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'''Francis Macdonald''' (born 11 September 1970<ref name="GSM">{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin|title=The Great Scots Musicography|year=2002|publisher=Mercat Press|isbn=1-84183-041-0|page=238}}</ref>) is a Scottish drummer, composer, and manager. He is the drummer with Teenage Fanclub,<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=teenage-fanclub-p5610/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Teenage Fanclub|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=27 July 2011}}</ref> and the manager of Camera Obscura and the Vaselines. He also composes music for film and television, and released an album of minimalist classical music in 2015.
==Career== Macdonald recorded a solo album called ''Sauchiehall & Hope – A Pop Opera'' under the pseudonym "Nice Man" and ''The Art of Hanging Out'' as "Nice Man and the Bad Boys". In 2011, he recorded two digital albums of instrumental music: ''Maculate Conceptions'' and ''Maculate Conceptions Volume 2'' on GarageBand on his personal computer during a Teenage Fanclub tour of Europe.<ref name="auto"/>
On 30 March 2015, he released ''Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste''. The album was recorded at Mogwai's Castle of Doom Studios in Glasgow and features a quartet from the Scottish Ensemble. It was described by Classic FM as "sublime, minimalist classical music".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/francis-macdonald/|title=Classic FM|website=Classic FM|accessdate=2020-07-05}}</ref> The album debuted at number 12 in the Classical Artist Albums Chart and at number 3 in the Specialist Classical Albums Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=107488|title=Francis MacDonald Releases "Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste"|website=Top40-Charts.com|accessdate=2020-07-05}}</ref>
Macdonald runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow. He has co-produced albums by Aaron Wright, Attic Lights and Aaron Fyfe.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
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