Michael Hausman is an American musician and

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, known for his collaboration with former-girlfriend and bandmate

Aimee Mann Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. Over the course of four decades, she has released ten studio albums as a solo artist. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyrics about dark subjects, often d ...

. Hausman attended

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and played with a

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band called The Dark before becoming the

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for the new wave band

'Til Tuesday Til Tuesday is an American new wave band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The band, consisting of Aimee Mann (lead vocals, bass), Robert Holmes (guitar), Joey Pesce (keyboards), and Michael Hausman (drums), was active from 198 ...

in the mid-1980s; the group's best-known hit, " Voices Carry" is said to have been inspired by an argument between Hausman and bandmate (and one-time girlfriend)

. The producer of the song,

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, disputed this and stated that the lyrics originally had Mann singing to another woman, though the sex was changed owing to pressure from the record label. Hausman later became a talent manager, representing Mann and other artists, including

Michael Penn Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer, and composer. His 1989 single " No Myth" was a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries. Early life Penn was born in the Greenwich Village neighb ...

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and Pete Droge. In addition to Mann, his current roster includes

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, and Christina Courtin.Michael Hausman Artist Management
Hausman, along with Mann and Penn, founded the

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collective United Musicians, which is based on the principle that every artist should be able to retain

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ownership of the work he or she has created.

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Michael Hausman Artist Management
* American rock drummers 'Til Tuesday members American new wave musicians New wave drummers Living people Berklee College of Music alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-rock-drummer-stub