Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
December 30, 2010
Everest’s Russ Pollard – HuffPost 12.30.10
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Russ Pollard: My only advice is to do what you want, who cares what anybody else thinks. Be confident because people are drawn to confidence. People want to be entertained, they don’t want to see fear or a lack of self respect. So, you have […]
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December 24, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Thalía by Mike
Thalía – HuffPost 12.24.10
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Thalía: Pursue your dreams. Don’t ever let anybody put you down, and trust in yourself. Be yourself and don’t be afraid of being who you are. Sometimes, everybody wants to belong to a certain society, group of people, with the “in” students in school. No. […]
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December 24, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Flo Rida by Mike
Flo Rida – HuffPost 12.24.10
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Flo Rida: If this is your passion, you definitely have to love it 200 percent. Dream big and never give up because there is always somebody out there working hard. If you do negative things in your life, you can always expect negative things to […]
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December 23, 2010
Laurie Anderson – HuffPost 12.23.10
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Laurie Anderson: Play live. That’s a great way to make your work more immediate and you’ll find out a lot about it. Get yourself out of the house. You don’t have to go out on the road and do big tours, but play live. The […]
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December 20, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Chip Taylor by Mike
Chip Taylor – HuffPost 12.20.10
[Note: This was taken from my interview with Chip Taylor and is presented here because it might be inspirational for new artists.] Mike Ragogna: So, you were signed at 15? Chip Taylor: Yes, at 15 or 16. I was signed to King Records at the time, and the New York division was the all black […]
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December 17, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Duffy by Mike
Duffy – HuffPost 12.17.10
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists? Duffy: I have to be honest. I am not really down with those sorts of things, you know? I think that kind of works with journalists and if I had some mates who were in a band, some buddies who are coming out I would […]
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December 17, 2010
Jesse McCartney – HuffPost 12.17.10
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new artists? Jesse McCartney: It’s a good question. I think that there are a lot more ways into the industry. You look at somebody like Justin Bieber as a template, there are the amount of outlets that kids have with YouTube and Twitter and Facebook to be discovered. The […]
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December 13, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Bebel Gilberto by Mike
Bebel Gilberto – HuffPost 12.13.10
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists that are starting out? Bebel Gilberto: Well, I guess that the most interesting thing– maybe most people don’t think about unless you are raised by artists as I was–is to combine discipline and artistic methods which, for me, was always difficult. It is good that […]
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