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Mark Schulman (born September 4, 1961, in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American musician, music producer, audio engineer and corporate speaker who has performed with Foreigner, Pink and Cher as their tour drummer for more than 20 years. Schulman is also a session drummer and co-owner of West Triad Studios, a recording venue located in Venice, California. Schulman is also a virtual and on-stage motivational speaker and published author.[1]
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Background information | |
Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | September 4, 1961
Genres | Pop, rock, funk, jazz fusion, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Musician, speaker, music producer, composer, engineer, studio owner |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion, cello, vocals, production, engineering |
Years active | 1986–present |
Website | markschulman |
Childhood and education
editSchulman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. In a 2012 interview, he explained that by age 3, after seeing the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, he knew he wanted to be a professional drummer and musician.[2]
Born the son of two college English professors, Schulman is a classically trained cellist. As a teen, he played cello with the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic. He was a childhood friend of Grammy-nominated guitarist David Becker.[3]
Early career
editBreaking into the professional music scene, by the mid-1990s, Schulman was the drummer for the band Simple Minds on their album Good News from the Next World and toured with them after the album reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. Schulman returned to session work at the end of the tour.[4] Schulman also toured with the band Foreigner in 1993.
Touring with P!nk and Cher
editFrom 2006 to 2021, Schulman was the tour drummer for international singer and performer, P!nk. In March 2014, Mark was the tour drummer for Cher's 6th "Dressed to Kill (D2K) tour."
Interviews
editIn August 2013, Schulman gave an interview for German magazine, Sticks.[5]
In 2014, Schulman was interviewed by Fortune Magazine's Robert Hackett in an article called, 'How to Survive Touring with Superstars" [6]
In a 2021 interview with Chris Cohen in "Bands to Fans," Schulman said, "I look at my job as being of service. I’m in the service industry... When I get on stage, I’m there to be of service to P!nk, to the band, to the audience, to the crew. My nickname P!nk gave me years ago is 'Disneyland: The happiest place on earth.' One of the things that drew her to me, in addition to my playing, was my ability to just be a light beam and bring that positivity.[7]
Featured in magazines for drummers
editDuring his career as a musician, Schulman was featured in numerous drummer's magazines. He made the cover of Modern Drummer Magazine's May 2019 issue and was featured in an article, "Mark Schulman - Lifting the Vibe."
Schulman was voted One of the Top 3 Pop Rock Drummers in the "Modern Drummer Reader's Poll" in 2014.
Artist P!nk described Schulman in the May 2019 issue of Modern Drummer, artist, saying, "Mark has been a special part of my band for twelve-plus years" [8]
Equipment endorsements
editSchulman has been an official endorser of various musical instruments including Gretsch drums,[9] Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, Remo drum heads, Toca percussion, and Sennheiser microphones.
Other projects
editIn 2010, Schulman was the founder, co-owner, audio engineer, and music producer of West Triad Studios in Venice, California.[10]
Recent projects
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In 2022, Schulman retired as a drummer with P!nk's band to work full time on his own business becoming a virtual and on-stage motivational keynote speaker. This on occasion includes demonstrations of his famous drumming techniques. Schulman's most recent appearance was at NCPDP's 2024 Annual Technology & Business Conference, "Innovation Starts Here".[11]
Writing projects
editSchulman is the author of "Conquering Life’s Stage Fright: Three Steps to Top Performance." In this book, Schulman uses his 30 plus year career performing for more than a billion people. In Schulman's web site, he indicates that Through entertaining stories and innovative exercises, this book revealed "three core concepts that readers can immediately employ to transform their anxieties, no matter what type of presentation, communication or performance is causing them, into a confident, world-class performance."[12]
References
edit- ^ Schulman, Mark (August 2015). Conquering Life's Stage Fright: Three Steps to Top Performance. JETTY JEWELS Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-9966594-0-6.
- ^ "Gretsch Artist Profiles – With Mark Schulman", Gretsch Drummers Magazine, June 2012, retrieved February 3, 2014
- ^ Constantin, Dave (June 2011), "In The Studio With Mark Schulman", Drum! Magazine, archived from the original on May 2, 2012, retrieved January 31, 2014
- ^ 'Simple Minds - Online Biography, The New Touch 92.6 FM, p. 2, archived from the original on 2015-01-22, retrieved January 21, 2015
- ^ Schulman, Mark (August 2013), "Mark Schulman, Power Drummer with P!ink", Sticks, p. 12, retrieved March 13, 2015
- ^ Hacket, Robert (August 2014), "How to survive touring with Superstars", Fortune, p. 12, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ Cohen, Chris (August 2021), "why p!nk nicknamed drummer mark schulman disneyland", Bands to Fans, p. 12, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ Amendola, Billy (May 2019), "P!nk's Mark Schulman", Modern Drummer, p. 12, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ "Gretsch Artist Profiles – With Mark Schulman", Gretsch Drummers Magazine, June 2012, retrieved February 3, 2014
- ^ Schulman, Mark (June 2010), West Triad Studios, retrieved January 23, 2015
- ^ "NCPDP Announces Rockstar Mark Schulman - Drummer for P!NK - as Keynote Speaker for Its 2024 Annual Conference, "Innovation Starts Here"". Yahoo Finance. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ Schulman, Mark (August 2013), "Mark Schulman, the author", markschulman.com, p. 12, retrieved April 7, 2023
External links
edit- Official Mark Schulman website
- Bio from the official Foreigner website
- Vic Firth story on Mark Schulman
- Drum Magazine's web site article "In the Studio with Mark Schulman"
- Drummer Zone Interview
- Fortune Magazine
- Extreme Biz Dev Podcast Ep 20
- Iheartradio Podcast- Relaunch
- Sticks Magazine Cover August 2013
- West Triad (Recording) Studios
- Mark Schulman Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2020)
- Drummer World Article - Includes videos