Defending Shipwrecked on Islands: the music video

1. That video was MONTHS before the occupation, but well after the Auckland crap re: Te Kahia and Destiny Church -- I 'predicted' the future*, but so did the intelligence agencies. It was the Government who should have secured the Parliament Grounds. I wasn't on the convoy, I did not attend the protest. *despite the lyric containing zero references to occupying Parliament, or indeed any references to vaccines or mandates. Check the lyrics, and you'll find that's true. It was just a song; verse 3 was spookily accurate because I was writing my movie with the 2030 setting. Most people probably saw me as a radical lefty, particularly as Machine Fatigue and Glad They Were Playing had already been advertised.

2. People had varying reactions to the songs. A lot of people liked my EP, and a lot of people like my music videos. But those people should realise that there's a difference between singing one song in an unbroken take (the final take of this demo was take 15 or something) and acting dialogue scenes. I'm a gifted songwriter, and voice actor. I can't really act. Those things are different; 'stop asking' means 'I'm not comfortable on-camera.'
   

3. Shipwrecked on Islands is a totally original song. Totally original - 100% composed by me. Aidan Verity had some suggestions, but the lyrics and music are mine. So, regardless of Don's anger (much of which was misguided imo), I get to say no to any compromises -- the 2030 climate musical is my passion, while the Wellington story is something I'm sick of spruiking. I'm sick of Wellington. I'm keen to move somewhere, so maybe people should help me with that.