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Dispelling rumours

Writer: Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
56 minutes ago
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  1. I wrote my own orchestrations for Portrait of a Knight. Every note, every bar. Even did the parts. Ken Young could verify this. I handed the parts to the session players. He didn't prepare those copies. I discussed them with Tom McLeod.

  2. I wrote the piano part for These Words Are Meant For Someone. Just because I'm not very good doesn't mean I can't compose for it. Lauren was consulted, but I wrote every note and bar.

  3. I wrote Machine Fatigue and Glad They Were Playing etc. They're registered with APRA, as are all my other pieces.

  4. I wrote Pan's Preludes/'Oro's Dances. There's extensive drafting documents. I wrote the first three movements at a jobseeking course. Treehouse. I was referred by MSD. Those documents are in my Dropbox. The opening motif dates from 2019. All movements are based on motivic fragments that I'd been collecting for years.

  5. I wrote The Māori In European Art Again, just because I don't play the violin doesn't mean I'm a shit composer. There's extensive drafting documents: two movements were adapted from undergraduate assignments. I had an A- average at university. Vanya's Lament got an A. The second movement is from May 2013. CMPO 201. The third movement is from CMPO306. VUW may want to reconsider their nonsense towards me.

If Salina Fisher is saying this crap because she stole my music, then focus on that. She isn't a melodist, and my melodies are quite distinctive. Reuben was fairly sure that she's a plagiarist, so it's not just me.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
an hour ago

Classical musicians that presume guitarists can only play by ear are the worst. Jane made a point to my guitar class when I was an undergraduate that she can read and identify the precise notes of a chord in the full score. That's why she has a DMA from Arizona. Being good at doing it by ear doesn't mean that people can't read. Beyonce and Taylor also read full score.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
an hour ago
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My Bachelor's and PGDip are in Instrumental/Vocal Composition. I couldn't have gotten those without writing down my music. I've stopped notating music because of all this crap. My allegation is that NZSM staff used remote access to alter/steal/download my scores.

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