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To the classical music boards

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • 2 hours ago
  • 1 min read

No. If you wish to pay me to perform in lieu of paying for my sheet music, fuck off. In order to acquire the licence to use my APRA-protected scores, you are required to meet my stipulations. In order to ensure that the global classical music world is given a satisfactory performance and believes I can write music, another soloist must be used by any orchestra that wishes to play 'Oro's Dances. Multiple rehearsals, not just one. The performance isn't my copyrighted property; it can be replicated. The score is my livelihood. You are unable to generate notes on the page that work, and I have a Bachelor's + a postgraduate degree in instrumental/vocal composition. Not many Māori's have that level of training, but I do. - If Luke Di Somma used my 12-part demo for Machine Fatigue, I expect more money. Up to half a million. Tom McLeod says that he did. - The National Library is keen to make a book of Towards A Theory of Māori Vocal Music. 2029 could be the year that I do that. I've got Beatles films to make in 2027 and 2028. Our intention as writers was to create a Beatles film, not a biopic. Consider 'Oro's Dances a gift to the world. My whakapapa isn't yours to exploit.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
2 hours ago

'oh, you've got to play the solo part: you're Asian!' -- is that ok? Salina is a virtuoso-level violinist. She's never required to play her own music. 'those Māori's are so good at performing, though...' -- that's obviously racist. Treat me the way you would have when I was seen as Pākehā.

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