[Seattle-editorial] "DIY or DIE" filmmaker, $30 Film/Music/Writing School series author, coming to Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Salem

[Michael Dean]

"DIY or DIE" filmmaker, $30 Film/Music/Writing School series author, coming 
to Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Salem


Director of "DIY or DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist"
and author of "$30 Film School" and "$30 Music School"
is doing a 2004 PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOUR, April 3-17.
www.kittyfeet.com

"DIY or DIE" features Fugazi, Lydia Lunch, Mike Watt, Richard Kern, Gwar 
and more.
"$30 Film School" and "$30 Music School"  take you from buying a camera or 
guitar to booking a world tour.


"Read this excellent book and learn how to produce profitable independent 
films while sticking your finger in the eyes of the devil-worshiping media 
conglomerates who are sucking us dry of our spiritual and economic capital."
--Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment, and creator of the Toxic 
Avenger

"In $30 Film School Michael Dean & his crew give great insight on how to 
avoid the tired conventions of commercial filmmaking and etch the 
subversive onto the screen for the greater good of cinema and mankind alike."
--Joshua Leonard, Actor/Cameraman, "Blair Witch Project"

"Michael Dean is a Hollywood-hating, just-let-me-make-my-damn-movie kind of 
guy. For the nine-zillion hungry souls who fall into the same category, $30 
Film School is the perfect book. The ultimate guide for the ambitious, 
artistic, alterna and penniless."
--Jerry Stahl

"Read this book, do it yourself, and rebel against the outrageous amounts 
of money Hollywood wastes to justifies its lack of vision."
--Lydia Lunch

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DATES:

Sunday, April 4. Show DIY or DIE and play music and sign books at The Know 
in Portland, Oregon. 8 pm. 2026 NE Alberta.

Wed, April 7. FREE. Talk about art and music, sign "$30 Music School" and 
play music at Borders Books, in Portland, Oregon. 7 pm Mohawk Building
708 SW Third, First Floor
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503.221.9814

Wed, April 7. Play music singing with Storm Large in at Dante's in 
Portland, Oregon. 9:30 to 10:15


April 8, afternoon. Speak at Doug Blandy's class "DIY, Zines and Democracy" 
at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Friday, April 9, 8:00 pm, Film Screening ($3-5 cover)
DIY or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

at DIVA: Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts. 110 west broadway (corner 
of olive and broadway), Eugene, Oregon
www.divanow.org


Saturday, April 10. 7 pm. FREE. Talk about art and music, sign "$30 Music 
School" and play music at Borders Books, in Eugene, Oregon. 5 Oakway Center
Eugene, OR 97401
541.345.6072


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Saturday, April 10, noon - 4:00 pm, Basic Video Filmmaking Workshop
Michael Dean teaches basic and intermediate video filmmaking techniques in 
a four-hour course. A LOT will be covered in this time. Be prepared to take 
notes (recording and filming is ok) and be prepared to have a good time too.

Sunday, April 11, noon - 4:00 pm, How to Promote Independent Film, Music & Art
Michael is an expert on getting worldwide exposure on no budget. Here he 
shows you tips, tricks and more.

both at DIVA: Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts. 110 west broadway 
(corner of olive and broadway), Eugene, Oregon
www.divanow.org

Tuition: $40 for all events or $20-$25 sliding scale per day

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Thursday, April 15. 8 pm. Show DIY or DIE and play music and sign books at 
The Aftermath Gallery in Seattle, Wa. 928 12th ave.on Capitol Hill

Friday, April 16. FREE. Talk about art and music, sign "$30 Music School" 
and play music at Borders Books in Salem, OR.2235 Lancaster Dr., NE

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Michael has been featured in Film Threat magazine, interviewed on the front 
page of the San Francisco Examiner, on radio (including BBC and NPR); 
featured and interviewed on TV (including NBC, VH1 Classic, Adelphia and 
Connie Martinson Talks Books), ; and has been a guest lecturer at Cal Arts 
college, San Francisco's Yerba Buena museum and at the Los Angeles Museum 
of Contemporary Art. The film is sold at the Whitney Museum in New York 
City. He was a conference speaker (via video) in the DVD 2003 International 
Conference in Washington DC.

Michael Dean is a compelling public speaker, excellent interviewee, and has 
a lot of experience doing Q&A, including taking his film on a 40-city tour. 
He did a booking a European film/book/music tour in the fall of 2003
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