Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
July 18, 2011
A Conversation with Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard – HuffPost 7.18.11
Mike Ragogna: Ben, what was your approach in creating the songs and recording your new album Codes And Keys? Benjamin Gibbard: Well, our kind of “m.o.” as we’re making records seems to be pretty similar from record to record. I kind of seclude myself from the band for a month, or we’re off–not touring or doing […]
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July 15, 2011
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Tim Robbins – HuffPost 7.15.11
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists these days? Tim Robbins: First of all, don’t call yourself an artist. Approach it as a worker with a discipline. It’s up to other people to call it art. Do what it is your passionate is about, and do what will bring you joy. What I […]
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July 13, 2011
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311′s Nick Hexum – HuffPost 7.13.11
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Nick Hexum: I tell people that you really have to focus on your craft. Practice your instrument, and don’t expect anything to come to you with any shortcuts. There’s the book that says that ten-thousand hours is what you need to be great at any field, […]
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July 13, 2011
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Thomas Dolby – HuffPost 7.13.11
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Thomas Dolby: Well, I think you need a wider variety of skills than you did when I started out. You’re going to be competing with fifty-thousand other artists just like you, and in order to do that, you’re going to have to be very creative […]
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July 12, 2011
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Dan Bern – HuffPost 7.27.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Dan Bern: (laughs) I guess I feel like if you need advice, then maybe you’re in the wrong field, you know? Because if you’re going to do it, then you don’t need any advice–you’ll do it despite what anybody says. I heard more people saying, […]
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July 11, 2011
George Thorogood – HuffPost 7.11.11
Mike Ragogna: Hey, considering the career you’ve had, I wanted to ask you what advice you have for new artists? George Thorogood: Stay away from fried food and stay out of Italian cars. MR: (laughs) Alright, that works. GT: That’s about the only advice I can give you. MR: Is there anything that you’re utilizing […]
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July 8, 2011
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Chris Valan – HuffPost 7.8.11
Mike Ragogna: Musically speaking, what advice do you have for new artists? Chris Valen: Find a way to keep connected with your art, to keep challenging yourself and growing artistically, to keep looking in the mirror and smiling, to keep love in your heart and to keep hanging in there. Everything else will follow, and […]
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July 8, 2011
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Randy Montana – HuffPost 7.8.11
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Randy Montana: Just keep after it. The best advice I ever got — and this was a long time ago — was “put your blinders on.” Have that tunnel vision. It’s like I was saying earlier, you can only do what you can do. You […]
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