Adam Arcuragi – HuffPost 2.1.12

Mike Ragogna: What Advice do you have for new artists? Adam Arcuragi: Listen. One of the finest skills a person can have is to be able to really listen. Even though the auditory impulses coming into your skull are involuntarily culled and sent to the brain, real listening is an inactive thing that you have […]

Richard Marx – HuffPost 1.30.12

Mike Ragogna: Can you tell us what inspires you as an artist? Richard Marx: Well, my process has been the same for a long time. Unless I’m collaborating with someone and have set a specific time to write a song with someone, I write alone and there is no set time or organization about it. […]

A Conversation with Richard Marx – HuffPost 1.30.12

Mike Ragogna: Richard, last year, you released a Christmas EP, but what else have you been up to recently? Richard Marx: The Christmas EP obviously came out around Christmas time, so I was working on that for a few months prior. All in all it was pretty painless. It was just an EP, so it […]

A Conversation with Stuart Duncan of The Goat Rodeo – HuffPost 1.27.12

Mike Ragogna: Hey, Stuart Duncan of The Goat Rodeo, how are you? Stuart Duncan: Doing great, Mike. How are you? MR: Doing very well, sir. OK, getting right into The Goat Rodeo Sessions album, can you tell give us a little insight into one of its songs, perhaps, “Where’s My Bow?” SD: That song started as a […]

A Conversation with Chuck Prophet – HuffPost 1.27.12

Mike Ragogna: Hi Chuck. What was your plan approaching your new album Temple Beautiful? Chuck Prophet: I knew I wanted to make a rock ‘n’ roll record, a guitar record, and then somehow, I got the idea of digging into the local lore of San Francisco, which is endless. I was writing with my friend Kurt, […]

Chuck Prophet – HuffPost 1.27.12

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Chuck Prophet: Heck, I don’t know. Nikki Sudden once told me that Keith Richards told him that coffee is the absolute worst thing you can put in your body. Seriousness aside, I honestly don’t have any advice for anyone. I suppose if anything, pay attention. […]

Stuart Duncan – HuffPost 1.27.12

Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice you’d like to share with newer artists? Stuart Duncan: I’m still collecting advice of my own. What can I say? Don’t do what I did, stay in school (laughs). Make sure there’s enough rosin on your bow. Change your mandolin strings. MR: Anything else? SD: You know, they […]

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