Category Archives for "Advice for New Artists"
May 1, 2014
Black Stone Cherry’s Chris Robertson – HuffPost 5.1.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Chris Robertson: Practice, play shows, always be grateful and repeat this process every single day!
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May 1, 2014
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Dylan Gardner – HuffPost 5.1.14
Mike Ragogna: Dylan, what advice do you have for new artists? Dylan Gardner: I studied like a college professor on how to make a second album. So many people put out a first album, and it has all this ambition and all this drive, and the second album is that minus the ambition and drive, […]
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April 30, 2014
Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer – HuffPost 4.30.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Joey Kramer: I don’t know man! It’s so different now than it was when we started and when we were young. The only thing that I can say really is that if you have a dream, which is what it was for us, you have […]
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April 30, 2014
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Alice Cooper – HuffPost 4.30.14
Mike Ragogna: Alice, what advice do you have for new artists? Alice Cooper: Wow. First of all, if you have an accordion in your band or a banjo you’re not a rock band. Okay? There’s a band called The Stripes coming out of England right now that may be the next hope for rock ‘n’ […]
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April 28, 2014
Eli “Paperboy” Reed – HuffPost 4.28.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Eli “Paperboy” Reed: That’s a tough one. Write. Write. Don’t just perform, don’t just sing, don’t just play, write, because that’s going to pay dividends over the long haul. That’s where you’re going to be able to pay the rent; writing; creation.
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April 28, 2014
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Dan Wilson – HuffPost 4.28.14
Mike Ragogna: What is your advice for new artists? Dan Wilson: Well, if you want to be a songwriter, you have to write a lot of songs. And it doesn’t matter if they’re good or bad, you just have to write a lot of them. And pretty soon more of them will be good, and […]
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April 25, 2014
Adam Duritz – HuffPost 4.25.14
MR: What advice do you have for new artists? AD: Music’s something you should do if you have to do it. It’s also a hobby for a lot of people, but it’s not a hobby once you start doing it for your life. Hobbies are things people do for fun and the fact is that […]
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April 25, 2014
Glen Phillips – HuffPost 4.25.14
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Glen Phillips: Lord, I have no idea. Make something you really care about and keep your options open. You never know where you’ll end up. It’s a strange era right now, right? The labels can’t invest as broadly as they used to. I actually tell […]
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