Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
May 5, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Tommy Chong by Mike
Cheech & Chong’s Tommy Chong – HuffPost 5.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Tommy, what advice do you have for new artists? Tommy Chong: Just enjoy the moment, whatever the moment is. Sleeping in your car? Enjoy it. Accepting the Academy Award for your music? Enjoy it. Enjoy the moment, because that’s all we have. Life is just a series of moments strung together, make the […]
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May 5, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Walter Egan by Mike
Walter Egan – HuffPost 5.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Walter Egan: Well, “artist” is a broad term, I suppose. In anything creative, you’ve got to have a pretty tough skin first of all, to be able to continue to hold that flame of your intense desire to create and shield it from all the […]
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May 5, 2014
Dave Mason – HuffPost 5.2.14
Mike Ragogna: Dave, what advice do you have for new artists? Dave Mason: Well, first off, like anything, you’d better have some good friends around you to tell you that you’re full of shit when you get carried away. At least have some business accumen. It’s a crapshoot, it’s a total crapshoot. You’d better have […]
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May 5, 2014
Rick Springfield – 5.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Rick Springfield: Obviously develop your talent as much as you can, hang with other people with like minds, hopefully they’re better so you can learn, and don’t stop performing or playing or writing or whatever it is you do, and don’t put a time limit […]
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May 5, 2014
Sarah McLachlan – HuffPost Live 5.5.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Sarah McLachlan: I’m so loathe to give advice to anyone unless they ask me something really specific. MR: Or maybe can you go into something creative that you’ve done? SM: I sort of look at the business side of things and I think educating yourself […]
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May 5, 2014
War’s Lonnie Jordan – HuffPost 5.5.14
Mike Ragogna: Lonnie, what’s your advice for new artists? Lonnie Jordan: I would say not only enjoying the moment, but as far as being an artist, they should definitely become multi-talented in the field of art. Listen to a lot of music, go see a bunch of different types of art, anything that’s an art […]
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May 2, 2014
- in Advice for New Artists , Fourplay , Harvey Mason by Mike
Harvey Mason – HuffPost 5.2.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Harvey Mason: Just practice, listen to all kinds of music, and just play, play, play and go with your heart. Go with your heart and believe and anything’s possible. Believe in your heart and just play from the heart. Don’t try to emulate, try to […]
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May 1, 2014
Funk Volume’s Damien Ritter – HuffPost 5.1.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Damien Ritter: Pay attention to the numbers! The fortunate thing about the Internet is that we can get instant and quantifiable feedback that will give you a REALISTIC picture of where you are. BUT you have to be willing to listen to them. If you […]
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