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Emma Butterworth Music

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Film & documentary composer | cellist | BAFTA Connect | 'Orchard Street: The Opera' | Bristol-based

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · Nov 14

I'm so excited to announce the publication of my report, 'The Unheard Symphony: How Composer Mothers are Fighting to Reshape the Music Industry', commissioned by the #IvorsAcademyTrust.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1q3SH...

#UnheardSymphony

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 10m

That makes a lot of sense...

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 35m

When I heard about this being made, it kind of flabbergasted me that people would go to this amount of effort (and money) for the subject...

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 53m

My husband thinks I should have just accepted the invitation.

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 55m

Pure insanity. No one has ever confused a veggie burger for a beef burger because of the word burger.

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 56m

Just had a call from someone inviting me to a posh global tech meeting in London to discuss financial markets and AI. It was all very confusing until we established that there's actually ANOTHER Emma Butterworth who's very important in the Bank of England, and they thought I was her 🤣

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1h

www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... I know that this collection, and the other in the series this publisher has produced has done extremely well, so it seems like there is actually some kind of market, if they look for it. ❤️

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Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 18h

YUP. This is why I'm not doing it.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1d

I have a degree in social anthropology. Did it lead me to a well paid corporate job? No (though it probably could have). Did it completely change my world view and give me the tools to understand and critique the world we live in? 1000 times yes.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Just... Wow. And somehow she managed to identify with the baddies?

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Ok so... I'm just supposed to die? I'm 100% behind looking for more sustainable ways to produce medicines, but that's rather different to shaming individuals for using life-saving devices (that there are no alternatives to).

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 2d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1d

I love this kind of story. Makes me hopeful that all sorts of lost pieces might eventually be rediscovered 😍

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk He was the leading English composer of the 17th century, writing masterpieces such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen before his life was cut short in 1695, aged just 36. Now two significant discoveries of music by Henry Purcell have been made, to the excitement of musicians. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 3d

Wondering how many other classical/film music nerds got into Metallica via S&M with Michael Kamen? 😁

Charli @charli0800.bsky.social · 4d

In a thrash mood, how about the greatest thrash album ever made???!!!

Metallica- RIDE THE LIGHTNING (1984)

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 3d

Heartening at least that the counter protesters in Bristol MASSIVELY outnumber the very small number of England flag-waving protesters.

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 4d

The Tories started it and I always knew that Labour would never roll back the new anti protest powers... And here they are, taking them even further. So continues the march towards greater and greater authoritarianism.

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 4d

This also isn’t true!!! There is a public consultation NOW OPEN and you can go have your say. Obviously they want to present it as a done deal but it’s not.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 4d

I would find it hard to look at myself in the mirror if I didn't at least try to live a lower carbon lifestyle. I know it's not going to solve the crisis, but that's not really the point. I stopped flying 15 years ago - it just felt like something I had to do. Being veggie and not driving are easy.

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Speycs @speycs.bsky.social · 5d

Hello citizen, in order to keep you safe, we made sure that you have to now give away all your sensitive info to companies that will make no effort to protect it, and will eventually expose it to anyone who breaches the database, but it's all for your safety of course

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 4d

I always enjoy This Classical Life. I will know I've made it if I ever got invited on 🤣

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 5d

We live in a city and have an e-cargo bike to transport small around, and it's great!

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting research on attitudes towards & use of e-cargo bikes in the UK.

Particularly noteworthy for demonstrating the level of interest in e-cargo bikes nationally and the extent to which they replace car journeys. In a trial in suburban areas over 50% of the distance travelled replaced car use

E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: insights from surveys and suburban trials

This paper explores the potential of e-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK, reporting on a series of surveys and trials. Hypothesising …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 5d

Finally cataloguing my back catalogue... Turns out I've got rather a lot of decent tracks that I should probably showcase better!

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 6d

Tom Gauld's cartoons genuinely brighten my life each week.

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 6d

My new book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS is out in a week! Order a copy today from you local bookshop or at one of the links here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 9d

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly?

Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!

Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 7d

Enjoying recording some cello lines this week for @submergedtapes.bsky.social's latest video game soundtrack...

Photo of a woman in a white room wearing headphones and playing the cello.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 7d

QUITE.