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December 16, 2011
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Dave Koz – HuffPost 12.16.11
Mike Ragogna: I asked you this, I think, twice before, but do you have any advice for new artists that you’d like to share? Dave Koz: I would say that you should know that one side of this business is exciting and the other is absolutely terrifying. It’s just a no man’s land in this […]
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December 14, 2011
Raul Malo – HuffPost 12.14.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Raul Malo: It’s a cliché, but I think it’s about as solid advice you can give to anybody that is going to do this, that is to just be yourself. Be as honest as you can with your art, whatever your art is, whether it’s […]
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December 14, 2011
A Conversation with Raul Malo – HuffPost 12.14.11
Mike Ragogna: Hello, Mr. Malo. Raul Malo: Hey, how are you? MR: I’m pretty good, how have you been doing? RM: Great man, thank you. I’m just out on a little holiday tour right now. MR: Where are you going to be playing? RM: Well, we’re just basically going up and down the East Coast. […]
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December 14, 2011
Jay Jay French – HuffPost 12.14.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Jay Jay French: Stay in school, and get a law degree. Get out of the music business as fast as you can, it’s a sinking ship and it’s a mess. When I started out I was twenty years old, gasoline was 39 cents a gallon, […]
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December 14, 2011
A Conversation with Jay Jay French – HuffPost 12.14.11
Mike Ragogna: Who’s on the phone? Jay Jay French: Is that my cue? MR: That’s your cue, Twisted Sistrer’s Jay Jay French. Dude, what are you up to? JJF: You know, I have to tell you, I met Keith Richard’s gastroenterologist at a party. The words “Keith Richards” and “gastroenterologist” were never designed to go […]
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December 13, 2011
A Conversation with Nusrat Durrani, Senior VP and GM of MTV World – HuffPost 12.13.11
Mike Ragogna: How are you, Nusrat? Nusrat Durrani: Hey, Michael. I’m very well indeed, it’s a beautiful day in New York. MR: Nice. Now, by the time readers catch this, the December 12th concert will be over, but let’s talk about it anyway. Can you describe what it’s all about? ND: Well, I think it’s […]
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December 13, 2011
MTV World’s Nusrat Durrani – HuffPost 12.13.11
Mike Ragogna: Nusrat, what advice do you have for new artists? Nusrat Durrani: What advice? MR: Yeah. ND: (laughs) Oh, Michael, that’s a good question. I would just stay stick to whatever you believe in. The world has a tendency to try and shape your music and your art in a certain way that we […]
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December 12, 2011
John Medeski – HuffPost 12.12.11
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice to new artists? John Medeski: Oh god, that’s a hard one. I don’t have any career advice because the music business is moving and shifting and I have no idea what it is. My advice is to be true to yourself and really find practices in your life, […]
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