Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
August 22, 2014
Uriah Heep’s Mick Box – HuffPost 8.22.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists?Mick Box: Believe in yourself and work hard at your craft. Try to be an individual and not one of the pack. I can best explain this by saying when the bands of the seventies came out they all had their own flavour and never two […]
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August 22, 2014
Brian Vander Ark – HuffPost 8.22.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Brian Vander Ark: Write all the time. And don’t sign any record deals. Do it on your own, slowly and methodically picking up quality fans. That’s how you perpetuate a life in music.
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August 22, 2014
Dizzy Reed – HuffPost 8.22.14
Mike Ragogna: Dizzy, what advice do you have for new artists? Dizzy Reed: I’ll say this until the day I die, you’ve got to go out and play in front of people. Especially these days, it’s so easy to just get locked into a “project.” It’s always going to be hard to find the right […]
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August 20, 2014
Bob DiPiero, Kix Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, Chris Young & Ronnie Milsap – HuffPost 8.20.14
Mike Ragogna: This is my traditional question that applies to all creative people, be they songwriters, recording artists or performers. What is your advice for new artists? Bob DiPiero: Do it because you have to. Do it because you are driven beyond sage advice from others against attempting such a foolish path. Don’t have a […]
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August 18, 2014
Gene Simmons – HuffPost 8.18.14
Mike Ragogna: Gene, what advice do you have for new artists? Gene Simmons: I’m sad for new artists because the next Beatles or the next KISS or the next Prince is not going to happen because there’s no record industry. It’s complete chaos. What you’re going to have is a lot of people who think […]
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August 18, 2014
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Ted Nugent – HuffPost 8.18.14
Mike Ragogna: Ted, I need to ask you my traditional question. What advice do you have for new artists?Ted Nugent: It’s really simple. I’ve written the answer to that question, and I’ve answered that question certainly thousands and thousands of times, but it cannot be repeated often enough. You have to be clean and sober. […]
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August 18, 2014
Ace Frehley – HuffPost 8.18.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Ace Frehley: For a musician, practice, practice and more practice. That being said, I would also say follow your dreams. Don’t listen to anybody. When I was sixteen years old, I decided I wanted to be a rock star. It wasn’t in my twenties. I […]
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August 13, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Rupert Holmes by Mike
Rupert Holmes – HuffPost 8.13.14
Mike Ragogna: Mr. Rupert Holmes — master of stage, screen and recording studio — what advice do you have for new artists? Rupert Holmes: Obviously, I recommend my own policy of taking every opportunity that’s offered when you’re first starting out. Beyond that philosophy, though, I’d suggest thinking about your audience as individuals and not […]
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