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All music on this page can be downloadedfrom the quietlifemotel bandcamp site.  Enjoy!
contact: schulmancreative at gmail

The latest Quiet Life Motel album, "dance, ghost," is now available online — as well as in in a limited edition of 347 copies, individually stamped and titled.

Hector ‘Coco’ Barez, cajón
Sarah Marie Hughes, alto sax
Romeir Mendez, upright bass
David Schulman, violin & viola

World Music report called  ANHINGA  "a vivid slice of life that traverses the musical topography of the Americas."

The album was named to BEST DC JAZZ ALBUMS of 2016 (#3) by CapitolBop.

LOVESONGS for my HAT, inspired by writings of Oliver Sacks,
June 2017. All instruments played by David Schulman.

Quiet Life Motel: The evocative 2012 debut heard on NPR's Weekend Edition. Eddie Eatmon on bass and Felix Contreras on percussion. Cameos by Michael Ramos (Charanga Cakewalk, Patty Griffin), Marlysse Simmons (Bio Ritmo), Charlie Barnett (Chaise Lounge).

You know the feeling, right? Everything's set for a night of romance — but then a certain sportscaster keeps popping up ...
Vocals by Tillery(18 years with Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers)

Five Lives: A 5-track EP collection of music for dance. Features the rhythmic yet romantic string quartet piece, "Five Lives."  Nov. 2014.

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Lo-fi live album "Botany of Desire" (2016) improvised to art installation by Tina Tahir, on SoundCloud:

David also appears on percussionist and composer Tigger Benford's 2014  album "Vessel of Gratitude," 
called  "intriguing and adventurous" by Jazz Weekly.

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