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October 1, 2010
A Conversation with Dan Wilson – HuffPost 10.1.10
Mike Ragogna: Let’s start by talking about your new album Live At The Pantages. Dan Wilson: Cool. MR: When was it recorded? DW: It was recorded last Winter, and it was a show in Minneapolis. I had been touring after my solo album Free Life came out. I had been touring for about two years and I did […]
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October 1, 2010
Semisonic’s Dan Wilson – HuffPost 10.1.10
Mike Ragogna: …I can’t let you go without you giving some advice to new artists that are coming up right now. Dan Wilson: Wow, okay. Well, I can only speak from my own experience, I guess. But I would say, in my opinion, the main thing to do is to find your audience. That means […]
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October 1, 2010
Franke Previte – 10.1.10
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists that are coming into the field right now? Franke Previte: A new artist is obviously in a new era of the record industry, and it’s probably harder now than ever before to get a record deal. So, I would say it’s all about the song. […]
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September 30, 2010
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– Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100930 – Jason Wilkins
Huffington Post entertainment contributor Mike Ragogna interviews Jason Wilkins.
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September 30, 2010
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– Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100930 – T-Bone Burnett
Mike Ragogna interviews producer T Bone Burnett. Joseph Henry Burnett (born January 14, 1948), widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer. [wiki]
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September 29, 2010
Next BIG Nashville’s Jason Wilkins – HuffPost 9.29.10
Mike Ragogna: Since you’ve segued into this question so nicely, what advice do you have for up-and-coming artists that are starting right now? Jason Wilkins: Take advantage of investor capital money right now. Meaning, there are a lot of digital music start ups that are vying for similar spaces or they’re vying for attention, and […]
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September 29, 2010
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A Conversation with Author Jay Frank – HuffPost 9.29.10
Mike Ragogna: Jay, you have this new book, FutureHit.DNA. Could you just give a brief synopsis about its mission? Jay Frank: What I found when I went looking at popular music was that technology has a huge influence on music consumption. While a lot of people have been creating songs especially made for radio in […]
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September 29, 2010
A Conversation with T-Bone Burnett – HuffPost 9.29.10
Mike Ragogna: T-Bone, you and an entourage of pals are on tour in The Speaking Clock Revue in Boston and New York to benefit music and art education in public schools. T-Bone Burnett: We are. We’ve partnered up with Participant Media which is a great film company started by this guy Jeff Skoll who drew up the […]
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