No performances

You can't win this war with me. I don't need an orchestra to realise my dreams. I've already done a couple of movements of the Preludes with the backing track. Joel could master the first movement, and make money off using the backing in a gig. As we've already established, my synth demos fooled a lot of people. You need me, in large part thanks to the success of my synths. All I need from you is your money and your word that you won't half-arse it. - My stipulations are simple: I'm 31, and well-established as a composer. My opera demo was a global hit. The Perfumed Garden is on everyone's radar. Much like Pan's Preludes was already on their radar. Pay me accordingly, and treat me with respect for not bowing down to conformity the way that Gareth did when his career was on the line over his femme side. You want my visibility, but that starts with apologies and redress (utu). - The NZSO just wants to say 'but we made them' - no, you didn't. Never received a commission, didn't do the NYO residence. My classical career wasn't funded, so I'm particularly insistent that I be paid. I need to make a living, and you need to look woke. Pay me the $36,000 for the whole piece, and hire Joel if he nails the first one. Otherwise, any of the NZGQ members are up to it. The reason it'll be a hit is that the world is full of classical guitarists, and I wisely wrote it for traditional orchestral instruments. Every country has a few dozen guitarists who are able to play that score. - NZSO and NZSM wanted taonga pūoro. I refused. As I say, they didn't even understand my orchestrations. How they could've missed the very specific wind/brass configuration eludes me... It was clearly labelled in the videos. Why presume the discordance between an alto and a regular flute, or various trumpets, from a botched transcription is my fault/design? That was your mistake, not mine. You don't respect me, and therefore don't take my music seriously. Been through this countless times since becoming well-known. Nobody ever hears the polytonal chords in my music unless I point them out. Dave Lisik didn't understand the planing chords and how they function. Salina got the transcription wrong. She has yet to apologise. Imagine if I'd seen her score video and then transcribed it? She'd have lawyered up. I've merely done the same. It wasn't a thesis, though these bullshit 'but what about this' answers demonstrate the bigotry that caused me to leave VUW all the way back in 2015. You don't understand me, and you tried to detransition me: step off, NZSM faculty and pay me for the IP breaches. Don may have chosen to perform for a living, but I made a different choice. That decision was fair and reasonable. Pay me for my music, or shut up.