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Mike Ragogna’s mentor, Tommy West.

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A Conversation with Bleu – HuffPost 10.22.10

Mike Ragogna: Hello, Bleu. So, your new album Four was fan-funded using a kick-starter campaign. You were looking for a few thousand dollars but had a surprising response. Would you go into story? Bleu: Well, it’s really just incredible, and I’m still flabbergasted by the thing. We set out to raise eight thousand dollars to do a […]

Bleu – HuffPost 10.22.10

Mike Ragogna: (laughs) Do you have any advice for up and coming artists? Bleu: You know, I think, more than ever, people need to be making music for themselves and for their fans. In my professional life as a producer and a songwriter, I still see people making music for, what I would call, the […]

BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann & Sam Llanas – HuffPost 10.22.10

Mike Ragogna: Speaking of young people, what kind of advice do you have for new artists? Kurt Neumann: Get smart, learn math, go into the finance, (laughs) because they’re too big to fail and they get to take home all the money. I’m just kidding. The same thing we’ve always said to younger acts is […]

A Conversation with BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann & Sam Llanas – HuffPost 10.22.10

A Conversation with BoDeans’ Kurt Neumann Mike Ragogna: So, you have a new album, Mr. Sad Clown, that just came out of 429 Records, right? Kurt Neumann: Yeah, we had about twenty-three songs and we narrowed it down to about the fourteen that got on there, and I think there’s a bonus track somewhere on Amazon […]

Lily Chapi – HuffPost 10.22.10

[Note: While interviewing Lily Chapin, she gave a description of their creative process that might be inspirational or insightful for artists.] Mike Ragogna: When you guys record, do you have a clear vision of what you’d like the instruments to be or do you wait until you’re in the studio to make those decisions? Lily […]