Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
June 6, 2014
Ringo Starr – HuffPost 6.6.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Ringo Starr: Keep playing and enjoy it…peace and love.
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June 4, 2014
Sarah McLachlan – HuffPost 6.4.14
Mike Ragogna: Sarah, what are some areas where you think artists should be careful or stay aware of? Sarah McLachlan: [laughs] That’s a long list! Surround yourself with people you can trust; though that in itself is a loaded statement, because how do you know who you can trust? I think it’s about managing and […]
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June 4, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , John Waite by Mike
John Waite – HuffPost 6.4.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? John Waite: I would just go your own way! Steve Marriott once said, and I may have used this as my answer twice now, “The first idea you have is the best one.” There are so many people involved in making a record when you’re […]
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June 4, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Steve Wynn by Mike
Steve Wynn – HuffPost 6.4.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Steve Wynn: I think that the advice is no matter what you hear, what you’ve read, what you think, what people tell you, at the end of the day you’re always right. No matter how crazy your impulse is, no matter how wrong it seems, […]
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June 3, 2014
Harry Dean Stanton – HuffPost 6.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Harry Dean Stanton: Don’t try. Let it happen. MR: And that’s how it happened with you? HDS: Yeah, just let it happen. Everything unfolds, I had nothing to do with it. MR: What advice do you have for actors? HDS: Play yourself. That’s what I […]
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June 3, 2014
Ian MucCulloch – HuffPost 4.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Ian McCulloch: Every now and then, I bump into people who I like. Glasvegas was one, I said to James [Allan], “Whatever you do, don’t wear white and don’t look like a geisha girl with your next record,” and guess what? He wore white with […]
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June 3, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , LP by Mike
LP – HuffPost 4.3.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for yourself at this point? LP: I’d say don’t get too ahead of myself, and try to keep my expectations low and my work ethic high. That’s easy to say, but you start to get expectations, especially when good things happen and you think, “Oh, well maybe it […]
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June 2, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Michael Franti by Mike
Michael Franti – HuffPost 6.2.14
Mike Ragogna: Michael, what advice do you have for new artists? Michael Franti: The main thing is to follow your heart and write music that means something to you. The more meaningful it is to you, the deeper it’s going to touch whoever it is that it means something to them. When I was just […]
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