Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
September 2, 2014
Steve Perry – HuffPost 9.2.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Steve Perry: Work on songwriting. Think about an artful and poetic way to say what you want to say. Say something interesting or that you feel needs to be said. Study the classics, in all genres. Get smarter. Don’t get wrapped up in “music scenes” or […]
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September 2, 2014
Jaimoe – HuffPost 9.2.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Jaimoe: Whatever it is you do, practice your art, practice your trade. Learn as much as you can about what it is you’re doing and apply that as much as you can, because the application of it is what is going to mostly get you where […]
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September 2, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Cris Cab by Mike
Cris Cab – HuffPost 9.2.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists?Cris Cab: The best advice I can give is the same thing Pharrell told me…there’s no substitute for hard work. If you really want to make it in this business, you’ve got to give it all of your time. Its definitely not a part time kind […]
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August 29, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Iain Matthews by Mike
Iain Matthews – HuffPost 8.29.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Iain Matthews: Do it for the right reasons Develop a songwriting style. Build a grass roots following early on. Follow the muse and respect it Never settle for average. Always give it your very, very best. Be thankful for whatever comes your way and don’t […]
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August 29, 2014
Umphrey McGee’s Brendan Bayliss & Joel Cummins – HuffPost 8.29.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice to new artists? Brendan Bayliss: In the immortal words of Yoda: “Do or do not, there is no ‘try.’” Joel Cummins: Focus on your music. Create something that is unique to you or your group and work on your sound. Practice. Listen. Woodshed. Write. Perform. Don’t worry about social […]
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August 29, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Bruce Hornsby by Mike
Bruce Hornsby – HuffPost 8.29.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Bruce Hornsby: This comes from years of dutifully being nice and actually listening to aspiring musicians’ files and CDs and tapes that they’ve sent me, almost every time I say the same thing: I feel that stylistically they’re kind of generic, they’re not unique. I’m […]
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August 28, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Mark Erelli by Mike
Mark Erelli – HuffPost 8.28.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Mark Erelli: I guess I would say that if you meet someone who seems certain about where the music business is going and how to conduct your business, than you just want to smile and nod at and then walk away from them as soon […]
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August 28, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Kinky Friedman by Mike
Kinky Friedman – HuffPost 8.28.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Kinky Friedman: Oh, find what you like and let it kill you. That’s excellent advice for any young person today. There’s not a lot of people like me who can wander in the raw poetry of time and do these concerts in Australia and this […]
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