Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You - Mobile Production Pro

down to the technology of wave forms and
insulating microphones from picking up
multiple sources and using polarity and cancelation
in sub-arrays.
To any mere mortal who might come up
with the idea to do something like this, the
first and most daunting task would have been
getting the word out. Such was not the case
for Dave Rat. “I just put it up on Twitter
and Facebook,” he said. “I have about 6,000
Twitter followers and about another 4,000,
maybe more, Facebook friends. I put it up
on those two and it networked together and
created a little web page [Daverat.com/
seminar.htm] and updated an email [seminar@info.com]
and soon I had two or three
hundred requests to do seminars all over the
world.”
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The initial intent was to
conduct the seminars for
free. However, acquiring
space and paying an assistant
proved to be cost prohibitive
without charging
a fee. Therefore, the ticket
price is $80. In the beginning,
the classes took place
in meeting rooms at hotels
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est. 1980
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shows we love to remember
as well as other similar facilities that could
accommodate the gathering. In recent weeks
Dave has started to push into a more offsite
format such as the seminar he conducted at
Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center in
Washington D. C.
Right now the Dave Rat Seminar is taking
place in cities where Dave’s current client,
Red Hot Chili Peppers is playing. However,
the long term desire is to be able to draw
enough attention (and attendees) to be able
to take it on the road independently of the
concert tour. The best way to help make that
happen is to catch up with him on Twitter,
Facebook, daverat.com/seminar or drop
him a line at seminar@info.com and invite
him to come to a location near you. ♦
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