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April 16, 2010
Toad The Wet Sprocket’s Glen Phillips – HuffPost 4.16.10
[Note: This is a portion of my Glen Phillips interview that contains information new artists might find useful.] Mike Ragogna: Does it seem that with the most successful popular recordings auto-tuning, hyper-compressing, etc., it’s a challenging environment for a purer artist to try and find one’s own sound as well as big success. Glen Phillips: […]
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April 14, 2010
A Conversation with Spencer Proffer – HuffPost 4.14.10
Mike Ragogna: What is your overall vision of your professional purpose right now? Spencer Proffer: Goosebumps is always at the core of whatever I do. Being excited and motivated to break ground, trying new things in my world that build on what has influenced and moved me, keeps me totally pumped. I’ve always told my […]
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April 9, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Jonathan Tyler by Mike
Jonathan Tyler – HuffPost 4.9.10
[Note: This is taken from my interview with Jonathan Tyler and perhaps contains inspirational information for new artists.] Mike Ragogna: In “Ladybird,” you’re talking about your creative muse. But what is your creative muse, what’s your process when writing music? Jonathan Tyler: It’s always different depending on what we’re going through or what I’m feeling […]
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April 9, 2010
A Conversation with Jonathan Tyler – HuffPost 4.9.10
Mike Ragogna: Jonathan, what’s the age range of your band? Jonathan Tyler: We’re 24, 25, 26, and 27. MR: Yet your music evokes The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, and you’re going on tour with ZZ Top and AC/DC. What inspired you to make music that wasn’t as alternative as your contemporaries? JT: I think […]
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April 5, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Matt Hires by Mike
Matt Hires – HuffPost 4.5.10
[Note: This is a snippet from one of my interviews with Matt Hires in which he discusses getting signed to a label.] Mike Ragogna: How did you get “discovered”? Matt Hires: Well, I was in that band in Tampa for a while, and we got some songs up on MySpace as most bands do. Our […]
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April 4, 2010
- in Entertainment Interviews , Matt Hires by Mike
A Conversation with Matt Hires – HuffPost 4.5.10
Mike Ragogna: We have quite a few questions to get through, but let’s get the most important one out of the way first. What’s up with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Matt Hires: Oh man, I don’t know. I just know that they haven’t been doing so hot, that’s about as much as I can tell […]
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April 4, 2010
Spencer Proffer – HuffPost 4.14.10
[Note: This is taken from my interview with Spencer Proffer and contains information that might be useful for artists desiring to have a career involving music in film and related fields.] Mike Ragogna: You worked on a lot of Showtime movies by handling the music and deals in the ’90s. Spencer Proffer: I worked on […]
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April 1, 2010
- in Alan Parsons , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with Alan Parsons – HurffPost 4.1.10
Mike Ragogna: Since your early days of engineering at Abbey Road Studios, you’ve always been ahead of the technology curve. What are you working on lately? Alan Parsons: I’m trying to pass some of the knowledge of the technology back to the real world. I’ve been working on a DVD series called The Art & Science […]
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