. A pandemic means isolating people, but any productive industry is essential, so it has relatively little impact on industry. A fuel crisis means that plants can't produce items. In NZ, that's a minor risk, but we're especially vulnerable when it comes to transporting goods. That includes exporting goods. It'd be a shitshow within 3-6 months. People can't do things if we're in Great Depression economic conditions. - People can sti

Is one of my obsessions as a writer, particularly in a pop lyric. The second person is underrated as a narrative mode. John and Paul were all about that in their Beatles lyrics. Wrote a high school story in second person that would make a neat Fable. Waiting to exhume my hard drives.

Wasn't the initial title: I Rely On You was the idea that got the song happening. Wrote it Don's way - lyrics first. What's it about? It's another love song for Chlöe. The Mist, Tell Me, Dear -- it's what she wants. The subtext is about Paul.

Notwithstanding that the only way I could enter most English-speaking countries is if the promoters bribed their governments, I think most tours are invented by parasitic leeches that live off the income of other people's songs. All the things that make live gigs magical are taken away if you do stadium rock. Paul and I are talking about the kind of tour that his solo gig is suggesting. Exclusive, in theatres where amplification is tasteful (when necessary). 700-2000 seats.

A: ML was used in the Te Kore video sequence (Runway), and in the synth tracks that accompanied some of the films (NotePerformer). I write them out like I would for real musicians, then NotePerformer generates a convincing output that articulates the music using ML if articulations aren't provided. Deep Dream Generator was used to bring stills to life, and for generative AI, such as the little skits about the eggs frying on the stove, or the No Disguises loop. Those are ju

That's a common reaction to the films. Working For Each Other is similar to my oeuvre. It makes me think of a sci-fi book: Beggars In Spain. We're hoping that it will improve voter turnout in Te Riu-A-Māui. - I call them psychedelic films: they're soul-revealing. When people tell me how they felt, that's when I get to read their mind. The loops entrain people, and the images provide a meditative focus (yantra). All the clever channel inverts paint the lyrics and add a se