So let’s turn it on

Re: my peers.

1. I hate your attitudes too. The feeling is very mutual.
   

2. I have a chip on my shoulder about the people who went to NY or California. What I did was the exact reverse: they went on fancy (subsidised) OE’s, while I got stoned and discovered a PhD worth of junk about NZ music.
   

3. I stand by my criticism of the NZSO, regardless of how it may affect my chances to get the Preludes performed. They’re not that hard: any city orchestra could play them.
   

4. For every year that my academic peers have had a job, compare each year I spent on the dole.
   

5. I dislike modern shows. That’s just me, and that inflects my attitude towards the musicals scene.
   

6. Every attempt to make me feel ‘included’ has failed. That’s true of the political stuff too, but I think I turned the corner with that when I coughed meaningfully during Question Time.
   

7. Here’s how to include me: write me emails, buy me lunch, get high with me. Anything that isn’t 100% business, or ulterior motives (that’s what I dislike about classical musos).
   

8. I took on the implied feedback re: my cabaret show. And that’s why I doubled down on the nastiness; I felt futile and powerless, and wanted to build a character who was the opposite, plus I didn't think anyone famous was reading. That's not to say that I wouldn't do such stunts again: in fact, I probably will. Trey Parker is one of my heroes, as well as Sondheim or Gershwin, and that attitude is all over my work. 🎹

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