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Amanda Riddell
Feb 11, 20241 min read
slack-key tunings
I mostly keep my guitar in standard E or drop D, but I also invented my own slack-key tuning where I tune the bottom string down a...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 7, 20241 min read
Expert in a dying field
There's nothing I hate more than the fact that nobody understands my process, because that's not the process people use these days. Glen...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 5, 20242 min read
Dedications
Well, most composers keep these to themselves (with good reasons); this is a new era. - I'll go in roughly chronological order. Not...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 5, 20243 min read
'spread hope, not fear'
I am so sick of hearing or reading this. It's easy to say that when your social status is secure, you have a stable income, and you're...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 2, 20241 min read
gender non-conforming
That's the key word that needs to enter this debate. It's not about passing trans people, so that's what we're really discussing. Thanks...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 1, 20244 min read
Rhapsody in Blue vs. Pan's Preludes
Yes, I read Ethan Iverson's article. I think he's one of those anti-honky jazz musicians that is way too in love with the idea of jazz as...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 29, 20242 min read
Re: 'advocating violence'
I think that is a deliberately obtuse way of describing my philosophy. My belief is that violence is inherent to society, and that's...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 23, 20242 min read
crossover music
I'm listening to one of those McGlinn recordings currently. It's got me thinking about how sniffy the opera world were about this type of...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 21, 20241 min read
basic film tip
So, if you're wondering how we managed to make Portrait of a Knight feel choregraphed without using a choreographer (we had a fight...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 19, 20242 min read
Defending AI as art
Ultimately, I've never been paid a significant amount for any of my films, and I come from the second generation of digital pirates, so...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 14, 20241 min read
'The politicisation of the public sector'
Well, my cartoons weren't really meant to suggest that Meng Foon or Ashley Bloomfield were politicians, but I think that the public...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 12, 20243 min read
False Rhymes and their uses
Well, Mr. Sondheim is dead, so it's time for me to take this artform forward. Something that I learned dissecting Mr. McGlashan and Kiwi...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 6, 20241 min read
Why performance art?
Because of my composition training. đź I'm far from the first (or last) of my fellow avant-garde composers to do some kind of...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20242 min read
The art is not the artist
That's my general viewpoint, and I think that my career reflects my belief that creative work isn't necessarily reflective of one's true...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 21, 20235 min read
'rich asian girls'
Ladies, I stand by that statement 100%. I'm fucking insulted by the idea that you think I'm a racist: I'm a member of the MÄori Party,...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20231 min read
My cannabis use
I gather that my mental health-affiliated friends and clinicians are curious about how I smoke... Well, in my early twenties (when...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20231 min read
aesthetics of transvestism
Well, essentially I started young and went through puberty crossdressing secretly, so I eventually grew comfortable with my body as it...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 14, 20231 min read
the importance of ambient sounds
I think that's a key feature of the Riddell Productions/Amanda Michelina ethos which is somewhat different to our predecessors. Like,...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 9, 20231 min read
Why skirts and dresses?
Well, though I have tits, they're moobs and not particularly large. So, to me, the skirts and stuff help with selling that feminine...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 5, 20233 min read
'queer joy'
Here's another crackpot rant that's likely to offend or annoy many LGBTQ+ people: I think that queer joy as a concept is actually another...
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