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Write your own symphony, stalkers

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • 1 day ago
  • 1 min read

I've worked out a surefire way of copyrighting the material to protect it from you. If NZSM faculty wish to write a symphony, they may need to generate their own material. They may need melodic motifs that are solid enough to sustain a half-hour piece. They may need to develop them in their own idiom. They may need to persuade people that they are legitimate composers. They may need to persuade musicians to play their piece. If they are stalking me, they're precluding themselves from that journey of discovery. If Salina's orchestral music is so good, then why isn't she writing one? If Alex and Clare are better composers, why aren't they writing one? I've got other friends who are composers and write serious music. I'd rather ask Glen or Don or Ken or John etc. for advice (or Paul and Yoko!). - You can't do Standing Stone-type tactics. Paul wasn't able to notate then. He can now. That's why he's working with me. Take credit for your original music, but let me take credit for mine. Stalking me just means that you prefer my music to yours (or want to harness my fame). - Your belief that I couldn't notate orchestral music properly is why I'm angry. Imagine if I'd said that about Dr. Fisher and cost her money in the process. Her filthy rich parents would have sued me.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
a day ago

What's the method? Hear it in my head, use a MIDI keyboard to check notes (not rhythms). Write it down on manuscript paper, then voila! It's timed and dated, plus there's no digital version that they can steal. Today I had to ask reception at the hotel for a pen, so that's even more verifiable. I'm very good at developing music thematically. That was Sondheim's strength. My scores are well-crafted and happen to be Indigenous, rather than defined by it.

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