Nicola Willis

Amanda Riddell
Nov 19, 2024
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I barely know her, but I'm very sure she's why I'm still at Question Time. Luxon clearly despises me, and I swear he tried to make me change my name! She's not my only fan, and obviously Nicola and Erica are Chloe's friends, but I've also got plenty of Act and NZ First support (despite the anti-trans bs).

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What am I doing in the vocal harmonies?

Moving from chord-defined to melody-defined. This Boy - the original song - is a beautiful example of melody-defined. Plus all that Māori stuff. They almost never write it out. Even at my language co

Beatles anthology

I'm watching it slowly. One episode a day or so. What people really want to know is what I reckon of the AI. In a word, uncanny valley. Peter's budget dwarfs mine, but it's still similar. 3-5 second

Why don't I overdub everything?

Quality of the song alone and all that jazz... Yes, I can harmonise, but every hit song sounds essentially the same these days. It's like special sauce. The naked demos were distinctive. Again, it wa

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Amanda Riddell

Nov 19, 2024

Strength in numbers: we should get a team of us to stare down Tanya Unkovich and the Prime Omelette. Like, I might be reading into it, but she seemed super-uncomfortable, and the angle that allows us to see them also means that they can see our legs. Something for the future...