Mentoring, M-Theory, music, martial arts, encouraging myself and others to bring out their best - and, oh yeah, making the world a better place for having been here!
Along with producing and engineering music, I'm a student of Jing Wu - the same school of martial arts that Jet Li is from. We study the five major forms of Kung Fu. Hey, if you're going to do it, you might as well just do it all the way, right?
Movies
Any feel-good movie will do!
Books
The Tipping Point, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the Bible, Tao.
Heroes
Jesus, Jet Li, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Einstein, Bono, and Jeffrey Lebowski.
(pictured above Layzie Bone, "Bone Thugs N Harmony" producers Thin C and D.J. DreGhost and
Bone Thug reunion mixer Dave "Rainman" Banta)
Welcome to my public myspace page. My name is Dave Banta and I have been a full time mixing engineer/producer in Hollywood/LA for over 2 decades. I am currently mixing several projects for the "Bone Thugs N Harmony" including the "Uni5" reunion album with all 5 members due in stores Sept 1st. I mixed the reunion single with all 5 members entitled "THE GAME AINT READY"
please visit www.myspace.com/BoneThugsNHarmony to hear it.
I am also mixing several projects with Teddy Riley including the new "Guy" album. All at my studio. (Now I'm the one with SSL)
I do affordable mixing and mastering for independent artists/labels. For rates and availability email us at Contact@DavidBanta.net or call us at the studio toll free (888) 778-8045. We look forward to hearing from you!
my public facebook is www.facebook.com/dave.banta and my twitter is www.twitter.com/ThaRainman
Those of you that are my personal friends and family please add me on my private myspace page
www.myspace.com/DavidEBanta
I am currently mixing 9ice's new album. This song sold 20 million copies and made him the #1 artist on the continesnt of Africa!
My Bio;
David “Rainman” Banta has been working as a full time recording engineer/producer in Hollywood for more than 2 decades. His engineering credits include (first engineer) Tupac, "Thug Life", Sting, Michael Jackson, “The Roots”, Tracie Spencer, “ Take That” (Robbie Williams group) Mark "Marky Mark" Wahlberg, Eazy E., Ice T., M.C.Ren, "Digital Underground", "The Pharcyde", Rodney O’ and Joe Cooley, and Coolio. He is currently mixing the “Bone Thugs N Harmony”, "Uni5" reunion album with all 5 members
As well as engineering he created and produced a video series entitled “The Basics of Home Recording” which went to several thousand stores and has been a standard in the industry for more than 10 years. Volume 4 “The Complete Guide to Mixing” is used in many recording schools in the U.S. as part of their mixing curriculum. He taught a course based on the video series at UCLA Extension in Hollywood called “The Complete Guide to Home Recording’” for over 10 consecutive years. David also taught Cubase/Nuendo, Reason, and mixing at "The Musician's Institute" in Hollywood for one year. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from “The King’s College” New York, NY.
David is also an accomplished Composer/Producer. His credits include composing/producing and recording Fox’s “Nascar Highlights Theme” and he is currently writing and producing for Fox on an ongoing bases. He also produced music for the WB’s “Jack and Jill”, and MTV’s “Undressed”
Listen live to "Dave Banta's home recording tips and advice" on "Samm Brown's FOR THE RECORD" every Sunday at 2PM (P.S.T.) 90.7FM Hollywood/L.A. 98.7 FM Santa Barbara (The most powerful radio station west of the Mississippi) Listen live at
www.kpfk.org