Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
July 22, 2011
- in Advice for New Artists , Graham Colton by Mike
Graham Colton – HuffPost 7.22.11
Mike Ragogna: Graham, what advice do you have for new artists? Graham Colton: Well, now, I think there’s more opportunity out there to be heard than ever before, and I have to take my own advice and say that the key is just getting stuff out there. Regardless of how it gets out there and […]
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July 22, 2011
- in Advice for New Artists , David Berkeley by Mike
David Berkeley – HuffPost 7.22.11
Mike Ragogna: David, what advice would you have for new artists at this point? David Berkeley: Go and do it. (laughs) I think that you have to really believe in what you’re doing and try to be true to what it is that inspires you to want to make music. And just do the best […]
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July 20, 2011
NRBQ’s Terry Adams – HuffPost 7.20.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Terry Adams: Well, I think that new artists–the good ones–are in music for the right reasons in the first place. Along the way, you’ll run into people who got into music for, you know, maybe not the best of reasons. So, if you’re in it […]
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July 20, 2011
Rickie Lee Jones – HuffPost 7.20.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Rickie Lee Jones: I’m so not good at that, but I’d remind them that at a performance, everybody has come to be loved, not just you. All of your audience has also come to be loved by you. They haven’t come to judge you, they’ve […]
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July 18, 2011
- in Advice for New Artists , Mac Gayden by Mike
Mac Gayden – HuffPost 7.18.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Mac Gayden: Persistence is the whole thing, don’t give up. Even if nothing ever happens, don’t give up. If somebody in the music business gives up, it opens a slot for you. It doesn’t mean you have to make it in the music business. It’s […]
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July 18, 2011
- in Advice for New Artists , Mike Batt by Mike
Mike Batt – HuffPost 7.18.11
Mike Ragogna: Mike, with all of your experience and history in the music business, do you have any advice for new artists? Mike Batt: Well, the old adage about it being only part inspiration and a great deal of perspiration really has a lot to do with it. You can’t really ever tell how good […]
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July 18, 2011
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Mike Batt – HuffPost 7.18.11
Mike Ragogna: Mike, with all of your experience and history in the music business, do you have any advice for new artists? Mike Batt: Well, the old adage about it being only part inspiration and a great deal of perspiration really has a lot to do with it. You can’t really ever tell how good […]
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July 18, 2011
Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard – HuffPost 7.18.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice would you have for new artists at this point? Benjamin Gibbard: Well, we were just on tour with a band, and they’re kind of a new band. I was talking with the songwriter, and they’re struggling with that whole thing that artists tend to struggle with when they first get recognition […]
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