Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
July 29, 2010
Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray & Emily Saliers – HuffPost 7.29.10
Mike Ragogna: What’s your advice for new acts? Amy Ray: The Internet’s pretty important. I think the tools are changing constantly. Social networking–whether it be Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube video; some way of having a presence on the Internet and keeping up with that. It’s a lot of work, so I think you need to […]
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July 29, 2010
Sugarland’s Kristian Bush – HuffPost 7.29.10
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new bands that are just starting out right now? Kristian Bush: Here is a great example. We were just at Lilith Fair, and in the parking lot, there were a bunch of stages as well as the main stage. There was a stage in the parking lot, and […]
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July 27, 2010
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Tom Jones – HuffPost 7.27.10
Mike Ragogna: For those starting out today wanting to have a great pop music career, what is your advice? Tom Jones: Well, when you start off, you have to try and get as much experience as possible. I don’t think you can make records in the front room of your house and then go on […]
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July 23, 2010
Fanfarlo’s Simon Balthazar – HuffPost – 7.23.10
Mike Ragogna: What advice would you give to an up-and-coming act, indie or otherwise? Simon Balthazar: It’s bizarre because, at least here in London, it doesn’t seem like anybody really needs any advice. When we first started, we didn’t have a game plan. I was just writing songs for the fun of it, and we […]
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July 23, 2010
Maroon 5’s Adam Levine – HuffPost 7.23.10
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for young artists coming up now? Adam Levine: It’s hard to give advice because we’ve been doing this now for eight years. It’s really difficult to give advice in our position because there has been such a revolution in the way this business works since we entered it, basically. […]
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July 20, 2010
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh – HuffPost 7.20.10
[Note: This is taken from my interview with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh and it contains an informative perspective, made back in 2010.] Mike Ragogna: Would you describe your early style as new wave, punk… Mark Mothersbaugh: …you know, we never really did. We never really thought of ourselves as a punk band either but they were […]
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July 20, 2010
OK Go’s Damian Kulash – HuffPost 7.20.10
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new acts? Damian Kulash: Honestly, it will sound very curt, but the only thing that really matters is making good stuff, you know? Making good music, making good art, making good videos. Just make the things you make well. We’re one of those bands that has had […]
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July 16, 2010
Beth Nielson Chapman – HuffPost 7.16.10
Mike Ragogna: …as a journalist of life, what you’re going through is obviously affecting your writing and creativity in some big way. Beth Nielson Chapman: Well, you know, I teach a lot of workshops and do a lot of lectures on creativity because I’ve been fascinated by creativity and how it works since long before […]
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