[Note: This is a snippet from one of my interviews with Matt Hires in which he discusses getting signed to a label.] Mike Ragogna: How did you get “discovered”? Matt Hires: Well, I was in that band in Tampa for a while, and we got some songs up on MySpace as most bands do. Our […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: We have quite a few questions to get through, but let’s get the most important one out of the way first. What’s up with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Matt Hires: Oh man, I don’t know. I just know that they haven’t been doing so hot, that’s about as much as I can tell […]
Continue reading[Note: This is taken from my interview with Spencer Proffer and contains information that might be useful for artists desiring to have a career involving music in film and related fields.] Mike Ragogna: You worked on a lot of Showtime movies by handling the music and deals in the ’90s. Spencer Proffer: I worked on […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Since your early days of engineering at Abbey Road Studios, you’ve always been ahead of the technology curve. What are you working on lately? Alan Parsons: I’m trying to pass some of the knowledge of the technology back to the real world. I’ve been working on a DVD series called The Art & Science […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Did you have any favorite Alan Parsons Project singles? Alan Parsons: Hmmm…you know, we never really tried to make singles, per se. We always strove to make albums work as a whole. In a way, we were born into the right generation to do that because people did go buy an album and […]
Continue reading[Note: This exchange taken from my interview with Jakob Dylan has context with regards to our talking about T-Bone Burnett, but it’s useful information and a good perspective on the subject matter.] Mike Ragogna: With years and years of recordings proliferating, it’s also a cumulative effect. Jakob Dylan: There was just less stuff in the […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: You recorded your previous album Seeing Things with producer Rick Rubin, and the critics loved it, many even raving about its sparseness. But you took a totally different path with your new album, using T-Bone Burnett and an Americana or roots approach. After recording this project and looking back at Seeing Things, what are your thoughts […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: This Charming Life seems to not only be the title of your album, but also its theme. Joan Armatrading: Yes, it’s a very “up” album, it’s very positive. I’m a very positive person, so it comes out…it’s what I’m thinking inside of my head, but I have to say it outside of my head as […]
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