Mark Volman
Mark Volman ( born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rock musician who is primarily known as a singer. The mid-1960s, he and Howard Kaylan the bubblegum pop group The Turtles, which at that time countless Top Ten hits (Happy Together, Elenore, and It Is not Me, Babe ) and had enjoyed world fame.
Life and work
Volman spent his childhood in the town of Westchester in Los Angeles. At school he met the same age Howard Kaylan know. In 1965 he joined the band "The Night Riders ". From the night riders soon became the group " Crossfire " on the turn, a well-known disc jockey was attentive, who took over their management immediately. The band renamed themselves again and enjoyed shortly thereafter for a period of five years worldwide fame as The Turtles ( qv).
The Turtles broke apart in 1970. Mark Volman and his brother in spirit, Howard Kaylan, yet account for another decade, an international sensation, this time as the satire - pop duo Flo & Eddie ( see there). Volman worked together since 1970 with over 100 well-known rock and pop stars, sometimes a producer, sometimes as a background singer.
Im not quite fresh youth aged 45 years, Mark Volman 1992 enrolled at a university, put seven years later his Master of Fine Arts with a focus on " Writer " from. At Loyola Marymount University, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in "Communication" and "art". At this university and at Los Angeles Valley College, where he was from 1997 to 2004 teachers and made his students of the faculties of communication and art fit in terms of " the music business " and " industry".
In 1997, Mark Volman founded the company Ask Professor Flo. The company offers services in the fields of music, consulting and production. A guide to self-help for aspiring " musicians and people who hope to survive in the music industry ", as explained Volman - In the same year his first book was written.
Today, Mark Volman has been a professor at the Institute Curb School of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville and holds at several other universities seminars, workshops and courses.
Discography (selection)
Flo & Eddie
- Flo & Eddie: Illegal, Immoral and Fattening - 1974
- Flo & Eddie: Rock Steady - 1981
Backing vocals
- T. Rex T. Rex - 1970 (only Seagull Woman)
- T. Rex: Electric Warrior - 1971
- Mothers of Invention: Fillmore East - 1971
- Mothers of Invention: Just Another Band from LA - 1972
- T. Rex: The Slider - 1972
- John Lennon: Some Time in New York City - 1972 ( Live Jam )
- Roger McGuinn Peace on You - 1973
- Ray Manzarek: The Whole Thing Started with Rock'n'Roll - 1975
- Stephen Stills: Illegal Stills - 1976
- California Dreaming (Soundtrack) - 1979
- Alice Cooper: Flush the Fashion - 1980
- Bruce Springsteen: Hungry Heart - 1980
- Blondie: Autoamerican - 1980
- Al Stewart: Live / Indian Summer - 1981
- Jefferson Airplane: Jefferson Airplane - 1989
- Bruce Springsteen: Live - 1991
- Ramones: Mondo Bizarro - 1992
- Yoko Ono: Ono Box - 1992
- Steely Dan: Citizen Steely Dan - 1993