Michael Hausman is an American percussionist and artist manager in the music industry. Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ...

He was a former student of Berklee College of Music and played with a Boston band called The Dark before becoming the drummer for the mid-1980s New Wave band 'Til Tuesday; the group's biggest hit, Voices Carry, is said to have been inspired by an argument between Hausman and bandmate/former girlfriend Aimee Mann. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... The band on the cover of their debut album, Voices Carry. ... Aimee Mann Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American rock guitarist, bass player, singer, and songwriter. ...

He later became a manager, representing Mann and other artists, including Michael Penn and Pete Droge. Hausman, along with Mann and Penn, founded the independent music collective United Musicians, which is based on the principle that every artist should be able to retain copyright ownership of the work he or she has created. Michael Penn in a promotional photograph for his 2005 album Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American singer and songwriter. ... Pete Droge is an American adult alternative/folk rock musician. ... United Musicians is an independent music collective founded by singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Michael Penn and manager Michael Hausman. ... Copyright symbol. ...