Talk:Michael Nyman Band

message: I removed this .  I included it based on the claim on the 1995 Michael Nyman compilation discography.  It took me a little bit to find this, as my casettes are not well organized.  The crefits say nothing of the band, which is not surprising, since it's purly a piano work.  For the record, the musician credits are the following:  "Orlando Gough, John Lewis, Ben Mason, Michael Nyman, Dave Smith:  Pianos".  This album is from 1976, reprinted in 1983.  The 1995 Michael Nyman album also refers to The Cold Room as being performed by the Michael Nyman Band, but the album itself is credited to the Wembley Studio Chamber Orchestra. --Scottandrewhutchins 05:37, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Recent English Experimental Music'', ''[[Audio Arts]]'' Cassette Vol. 3, No. 2 - "The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz"

message: Does anyone know who the Helen Mirren lookalike in the picture is?  I'm guessing it's Cathy Thompson or Kathy Shave, though I can't find pictures of either.  It might be Clare Connors, but I have access to only one good headshot of her, and if it is, she has visibiliy aged a great deal. --Scottandrewhutchins 18:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Band photo

message: I've finished (for now) an article for La Traversée de Paris and I'm feeling very proud of myself.  It's a masterpiece constructed from online translation tools, deductive logic, and pure academic pretension.  There's more that might be added, especially the "Other Recordings" section, but: a) I'm not familar with Noises, Sounds; and b) I can't be bothered right now. Lontano 04:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have the album, perhaps you can add the lineup on this page. If no lineup is given, it means I don't have the album in question.  If I have it and there are no musician credits, it says "no musician credits". --Scottandrewhutchins 22:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't physically have the album, just the music from it, but I found the liner notes in the comprehensive discography at http://www.michaelnyman.com -- I've added the band lineup as listed there for Traversée. Lontano 02:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: La Traversée de Paris (album)

message: From Michael Nyman's official work list on his website (http://www.michaelnyman.com/work/4):
Miranda (from Prospero's Books) -- [4'] [1990] -- Soloist(s) 2-3 Female Voices -- 2ssx(2asx).barsx:(fl:picc)/hn.tpt.btbn(euph)/pf/3vn.va.2vc/ebgtr -- First performance 127, Royal Festival Hall, London -- Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, Miranda Sex Garden, Michael Nyman Band.
Interesting.  So Miranda Sex Garden might have been the ones responsible for the "rhythmic", scat-like vocals in the Essential Miranda.  I don't know why they weren't credited in the liner notes -- maybe because MSG are signed to another record company (Warp) they were refused permission, and so couldn't be credited without their record company suing them.
Regardless, it does suggest there were other vocalists heard in that recording of "Miranda" despite only Leonard & Hirst being credited. Lontano 09:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I found Kate Musker's e-mail address when working on her entry, which she asked me to remove, so it is no longer there.  I asked her about this.  She confirmed that there were additional singers at the session, but said that she did not know if it was MSG, and that we would have to ask them, and expect a very long time to get a response.  --Scottandrewhutchins 16:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Uncredited Singers in the Essential Miranda?