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Schuman the human

I'm carving a niche here with a goddamn toothpick!

About Me

'Schuman the human' is proud to present his very first album of songs produced by Edryd Turner at the fabulous Toerag Studios........Tracklisting 1 Klutz 2 Charlie Varrick 3 Oh how Happy 4 Dark Regrets 5 Tow that line! 6 Coming to pieces 7 The Ballad of Robert Crumb 8 A Weekend Away 9 The Pier-end incident 10 Marlenas' game 11 The Wares to make it through . All songs (c)schumanmusic except 'Oh how happy' (c) Charles Hatcher (a.k.a Edwynn Starr!) which was originally a northern soul hit for 'Shades of Blue'..................... Special thanks to the following people , Lyndon , Lisa , Yazz and Domonic a.k.a 'Corman', right band wrong time.. Fabrice Pointeau for all his 'harsh but fair' advice over the years and for his excellent Guitar solo and harmonica i copied on 'Robert Crumb' (you played them better) . RD Burman for reminding me there's more great sounds to be made than just the 'Stars in their eyes' old/new wave bands of today imagine. Vic Godard for all his pearls of wisdom all those years ago , And special thanks also to my dear mum for the funds.....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/9/2006
Band Website: uglynephew.com
Band Members: Schuman the human is essentialy me on Vox ,guitars, keys and Banjo with the assistance of the following lovely people..... Miss Chilli Gold - lead and b.Vox. Gordon Maguire - Bass , harpsichord, organ on 2 , b.vox. Mick Frangou - Drums , b.vox Elsie Frangou,Rose Frangou,Ava Coyle b.vox on track 3..... Johnny Graftham - Pedal steel Ian Kellett- Banjo on 1 and 6 Andy Mcfarlane - Violin and all string arrangements ... Olivia Mclennan - Cello.......... COVER ART- Patrick Woodrow
Influences: Nancy and Lee , Joe Meek , Doo-wop , Bollywood , The Modern Lovers , Vic Godard , Sun records , Delta blues , Les Baxter , Bo-Diddley , John Barry , Serge Gainsbourg , Irma Thomas , Rockabilly , Buddy Holly
Sounds Like: Hear for yourselves..Limited edition CD 1000 copies. At a cost of only £8 which is roughly $16 or €11.55 including all post and packaging, worldwide!OR alternately you can buy the album as a high quality MP3 download for a little less @ £5
Record Label: Ugly Nephew
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Blog review on mp3hugger

Thanks to Kevin for this, Goto http://mp3hugger.com/Right now I am having a lazy Saturday and Schuman The Human is doing his damndest to supply me with a most perfect soundtrack. Schuman is in fact Ma...
Posted by Schuman the human on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:43:00 PST

Dandelion Radio/Top 10 albums of the year (so far)

Thanks to Mark Whitby from Dandelion Radio for this review and the forthcoming Radio play (May 1st onwards), he's put us as his top album of the year so far just above some obscure little outfit calle...
Posted by Schuman the human on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:18:00 PST

Lord won’t you buy me a..

Those good people at Mercedes-Benz have put one of our songs 'Dark Regrets' onto their new mp3 download mixtape no. 20Goto http://www3.mercedes-benz.com/mixedtape/mixedtape.html...
Posted by Schuman the human on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

Schuman in Bollywood

Thanks to Julia from Ishq  (A german bollywood magazine) for this. I always wanted to go to Bollwood and make music like my hero R.D Burman. Guess this is the next best thing.  &nbs...
Posted by Schuman the human on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:27:00 PST

Track Reviews on The Walrus/Losing today.com

Me? Nah, not a fan of Bluegrass music especially. But when Schuman the Human, aka Mark Foster, came into my life with his punchy and very modern sounding tune "Coming to Pieces," that all changed. It&...
Posted by Schuman the human on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:46:00 PST

Online review

New review by Bob Battams @ www.itsnotthebandihateitstheirfans.blogspot.com/As I've mentioned before, my little blogging hiatus has left me with a backlog of CD's to go through, but so far, my favorit...
Posted by Schuman the human on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:46:00 PST

Showtime for Schuman CD Album available now

Thanks for everyone who's been asking about this over the months, It's been just about a year since we finished it but i'm pleased to say I've just recieved our first CD press...
Posted by Schuman the human on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:19:00 PST

Album review in 'Maverick' magazine

Thanks to Helen for writing this review which appeared in the April issue of 'Maverick' magazine, Britain's top (oh yes) County music magazine. I'm currently writing my Rock Opera based on string theo...
Posted by Schuman the human on Sun, 20 May 2007 05:45:00 PST