[mb-users] Re: Legal names and performance names

[Alex Mauer]

Lauri Watts wrote:
> 
> The particular case you raise isn't actually hampered by the AR's we
> have,

I believe it is, because "Walter Carlos" is not strictly speaking a
"performance name" for Wendy.

> it's more that lots of people think all the Walter/Wendy credits
> should be under one name, and others that it should be split, and
> right now the 'one name' is winning (somewhat confused by the artists
> desire to have all their work under their current name, to the point
> of reissuing everything).

Not all reissues have had their credits changed; in particular, the "A
Clockwork Orange" soundtrack is still credited to Walter (unless there's
another, newer reissue that I'm unaware of; Amazon still lists it under
Walter)

> That's also solved with NGS, Lukz says aliases can be attached to
> particular credits which will nicely wrap up the Carlos case.

Looking around, I don't see a timeframe for NGS; how is that progressing?


-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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