Maybe you are in a band that is trying to “make it” and get signed, but young musicians and bands must navigate a lot of things these days. And with many of those things, come different people with different titles: Manager, agent, booking agent, producer, promoter, engineer… The list goes on and on. If you are lucky, one of the first people that you’ll encounter on your “quest for success” is an A&R person. But what do those people do? Who better to ask about the world of A&R than a drummer who is now one of the leading A&R people in music, Dave Rath. Dave Rath was (and is) the drummer for the Philadelphia based hard rock and metal band Heavens Edge. He started by studying with well-known drum teacher Mark LaRosa, (like the rest of us) he idolized John Bonham, and played along to Aerosmith and Van […]