Paul Bultitude

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Paul Bultitude is an English musician and record producer. He was the drummer in power pop band Advertising, working with his cousin Dennis Smith, Tot Taylor and Simon Boswell, before replacing Seb Shelton as the drummer in Secret Affair. He was responsible for "discovering" Mari Wilson and when she achieved chart success on Tot Taylor's Compact Records, Bultitude was the drummer in her band, the Wilsations. He was also the drummer for short-lived power pop band The Innocents.

In 1982 he formed record label the Dance Network with songwriter Paul Bevoir and together they set about crafting perfectly executed and packaged bubblegum pop, inspired by the music and merchandising of The Monkees and The Beatles.

Bultitude was the Dance Network's in-house producer, helping to shape the talents of Paul Bevoir and his band The Jetset. He produced five albums for The Jetset and worked with the label's other artists, Dee Walker, manufactured girl group The Candees, and Jetset singer Melvyn J Taub, who recorded as Melvyn And The Smartees. He also worked outside of the Dance Network, producing mod band The Moment.

Later in his career he worked in the mainstream record industry, as an international press officer for Jive Records.