Category Archives for "Goat Rodeo"
October 24, 2013
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Yo-Yo Ma – HuffPost 10.24.13
Mike Ragogna: Too beautiful. Yo-Yo, what advice do you have for new artists? Yo-Yo Ma: Look for where the real needs are. Respond to need. No matter how great a society is, people fall through the cracks. Where are the cracks? Where are the edges? Artists are incredibly sensitive people, that means sometimes, we have […]
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September 23, 2013
Chris Thile – HuffPost 9.23.13
Mike Ragogna: Chris, what advice do you have for new artists?” Chris Thile: Oh, let’s see. My chief advice right now would be to have periods of both voracious listening and complete silence. Listen, listen, listen, listen, be so honest with yourself about what you love and what you don’t love about what you’re hearing […]
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February 29, 2012
Chris Thile – HuffPost 2.29.12
Mike Ragogna: I wanted to ask you, after all your years of playing, being the musician’s musician, what advice would you have for new artists? Chris Thile: I meet a lot of aspiring musicians who are so worried about their careers, worried about their professional advancement, getting discovered and getting a break and all that […]
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January 27, 2012
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Stuart Duncan – HuffPost 1.27.12
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice you’d like to share with newer artists? Stuart Duncan: I’m still collecting advice of my own. What can I say? Don’t do what I did, stay in school (laughs). Make sure there’s enough rosin on your bow. Change your mandolin strings. MR: Anything else? SD: You know, they […]
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December 7, 2011
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Yo-Yo Ma – HuffPost 12.7.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Yo-Yo Ma: For new artists, there are two important things. Know yourself, which is hard to do because you keep changing. Who are you? And then also, know the world. And make a relationship between the two.
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