Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
June 18, 2014
Chicago’s Robert Lamm – HuffPost 6.18.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Robert Lamm: My opinion is that when your muse leads you to doing music it needs to be something that you would do no matter what. You need to realize that aside from practicing and aside from playing it really is a lifetime exploration. An […]
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June 18, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Buzz Cason by Mike
Buzz Cason – HuffPost 6.18.14
Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artist? Buzz Cason: Well, I think it’s such a wide-open field with so many multiple genres that you should just be true to yourself and do the music that you feel comfortable with and find people of a like mind with you, the ones with music […]
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June 18, 2014
The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston – HuffPost 6.18.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Tom Johnston: Well I’ve been asked that a lot, and the music business has changed so drastically from when we came in–it’s like night and day. Number one: Be as good at your craft–whatever that is, singing, playing or both–as you possibly can. Practice as […]
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June 18, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Peter Frampton by Mike
Peter Frampton – HuffPost 6.18.14
Mike Ragogna: Peter, what advice do you have for new artists? Peter Frampton: If you’re unique, people are interested in you. But it’s very difficult sometimes when those music business people who could bring you to the masses are looking for something that just happened. Unfortunately, if you sound like somebody else, you might have […]
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June 17, 2014
NRBQ’s Terry Adams – HuffPost 6.17.17
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Terry Adams: Well a musician has to figure that in the world today people are bombarded with music all the time. Listening to music is sort of a lost art. A lot of people can’t sit down, take the time out of the evening and […]
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June 17, 2014
The Mavericks’ Paul Deakin – HuffPost 6.17.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Paul Deakin: Get a day job. No. Honestly, I taught for ten years, and I was always very honest, I said, “Look, the chance of you making a living at this isn’t very good, but I really believe your best shot at doing this is […]
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June 17, 2014
Nazareth’s Dan McCafferty – HuffPost 6.17.14
Mike Ragogna: Dan, what’s your advice for new artists? Dan McCafferty: This is going to sound really old, but do what you like. If you don’t you’ll get talked into something by people telling you what you should do and you’ll end up not liking yourself very much and being pissed off by what you […]
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June 17, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Robert Francis by Mike
Robert Francis – HuffPost 6.17.14
Mike Ragogna: Robert, what advice do you have for new artists? Robert Francis: Coming back to one of the first things we talked about, it’s about being vulnerable, and to not be scared of that vulnerability.It’s really hrd to put yourself out on the line and share your deepest thoughts with the entire world. But […]
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