Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
September 17, 2010
Corey Taylor of Stone Sour and Slipknot – HuffPost 9.17.10
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for kids coming into music right now? Corey Taylor: Just get all the practice you can in, and I don’t mean in the basement or the garage or whatever. I mean go out and play live. Go out and cut your teeth and learn your craft. Don’t be […]
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September 17, 2010
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The Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown – HuffPost 9.17.10
Mike Ragogna: What do you have, as far as advice, for young people getting involved in music? Chuck Brown: Well, I think it’s a great thing, you know? Some of them may get into go-go, and some of them won’t play any go-go, but they’ll play jazz or blues or whatever they play. Everybody has […]
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September 15, 2010
Brian Culbertson – HuffPost 9.15.10
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for up-and-coming artists? Brian Culbertson: What I tell people is a lot of people think they need to make a whole record in order to get a record deal, and my opinion is you don’t really need a full record. You need three really well done, great songs–written […]
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September 15, 2010
The Weepies’ Steve Tannen and Deb Talan – HuffPost 9.15.10
Mike Ragogna: …got some advice to new artists that are jumping into this ring? Steve Tannen: That’s easy. Deb Talan: Just keep doing what you’re doing… ST: …every day, it doesn’t matter what your job is. Both of us had horrible, horrible jobs, and some not so bad jobs. But write every day. DT: If […]
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September 15, 2010
KISS’ Gene Simmons – HuffPost 9.15.10
Mike Ragogna: Which takes us to what advice do you have for new artists? Gene Simmons: There’s no advice you can give because every artist is unique. There’s no paint-by-numbers road to success, and no ten easy steps to follow that will make you succeed. First, it will start with you, and what you’ve got. […]
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September 13, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , David Gray by Mike
David Gray – HuffPost 9.13.10
Mike Ragogna: What kind of advice do you have for up and coming artists? David Gray: I always stumble a bit on this question. I just think, follow your heart, and try to not listen to what the consensus view is. Follow your feelings about music, don’t listen to the media. Just play it the […]
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September 13, 2010
- in Advice for New Artists , Josiah Leming by Mike
Josiah Leming – HuffPost 9.13.10
[Note: The following is taken from my interview with Josiah Leming and contains potentially inspiring information for new artists.] Mike Ragogna: Does your writing come from life experience? Josiah Leming: That’s the only thing I can write about. I’m a strong believer that if I don’t have something to say, there’s no reason for me […]
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September 10, 2010
Anthrax’s Joey Belladonna – HuffPost 9.10.10
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Joey Belladonna: Well, I’d always say you just have to decide if you really want to do this for the right reasons. You get what you can out of it, the way you want to put the time in. If I did this on a part […]
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