A Conversation with NEeMA – HuffPost 3.10.11

Mike Ragogna: Hey, NEeMA. NEeMA: Hi Mike. MR: Can you tell me about your video “Escape” and how it ended up on MTV’s The Freshmen? N: I wish I could tell you that. I’m not the one who made the song end up there–that’s other people behind the scenes. I think the song was submitted by […]

NEeMA – HuffPost 3.10.11

Mike Ragogna: What kind of advice do you have for new artists? NEeMA: Wow. I don’t know. I was going to say, “Follow your heart,” but I think it’s a hard business–because it is a business that you’re entering, if you want to do it seriously. If it’s what keeps you alive, and you really […]

A Conversation with The Civil Wars – HuffPost 3.10.11

Mike Ragogna: Joy and John Paul, The Civil Wars was formed in Tennessee? Joy Williams: We are based in East Nashville in Tennessee, and John comes from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. I’m a transplant from the Bay Area in California, I’ve been in Nashville for eleven years now. MR: How did you start up The Civil […]

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Brett Dennen – HuffPost 3.9.11

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Brett Dennen: I would say play, play, play. Never stop playing, get as many gigs as you can, build yourself a foundation and a following. Those fans that you make early on are the fans that stay with you forever, no matter how many bad […]

The Sway Machinery’s Jeremiah Lockwood – HuffPost 3.9.11

Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Jeremiah Lockwood: Measure intensity with patience.

A Conversation with The Sway Machinery’s Jeremiah Lockwood – HuffPost 3.9.11

Mike Ragogna: What’s behind the title of your new album, House Of Friendly Ghosts? Jeremiah Lockwood: The “ghosts” are supposed to be the spirits of ancestors I am invoking with my music. The hope is that I will be able to draw strength from them to create something new and beautiful. MR: Your debut album, Hidden Melodies […]

A Conversation with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills – HuffPost 3.8.11

Mike Ragogna: Hello, Mike. Mike Mills: How are you? MR: I’m pretty good. How are you doing? MM: Good, thanks. MR: What went into the production of R.E.M.’s new album, Collapse Into Now? MM: Well, it’s sort of a long process, as many of them are. The main overall thing after having made Accelerate was to make a […]