– Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100927 – Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson & Jesse Valenzuela

Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson & Jesse Valuenzela

Tony Lunn – HuffPost 9.24.10

Mike Ragogna: Tony, what is your advice to up and coming artists? Tony Lunn: What would I say to a new artist right now? I’d just say keep doing what you’re doing and be persistent. If you want to make music, be persistent and just keep at it. I would also say be diligent about […]

Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson & Jesse Valenzuela – HuffPost 9.24.10

[Note: This interview excerpt from my interviews with Gin Blossom’s Robin Wilson and Jesse Valenzuela offers a couple of insights new artists might want to check out.] Mike Ragogna: New Miserable Experience is full of hits. You have “Hey Jealousy,” “Until I Fall Away,” “Hold Me Down,” “Found Out About You,” plus “Lost Horizons” and what I […]

Luke Doucet – HuffPost 9.24.10

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists right now? Luke Doucet: Well, you have to spread yourself thin, and I don’t care how talented you are because that’s not going to get you very far. You have to work really hard. Here’s the advice I would give: If you can be something […]

A Conversation with Tony Lunn – HuffPost 9.24.10

Mike Ragogna: You have a new album, Reckoning, and we’ll get to that. But we should start by catching people up on your past. You started out as part of the Chicago scene, right? Tony Lunn: Yeah, I started playing music in Chicago. I had a band called Brennantown which was a bluegrass rock band back […]

A Conversation with Luke Doucet – HuffPost 9.24.10

Mike Ragogna: So, Luke Doucet’s on tour? Luke Doucet: Yes I am. I’m just in Nashville, Tennessee, heading to the airport to fly to Atlanta, Georgia. MR: You have a new record, Steel City Trawler, and it’s a little complicated in that it follows a theme, doesn’t it? The press release says that it’s about “A […]

Conversations with Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson & Jesse Valenzuela – HuffPost 9.24.10

A Conversation with Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson Mike Ragogna: Hi Robin. We’re recording this interview using solar power, something you probably know about being from Tempe, Arizona. Robin Wilson: Well, I believe right around the corner from my studio is the most advanced experimental solar array on the planet. MR: Wow, go into that. RW: […]

Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100923 – Matt White