Stop telling me to practice
- Amanda Riddell
- Jul 6, 2024
- 2 min read
It's not going to happen. I refuse to do the Shipwrecked songs live, and I also refuse to do any kind of live performance involving my other songs. I don't want to share my songs with people that refuse to do my 2030 musical, and that's actually quite fair. People that want me to gig are actually idiots that need to accept that I refuse to share my copyrighted material for free. So, to recap, Tina is dead and I'm not going to ever consent to filming even one moment of that story because of the real bigotry that I've had to cope with. It can't be washed away because people are satisfied that I'm not evil now. A lot of people decided to lead a witch hunt in which I was their scapegoat, and now they have to reckon with the consequences of that choice. One of those consequences is that I'm not going to perform my songs for you, and another is that you can't have my screenplays or other original material. - What am I actually planning to perform: Sultry and the Britten transcription. And if I don't get around to those, I'm not all that fussed. Please stop pressuring me. Again, my cease-and-desist letters are extremely clear that I'm not interested. I signalled very clearly that I don't play the guitar much when I'm making films. - No Pan's Preludes for NYO or NZSO. No Pan's Preludes for Orchestra Wellington. No short films or feature for VUW. Only ever going to say no. Please accept that I've refused your offers and nothing will change my mind because you're the ones that called me a sick freak and interrogated me like a prisoner. The only valid answer is that I have inherent IP rights, and I'm merely exercising those.
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