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June 29, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Jackie Greene by Mike
Jackie Greene – HuffPost 6.29.10
[Note: Here is a snippet form my interview with Jackie Green that might contain useful information for new artists.] Mike Ragogna: What’s your approach when you go into the studio and make your records? Is it basically just fleshing out your songs, or do you have a clear concept of your sound and what your […]
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June 29, 2010
Street Drum Corps’ Bobby Alt – HuffPost 6.29.10
Mike Ragogna: What suggestions might you have for artists in general, tech or no tech? Bobby Alt: Well, the one thing that comes to mind right off the bat is it’s a word of mouth thing. Anything I’ve ever fallen in love with was because somebody told me about it, or I went to check […]
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June 29, 2010
A Conversation with Jackie Greene – HuffPost 6.29.10
Mike Ragogna: There are a few songs on your new album that come off as anthems. For instance, a song such as “Shaky Ground” seems to be saying everyone’s on shaky ground, so try your best to navigate it. Jackie Greene: There’s that, and it also weaves through different stories. It’s one of those songs […]
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June 29, 2010
A Conversation with Street Drum Corps’ Bobby Alt – HuffPost 6.29.10
Mike Ragogna: Can you catch your fans up on what’s been happening over the last couple of years? Bobby Alt: Well, the last few years, I’ve mainly been focusing on our group, Street Drum Corps. We’re celebrating our six-year anniversary now, and we can’t even believe it. It seems like only yesterday we were playing […]
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June 22, 2010
A Conversation with Herbie Hancock – HuffPost 6.22.10
Mike Ragogna: Your new album The Imagine Project “imagines” unity through music. Can you talk about what your mission is with this new record? Herbie Hancock: Absolutely. The purpose of the record is peace through global collaboration. I was thinking, first of all, what would even be my reason for wanting to make a record? What I […]
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June 18, 2010
A Conversation with Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez – HuffPost 6.18.10
Mike Ragogna: Let’s start at the very beginning with The Amory Wars, your sci-fi theme that runs through each of your five releases. This fifth album, Year Of The Black Rainbow, is a prequel, and for many, it will be the perfect place to get acquainted with the story and music of Coheed and Cambria, the […]
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June 16, 2010
- by Mike
Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100616 – Griffin House
Note that Mike Ragogna’s web archives do not contain the music from the originally aired program in order to comply with copywrite laws.
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June 16, 2010
- by Mike
Mike Ragogna’s 2.0 – 20100616 – Street Drum Corps’ Bobby Alt
Note that Mike Ragogna’s web archives do not contain the music from the originally aired program in order to comply with copywrite laws.
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