Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20120402 – Ed Sheeran

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Trampled By Turtles’ Dave Simonett – HuffPost 4.13.12

Mike Ragogna: Dave, got any advice might you have for new artists? Dave Simonett: I think, to keep it short, be true to yourself and music. I think if you start to gain momentum as a band, you’re going to have all sorts of people telling you what you’re doing wrong, how you can change […]

Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz – HuffPost 4.13.12

Mike Ragogna: Adam, what advice might you have for new artists? Adam Duritz: This is a great time to be in a band, probably the best time I can remember to be a new musician since the ’80s when all the great college radio stations were popular and the big indie labels were starting up. […]

A Conversation with Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz – HuffPost 4.13.12

Mike Ragogna: Adam, what is the concept behind the assembled material you recorded for Underwater Sunshine? Adam Duritz: No concept, they’re just really records we liked, songs we wanted to play. MR: The material also, for the most part, isn’t about big hits, much of it being a little lower on everyone’s radar. AD: Well, we […]

A Conversation with Trampled By Turtles’ Dave Simonett – HuffPost 4.13.12

Mike Ragogna: Dave, Trampled By Turtles has released quite a few albums up to this point — Songs from a Ghost Town, Blue Sky and the Devil, Trouble, Duluth, Palomino, and now Stars and Satellites. You’re classified as “bluegrass,” but the sound goes beyond that, and your songwriting has the depth of classic artists like Jackson Browne. What inspires the style […]

Devin – HuffPost 4.10.12

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Devin: I think recording on your own is really cool because it worked for me. I know a lot of musicians. If you’re in New York, everyone is a musician. You hear about all the terrible things, they tell you something and you think that’s […]

Ed Sheeran – HuffPost 4.10.12

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Ed Sheeran: Write as many songs as possible and even if you write a bad song, you’ve already got an album and you’re never going to write that song again. Learn from your worst songs, learn from your worst gigs, do as many gigs as possible. […]